diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 69be8e8d1..79ad8f5f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1787,6 +1787,50 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lemmy_api"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "actix",
+ "actix-rt",
+ "actix-web",
+ "anyhow",
+ "async-trait",
+ "awc",
+ "background-jobs",
+ "base64 0.12.3",
+ "bcrypt",
+ "captcha",
+ "chrono",
+ "diesel",
+ "futures",
+ "http",
+ "http-signature-normalization-actix",
+ "itertools",
+ "jsonwebtoken",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "lemmy_apub",
+ "lemmy_db",
+ "lemmy_rate_limit",
+ "lemmy_structs",
+ "lemmy_utils",
+ "lemmy_websocket",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde 1.0.116",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "strum",
+ "strum_macros",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "url",
+ "uuid 0.8.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_apub"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1887,6 +1931,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "jsonwebtoken",
  "lazy_static",
+ "lemmy_api",
  "lemmy_apub",
  "lemmy_db",
  "lemmy_rate_limit",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccfc4742d..e66b39a02 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ lto = true
 
 [workspace]
 members = [
+    "lemmy_api",
     "lemmy_apub",
     "lemmy_utils",
     "lemmy_db",
@@ -17,12 +18,13 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
+lemmy_api = { path = "./lemmy_api" }
+lemmy_apub = { path = "./lemmy_apub" }
 lemmy_utils = { path = "./lemmy_utils" }
 lemmy_db = { path = "./lemmy_db" }
 lemmy_structs = { path = "./lemmy_structs" }
 lemmy_rate_limit = { path = "./lemmy_rate_limit" }
 lemmy_websocket = { path = "./lemmy_websocket" }
-lemmy_apub = { path = "./lemmy_apub" }
 diesel = "1.4"
 diesel_migrations = "1.4"
 bcrypt = "0.8"
diff --git a/docker/prod/deploy.sh b/docker/prod/deploy.sh
index a0a8dd6c7..8358902d6 100755
--- a/docker/prod/deploy.sh
+++ b/docker/prod/deploy.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ third_semver=$(echo $new_tag | cut -d "." -f 3)
 # Setting the version on the front end
 cd ../../
 # Setting the version on the backend
-echo "pub const VERSION: &str = \"$new_tag\";" > "src/version.rs"
-git add "src/version.rs"
+echo "pub const VERSION: &str = \"$new_tag\";" > "lemmy_api/src/version.rs"
+git add "lemmy_api/src/version.rs"
 # Setting the version for Ansible
 echo $new_tag > "ansible/VERSION"
 git add "ansible/VERSION"
diff --git a/lemmy_api/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_api/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c75abe091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lemmy_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[package]
+name = "lemmy_api"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Felix Ableitner <me@nutomic.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+lemmy_apub = { path = "../lemmy_apub" }
+lemmy_utils = { path = "../lemmy_utils" }
+lemmy_db = { path = "../lemmy_db" }
+lemmy_structs = { path = "../lemmy_structs" }
+lemmy_rate_limit = { path = "../lemmy_rate_limit" }
+lemmy_websocket = { path = "../lemmy_websocket" }
+diesel = "1.4"
+bcrypt = "0.8"
+chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["preserve_order"]}
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+actix = "0.10"
+actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false }
+actix-rt = { version = "1.1", default-features = false }
+awc = { version = "2.0", default-features = false }
+log = "0.4"
+rand = "0.7"
+strum = "0.19"
+strum_macros = "0.19"
+jsonwebtoken = "7.0"
+lazy_static = "1.3"
+url = { version = "2.1", features = ["serde"] }
+percent-encoding = "2.1"
+openssl = "0.10"
+http = "0.2"
+http-signature-normalization-actix = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["sha-2"] }
+base64 = "0.12"
+tokio = "0.2"
+futures = "0.3"
+itertools = "0.9"
+uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+sha2 = "0.9"
+async-trait = "0.1"
+captcha = "0.0"
+anyhow = "1.0"
+thiserror = "1.0"
+background-jobs = " 0.8"
+reqwest = { version = "0.10", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/src/api/claims.rs b/lemmy_api/src/claims.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/api/claims.rs
rename to lemmy_api/src/claims.rs
diff --git a/src/api/comment.rs b/lemmy_api/src/comment.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/api/comment.rs
