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+# backend.py
+# openeventdatabase
+
+import falcon
+import psycopg2
+import uuid
+
+class StatsResource(object):
+    def on_get(self, req, resp):
+        db = psycopg2.connect("dbname=oedb")
+        cur = db.cursor()
+        cur.execute("SELECT count(*) from events;")
+        stat = cur.fetchone()
+        count_events = stat[0]
+        cur.close()
+        db.close()
+
+        resp.body = """{"events_count":%s}""" % (count_events)
+        resp.set_header('X-Powered-By', 'OpenEventDatabase')
+        resp.set_header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
+        resp.set_header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'X-Requested-With')
+        resp.status = falcon.HTTP_200
+
+# falcon.API instances are callable WSGI apps
+app = falcon.API()
+
+# Resources are represented by long-lived class instances
+stats = StatsResource()
+
+# things will handle all requests to the matching URL path
+app.add_route('/stats', stats)
+