diff --git a/confs/global/api.conf b/confs/global/api.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c5cdba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confs/global/api.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+rewrite_by_lua_block {
+	
+	local api = require "api"
+
+	if api.is_api_call() then
+		ngx.header.content_type = 'text/plain'
+		if api.do_api_call() then
+			ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "[API] API call " .. ngx.var.request_uri .. " successfull from " .. ngx.var.remote_addr)
+			ngx.say("ok")
+		else
+			ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "[API] API call " .. ngx.var.request_uri .. " failed from " .. ngx.var.remote_addr)
+			ngx.say("ko")
+		end
+
+		ngx.exit(ngx.HTTP_OK)
+
+	end
+
+	ngx.exit(ngx.OK)
+}
diff --git a/confs/global/nginx.conf b/confs/global/nginx.conf
index a266cd7..81f35bb 100644
--- a/confs/global/nginx.conf
+++ b/confs/global/nginx.conf
@@ -111,4 +111,7 @@ http {
 
 	# server config(s)
 	%INCLUDE_SERVER%
+
+	# API
+	%USE_API%
 }
diff --git a/entrypoint/defaults.sh b/entrypoint/defaults.sh
index bab4aba..eb1336e 100644
--- a/entrypoint/defaults.sh
+++ b/entrypoint/defaults.sh
@@ -126,3 +126,5 @@ USE_ANTIBOT="${USE_ANTIBOT-no}"
 ANTIBOT_RECAPTCHA_SCORE="${ANTIBOT_RECAPTCHA_SCORE-0.7}"
 ANTIBOT_SESSION_SECRET="${ANTIBOT_SESSION_SECRET-random}"
 USE_CROWDSEC="${USE_CROWDSEC-no}"
+USE_API="${USE_API-no}"
+API_URI="${API_URI-random}"
diff --git a/entrypoint/global-config.sh b/entrypoint/global-config.sh
index 84cb054..af452ac 100644
--- a/entrypoint/global-config.sh
+++ b/entrypoint/global-config.sh
@@ -305,6 +305,17 @@ else
 	replace_in_file "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" "%USE_CROWDSEC%" ""
 fi
 
+# API
+if [ "$USE_API" = "yes" ] ; then
+	replace_in_file "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" "%USE_API%" "include /etc/nginx/api.conf;"
+	if [ "$API_URI" = "random" ] ; then
+		API_URI="/$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)"
+	fi
+	replace_in_file "/usr/local/lib/lua/api.lua" "%API_URI%" "$API_URI"
+else
+	replace_in_file "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" "%USE_API%" ""
+fi
+
 # create empty logs
 touch /var/log/access.log
 touch /var/log/error.log
diff --git a/lua/api.lua b/lua/api.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60afad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/api.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+local M		= {}
+local api_uri	= "%API_URI%"
+local api_list	= {}
+
+api_list["^/reload$"] = function ()
+	return os.execute("/usr/sbin/nginx -s reload") == 0
+end
+
+function M.is_api_call ()
+	if ngx.var.request_uri:sub(1, #api_uri) .. "/" == api_uri .. "/" then
+		for uri, code in pairs(api_list) do
+			if string.match(ngx.var.request_uri:sub(#api_uri + 1), uri) then
+				return true
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	return false
+end
+
+function M.do_api_call ()
+	for uri, code in pairs(api_list) do
+		if string.match(ngx.var.request_uri:sub(#api_uri + 1), uri) then
+			return code()
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+return M