rename to lemmy_api/src/comment.rs
index c169f01f5..5a78ba914 100644
--- a/src/api/comment.rs
+++ b/lemmy_api/src/comment.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::api::{
+use crate::{
   check_community_ban,
   get_post,
   get_user_from_jwt,
diff --git a/src/api/community.rs b/lemmy_api/src/community.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/api/community.rs
rename to lemmy_api/src/community.rs
index 0c414f1b6..c9470b2d5 100644
--- a/src/api/community.rs
+++ b/lemmy_api/src/community.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::api::{get_user_from_jwt, get_user_from_jwt_opt, is_admin, is_mod_or_admin, Perform};
+use crate::{get_user_from_jwt, get_user_from_jwt_opt, is_admin, is_mod_or_admin, Perform};
 use actix_web::web::Data;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use lemmy_apub::ActorType;
diff --git a/src/api/mod.rs b/lemmy_api/src/lib.rs
similarity index 59%
rename from src/api/mod.rs
rename to lemmy_api/src/lib.rs
index d20631057..905075b81 100644
--- a/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/lemmy_api/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
-use crate::{api::claims::Claims, DbPool};
+use crate::claims::Claims;
 use actix_web::{web, web::Data};
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use lemmy_db::{
   community::Community,
   community_view::CommunityUserBanView,
   post::Post,
   user::User_,
   Crud,
+  DbPool,
 };
 use lemmy_structs::{blocking, comment::*, community::*, post::*, site::*, user::*};
-use lemmy_utils::{APIError, ConnectionId, LemmyError};
+use lemmy_utils::{
+  apub::get_apub_protocol_string,
+  request::{retry, RecvError},
+  settings::Settings,
+  APIError,
+  ConnectionId,
+  LemmyError,
+};
 use lemmy_websocket::{serialize_websocket_message, LemmyContext, UserOperation};
+use log::error;
+use percent_encoding::{utf8_percent_encode, NON_ALPHANUMERIC};
+use reqwest::Client;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::process::Command;
 
 pub mod claims;
 pub mod comment;
@@ -18,6 +31,7 @@ pub mod community;
 pub mod post;
 pub mod site;
 pub mod user;
+pub mod version;
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
 pub trait Perform {
@@ -30,7 +44,7 @@ pub trait Perform {
   ) -> Result<Self::Response, LemmyError>;
 }
 
-pub(in crate::api) async fn is_mod_or_admin(
+pub(in crate) async fn is_mod_or_admin(
   pool: &DbPool,
   user_id: i32,
   community_id: i32,
@@ -52,17 +66,14 @@ pub async fn is_admin(pool: &DbPool, user_id: i32) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
   Ok(())
 }
 
-pub(in crate::api) async fn get_post(post_id: i32, pool: &DbPool) -> Result<Post, LemmyError> {
+pub(in crate) async fn get_post(post_id: i32, pool: &DbPool) -> Result<Post, LemmyError> {
   match blocking(pool, move |conn| Post::read(conn, post_id)).await? {
     Ok(post) => Ok(post),
     Err(_e) => Err(APIError::err("couldnt_find_post").into()),
   }
 }
 
-pub(in crate::api) async fn get_user_from_jwt(
-  jwt: &str,
-  pool: &DbPool,
-) -> Result<User_, LemmyError> {
+pub(in crate) async fn get_user_from_jwt(jwt: &str, pool: &DbPool) -> Result<User_, LemmyError> {
   let claims = match Claims::decode(&jwt) {
     Ok(claims) => claims.claims,
     Err(_e) => return Err(APIError::err("not_logged_in").into()),
@@ -76,7 +87,7 @@ pub(in crate::api) async fn get_user_from_jwt(
   Ok(user)
 }
 
-pub(in crate::api) async fn get_user_from_jwt_opt(
+pub(in crate) async fn get_user_from_jwt_opt(
   jwt: &Option<String>,
   pool: &DbPool,
 ) -> Result<Option<User_>, LemmyError> {
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ pub(in crate::api) async fn get_user_from_jwt_opt(
   }
 }
 
-pub(in crate::api) async fn check_community_ban(
+pub(in crate) async fn check_community_ban(
   user_id: i32,
   community_id: i32,
   pool: &DbPool,
@@ -272,3 +283,227 @@ where
     .await?;
   serialize_websocket_message(&op, &res)
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn captcha_espeak_wav_base64(captcha: &str) -> Result<String, LemmyError> {
+  let mut built_text = String::new();
+
+  // Building proper speech text for espeak
+  for mut c in captcha.chars() {
+    let new_str = if c.is_alphabetic() {
+      if c.is_lowercase() {
+        c.make_ascii_uppercase();
+        format!("lower case {} ... ", c)
+      } else {
+        c.make_ascii_uppercase();
+        format!("capital {} ... ", c)
+      }
+    } else {
+      format!("{} ...", c)
+    };
+
+    built_text.push_str(&new_str);
+  }
+
+  espeak_wav_base64(&built_text)
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn espeak_wav_base64(text: &str) -> Result<String, LemmyError> {
+  // Make a temp file path
+  let uuid = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+  let file_path = format!("/tmp/lemmy_espeak_{}.wav", &uuid);
+
+  // Write the wav file
+  Command::new("espeak")
+    .arg("-w")
+    .arg(&file_path)
+    .arg(text)
+    .status()?;
+
+  // Read the wav file bytes
+  let bytes = std::fs::read(&file_path)?;
+
+  // Delete the file
+  std::fs::remove_file(file_path)?;
+
+  // Convert to base64
+  let base64 = base64::encode(bytes);
+
+  Ok(base64)
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct IframelyResponse {
+  title: Option<String>,
+  description: Option<String>,
+  thumbnail_url: Option<String>,
+  html: Option<String>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn fetch_iframely(
+  client: &Client,
+  url: &str,
+) -> Result<IframelyResponse, LemmyError> {
+  let fetch_url = format!("http://iframely/oembed?url={}", url);
+
+  let response = retry(|| client.get(&fetch_url).send()).await?;
+
+  let res: IframelyResponse = response
+    .json()
+    .await
+    .map_err(|e| RecvError(e.to_string()))?;
+  Ok(res)
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct PictrsResponse {
+  files: Vec<PictrsFile>,
+  msg: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct PictrsFile {
+  file: String,
+  delete_token: String,
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn fetch_pictrs(
+  client: &Client,
+  image_url: &str,
+) -> Result<PictrsResponse, LemmyError> {
+  is_image_content_type(client, image_url).await?;
+
+  let fetch_url = format!(
+    "http://pictrs:8080/image/download?url={}",
+    utf8_percent_encode(image_url, NON_ALPHANUMERIC) // TODO this might not be needed
+  );
+
+  let response = retry(|| client.get(&fetch_url).send()).await?;
+
+  let response: PictrsResponse = response
+    .json()
+    .await
+    .map_err(|e| RecvError(e.to_string()))?;
+
+  if response.msg == "ok" {
+    Ok(response)
+  } else {
+    Err(anyhow!("{}", &response.msg).into())
+  }
+}
+
+async fn fetch_iframely_and_pictrs_data(
+  client: &Client,
+  url: Option<String>,
+) -> (
+  Option<String>,
+  Option<String>,
+  Option<String>,
+  Option<String>,
+) {
+  match &url {
+    Some(url) => {
+      // Fetch iframely data
+      let (iframely_title, iframely_description, iframely_thumbnail_url, iframely_html) =
+        match fetch_iframely(client, url).await {
+          Ok(res) => (res.title, res.description, res.thumbnail_url, res.html),
+          Err(e) => {
+            error!("iframely err: {}", e);
+            (None, None, None, None)
+          }
+        };
+
+      // Fetch pictrs thumbnail
+      let pictrs_hash = match iframely_thumbnail_url {
+        Some(iframely_thumbnail_url) => match fetch_pictrs(client, &iframely_thumbnail_url).await {
+          Ok(res) => Some(res.files[0].file.to_owned()),
+          Err(e) => {
+            error!("pictrs err: {}", e);
+            None
+          }
+        },
+        // Try to generate a small thumbnail if iframely is not supported
+        None => match fetch_pictrs(client, &url).await {
+          Ok(res) => Some(res.files[0].file.to_owned()),
+          Err(e) => {
+            error!("pictrs err: {}", e);
+            None
+          }
+        },
+      };
+
+      // The full urls are necessary for federation
+      let pictrs_thumbnail = if let Some(pictrs_hash) = pictrs_hash {
+        Some(format!(
+          "{}://{}/pictrs/image/{}",
+          get_apub_protocol_string(),
+          Settings::get().hostname,
+          pictrs_hash
+        ))
+      } else {
+        None
+      };
+
+      (
+        iframely_title,
+        iframely_description,
+        iframely_html,
+        pictrs_thumbnail,
+      )
+    }
+    None => (None, None, None, None),
+  }
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn is_image_content_type(client: &Client, test: &str) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
+  let response = retry(|| client.get(test).send()).await?;
+
+  if response
+    .headers()
+    .get("Content-Type")
+    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No Content-Type header"))?
+    .to_str()?
+    .starts_with("image/")
+  {
+    Ok(())
+  } else {
+    Err(anyhow!("Not an image type.").into())
+  }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+  use crate::{captcha_espeak_wav_base64, is_image_content_type};
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_image() {
+    actix_rt::System::new("tset_image").block_on(async move {
+      let client = reqwest::Client::default();
+      assert!(is_image_content_type(&client, "https://1734811051.rsc.cdn77.org/data/images/full/365645/as-virus-kills-navajos-in-their-homes-tribal-women-provide-lifeline.jpg?w=600?w=650").await.is_ok());
+      assert!(is_image_content_type(&client,
+                                    "https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1259922424272957440?s=20"
+      )
+        .await.is_err()
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_espeak() {
+    assert!(captcha_espeak_wav_base64("WxRt2l").is_ok())
+  }
+
+  // These helped with testing
+  // #[test]
+  // fn test_iframely() {
+  //   let res = fetch_iframely(client, "https://www.redspark.nu/?p=15341").await;
+  //   assert!(res.is_ok());
+  // }
+
+  // #[test]
+  // fn test_pictshare() {
+  //   let res = fetch_pictshare("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/The_Mandalorian_logo.jpg");
+  //   assert!(res.is_ok());
+  //   let res_other = fetch_pictshare("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/The_Mandalorian_logo.jpgaoeu");
+  //   assert!(res_other.is_err());
+  // }
+}
diff --git a/src/api/post.rs b/lemmy_api/src/post.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/api/post.rs
rename to lemmy_api/src/post.rs
index debf5d7b5..e8fb9d984 100644
--- a/src/api/post.rs
+++ b/lemmy_api/src/post.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{
-  api::{check_community_ban, get_user_from_jwt, get_user_from_jwt_opt, is_mod_or_admin, Perform},
+  check_community_ban,
   fetch_iframely_and_pictrs_data,
+  get_user_from_jwt,
+  get_user_from_jwt_opt,
+  is_mod_or_admin,
+  Perform,
 };
 use actix_web::web::Data;
 use lemmy_apub::{ApubLikeableType, ApubObjectType};
diff --git a/src/api/site.rs b/lemmy_api/src/site.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/api/site.rs
rename to lemmy_api/src/site.rs
index 963ac1c53..9db838ff1 100644
--- a/src/api/site.rs
+++ b/lemmy_api/src/site.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{
-  api::{get_user_from_jwt, get_user_from_jwt_opt, is_admin, Perform},
-  version,
-};
+use crate::{get_user_from_jwt, get_user_from_jwt_opt, is_admin, version, Perform};
 use actix_web::web::Data;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use lemmy_apub::fetcher::search_by_apub_id;
diff --git a/src/api/user.rs b/lemmy_api/src/user.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/api/user.rs
rename to lemmy_api/src/user.rs
index 1e06fcfa9..aad5f2a8a 100644
--- a/src/api/user.rs
+++ b/lemmy_api/src/user.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{
-  api::{claims::Claims, get_user_from_jwt, get_user_from_jwt_opt, is_admin, Perform},
   captcha_espeak_wav_base64,
+  claims::Claims,
+  get_user_from_jwt,
+  get_user_from_jwt_opt,
+  is_admin,
+  Perform,
 };
 use actix_web::web::Data;
 use anyhow::Context;
diff --git a/src/version.rs b/lemmy_api/src/version.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/version.rs
rename to lemmy_api/src/version.rs
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d8c31f049..7e5754d46 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,238 +1,4 @@
 #![recursion_limit = "512"]
 
-pub mod api;
 pub mod code_migrations;
 pub mod routes;
-pub mod version;
-
-use anyhow::anyhow;
-use lemmy_db::DbPool;
-use lemmy_utils::{
-  apub::get_apub_protocol_string,
-  request::{retry, RecvError},
-  settings::Settings,
-  LemmyError,
-};
-use log::error;
-use percent_encoding::{utf8_percent_encode, NON_ALPHANUMERIC};
-use reqwest::Client;
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use std::process::Command;
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
-pub struct IframelyResponse {
-  title: Option<String>,
-  description: Option<String>,
-  thumbnail_url: Option<String>,
-  html: Option<String>,
-}
-
-pub async fn fetch_iframely(client: &Client, url: &str) -> Result<IframelyResponse, LemmyError> {
-  let fetch_url = format!("http://iframely/oembed?url={}", url);
-
-  let response = retry(|| client.get(&fetch_url).send()).await?;
-
-  let res: IframelyResponse = response
-    .json()
-    .await
-    .map_err(|e| RecvError(e.to_string()))?;
-  Ok(res)
-}
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct PictrsResponse {
-  files: Vec<PictrsFile>,
-  msg: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct PictrsFile {
-  file: String,
-  delete_token: String,
-}
-
-pub async fn fetch_pictrs(client: &Client, image_url: &str) -> Result<PictrsResponse, LemmyError> {
-  is_image_content_type(client, image_url).await?;
-
-  let fetch_url = format!(
-    "http://pictrs:8080/image/download?url={}",
-    utf8_percent_encode(image_url, NON_ALPHANUMERIC) // TODO this might not be needed
-  );
-
-  let response = retry(|| client.get(&fetch_url).send()).await?;
-
-  let response: PictrsResponse = response
-    .json()
-    .await
-    .map_err(|e| RecvError(e.to_string()))?;
-
-  if response.msg == "ok" {
-    Ok(response)
-  } else {
-    Err(anyhow!("{}", &response.msg).into())
-  }
-}
-
-async fn fetch_iframely_and_pictrs_data(
-  client: &Client,
-  url: Option<String>,
-) -> (
-  Option<String>,
-  Option<String>,
-  Option<String>,
-  Option<String>,
-) {
-  match &url {
-    Some(url) => {
-      // Fetch iframely data
-      let (iframely_title, iframely_description, iframely_thumbnail_url, iframely_html) =
-        match fetch_iframely(client, url).await {
-          Ok(res) => (res.title, res.description, res.thumbnail_url, res.html),
-          Err(e) => {
-            error!("iframely err: {}", e);
-            (None, None, None, None)
-          }
-        };
-
-      // Fetch pictrs thumbnail
-      let pictrs_hash = match iframely_thumbnail_url {
-        Some(iframely_thumbnail_url) => match fetch_pictrs(client, &iframely_thumbnail_url).await {
-          Ok(res) => Some(res.files[0].file.to_owned()),
-          Err(e) => {
-            error!("pictrs err: {}", e);
-            None
-          }
-        },
-        // Try to generate a small thumbnail if iframely is not supported
-        None => match fetch_pictrs(client, &url).await {
-          Ok(res) => Some(res.files[0].file.to_owned()),
-          Err(e) => {
-            error!("pictrs err: {}", e);
-            None
-          }
-        },
-      };
-
-      // The full urls are necessary for federation
-      let pictrs_thumbnail = if let Some(pictrs_hash) = pictrs_hash {
-        Some(format!(
-          "{}://{}/pictrs/image/{}",
-          get_apub_protocol_string(),
-          Settings::get().hostname,
-          pictrs_hash
-        ))
-      } else {
-        None
-      };
-
-      (
-        iframely_title,
-        iframely_description,
-        iframely_html,
-        pictrs_thumbnail,
-      )
-    }
-    None => (None, None, None, None),
-  }
-}
-
-pub async fn is_image_content_type(client: &Client, test: &str) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
-  let response = retry(|| client.get(test).send()).await?;
-
-  if response
-    .headers()
-    .get("Content-Type")
-    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No Content-Type header"))?
-    .to_str()?
-    .starts_with("image/")
-  {
-    Ok(())
-  } else {
-    Err(anyhow!("Not an image type.").into())
-  }
-}
-
-pub fn captcha_espeak_wav_base64(captcha: &str) -> Result<String, LemmyError> {
-  let mut built_text = String::new();
-
-  // Building proper speech text for espeak
-  for mut c in captcha.chars() {
-    let new_str = if c.is_alphabetic() {
-      if c.is_lowercase() {
-        c.make_ascii_uppercase();
-        format!("lower case {} ... ", c)
-      } else {
-        c.make_ascii_uppercase();
-        format!("capital {} ... ", c)
-      }
-    } else {
-      format!("{} ...", c)
-    };
-
-    built_text.push_str(&new_str);
-  }
-
-  espeak_wav_base64(&built_text)
-}
-
-pub fn espeak_wav_base64(text: &str) -> Result<String, LemmyError> {
-  // Make a temp file path
-  let uuid = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
-  let file_path = format!("/tmp/lemmy_espeak_{}.wav", &uuid);
-
-  // Write the wav file
-  Command::new("espeak")
-    .arg("-w")
-    .arg(&file_path)
-    .arg(text)
-    .status()?;
-
-  // Read the wav file bytes
-  let bytes = std::fs::read(&file_path)?;
-
-  // Delete the file
-  std::fs::remove_file(file_path)?;
-
-  // Convert to base64
-  let base64 = base64::encode(bytes);
-
-  Ok(base64)
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-  use crate::{captcha_espeak_wav_base64, is_image_content_type};
-
-  #[test]
-  fn test_image() {
-    actix_rt::System::new("tset_image").block_on(async move {
-      let client = reqwest::Client::default();
-      assert!(is_image_content_type(&client, "https://1734811051.rsc.cdn77.org/data/images/full/365645/as-virus-kills-navajos-in-their-homes-tribal-women-provide-lifeline.jpg?w=600?w=650").await.is_ok());
-      assert!(is_image_content_type(&client,
-                                    "https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1259922424272957440?s=20"
-      )
-        .await.is_err()
-      );
-    });
-  }
-
-  #[test]
-  fn test_espeak() {
-    assert!(captcha_espeak_wav_base64("WxRt2l").is_ok())
-  }
-
-  // These helped with testing
-  // #[test]
-  // fn test_iframely() {
-  //   let res = fetch_iframely(client, "https://www.redspark.nu/?p=15341").await;
-  //   assert!(res.is_ok());
-  // }
-
-  // #[test]
-  // fn test_pictshare() {
-  //   let res = fetch_pictshare("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/The_Mandalorian_logo.jpg");
-  //   assert!(res.is_ok());
-  //   let res_other = fetch_pictshare("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/The_Mandalorian_logo.jpgaoeu");
-  //   assert!(res_other.is_err());
-  // }
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c37a1f30f..dea60c0a7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,14 +16,11 @@ use diesel::{
   PgConnection,
 };
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use lemmy_api::match_websocket_operation;
 use lemmy_apub::activity_queue::create_activity_queue;
 use lemmy_db::get_database_url_from_env;
 use lemmy_rate_limit::{rate_limiter::RateLimiter, RateLimit};
-use lemmy_server::{
-  api::match_websocket_operation,
-  code_migrations::run_advanced_migrations,
-  routes::*,
-};
+use lemmy_server::{code_migrations::run_advanced_migrations, routes::*};
 use lemmy_structs::blocking;
 use lemmy_utils::{settings::Settings, LemmyError, CACHE_CONTROL_REGEX};
 use lemmy_websocket::{chat_server::ChatServer, LemmyContext};
diff --git a/src/routes/api.rs b/src/routes/api.rs
index d8244fef0..7a8ddbf1e 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.rs
+++ b/src/routes/api.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use crate::api::Perform;
 use actix_web::{error::ErrorBadRequest, *};
+use lemmy_api::Perform;
 use lemmy_rate_limit::RateLimit;
 use lemmy_structs::{comment::*, community::*, post::*, site::*, user::*};
 use lemmy_websocket::LemmyContext;
diff --git a/src/routes/feeds.rs b/src/routes/feeds.rs
index 45e1c5374..2c36ac233 100644
--- a/src/routes/feeds.rs
+++ b/src/routes/feeds.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-use crate::api::claims::Claims;
 use actix_web::{error::ErrorBadRequest, *};
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use chrono::{DateTime, NaiveDateTime, Utc};
 use diesel::PgConnection;
+use lemmy_api::claims::Claims;
 use lemmy_db::{
   comment_view::{ReplyQueryBuilder, ReplyView},
   community::Community,
diff --git a/src/routes/nodeinfo.rs b/src/routes/nodeinfo.rs
index efa689ca5..984151c42 100644
--- a/src/routes/nodeinfo.rs
+++ b/src/routes/nodeinfo.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::version;
 use actix_web::{body::Body, error::ErrorBadRequest, *};
 use anyhow::anyhow;
+use lemmy_api::version;
 use lemmy_db::site_view::SiteView;
 use lemmy_structs::blocking;
 use lemmy_utils::{apub::get_apub_protocol_string, settings::Settings, LemmyError};