diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration.py b/freqtrade/configuration.py
index 7c3a5eb4b..c994eb8c2 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 from argparse import Namespace
 from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
-from jsonschema import Draft4Validator, validate
+from jsonschema import Draft4Validator, validate, draft4_format_checker
 from jsonschema.exceptions import ValidationError, best_match
 import ccxt
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Configuration(object):
         :return: Returns the config if valid, otherwise throw an exception
         """
         try:
-            validate(conf, constants.CONF_SCHEMA)
+            validate(conf, constants.CONF_SCHEMA, format_checker=draft4_format_checker)
             return conf
         except ValidationError as exception:
             logger.critical(
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ class Configuration(object):
                 exception
             )
             raise ValidationError(
-                best_match(Draft4Validator(constants.CONF_SCHEMA).iter_errors(conf)).message
+                best_match(Draft4Validator(constants.CONF_SCHEMA,
+                                           format_checker=draft4_format_checker)
+                           .iter_errors(conf)).message
             )
 
     def get_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/freqtrade/constants.py b/freqtrade/constants.py
index 5be01f977..8560bf8a3 100644
--- a/freqtrade/constants.py
+++ b/freqtrade/constants.py
@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@ CONF_SCHEMA = {
             },
             'required': ['enabled', 'token', 'chat_id']
         },
+        'api_server': {
+            'type': 'object',
+            'properties': {
+                'enabled': {'type': 'boolean'},
+                'listen_ip_address': { "format": "ipv4"},
+                'listen_port': {
+                    'type': 'integer',
+                    "minimum": 1024,
+                    "maximum": 65535
+                },
+            },
+            'required': ['enabled', 'listen_ip_address', 'listen_port']
+        },
         'db_url': {'type': 'string'},
         'initial_state': {'type': 'string', 'enum': ['running', 'stopped']},
         'internals': {
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04150b4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import threading
+import logging
+# import json
+
+from flask import Flask, request
+# from flask_restful import Resource, Api
+from json import dumps
+from freqtrade.rpc.rpc import RPC, RPCException
+from ipaddress import IPv4Address
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+class ApiServerSuperWrap(RPC):
+    """
+    This class is for REST calls across api server
+    """
+    def __init__(self, freqtrade) -> None:
+        """
+        Init the api server, and init the super class RPC
+        :param freqtrade: Instance of a freqtrade bot
+        :return: None
+        """
+        super().__init__(freqtrade)
+
+        self.interval = 1
+
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.run, args=(freqtrade,)) # extra comma as ref ! Tuple
+        thread.daemon = True                            # Daemonize thread
+        thread.start()     # Start the execution
+
+
+    def run(self, freqtrade):
+        """ Method that runs forever """
+        self._config = freqtrade.config
+
+        """
+        Define the application methods here, called by app.add_url_rule
+        each Telegram command should have a like local substitute
+        """
+        # @app.route("/")
+        def hello():
+            # For simple rest server testing via browser
+            # cmds = 'Try uri:/daily?timescale=7 /profit /balance /status
+            #         /status /table /performance /count,
+            #         /start /stop /help'
+
+            rest_cmds ='Commands implemented: <br>' \
+                       '<a href=/daily?timescale=7>/daily?timescale=7</a>' \
+                       '<br>' \
+                       '<a href=/stop>/stop</a>' \
+                       '<br>' \
+                       '<a href=/start>/start</a>'
+            return rest_cmds
+
+        def daily():
+            try:
+                timescale = request.args.get('timescale')
+                logger.info("LocalRPC - Daily Command Called")
+                timescale = int(timescale)
+
+                stats = self._rpc_daily_profit(timescale,
+                                               self._config['stake_currency'],
+                                               self._config['fiat_display_currency']
+                                               )
+
+                stats = dumps(stats, indent=4, sort_keys=True, default=str)
+                return stats
+            except RPCException as e:
+                return e
+
+        def start():
+            """
+            Handler for /start.
+            Starts TradeThread
+            """
+            msg = self._rpc_start()
+            return msg
+
+        def stop():
+            """
+            Handler for /stop.
+            Stops TradeThread
+            """
+            msg = self._rpc_stop()
+            return msg
+
+        ## defines the url rules available on the api server
+        '''
+        First two arguments passed are /URL and 'Label'
+        Label can be used as a shortcut when refactoring
+        '''
+        app.add_url_rule('/', 'hello', view_func=hello, methods=['GET'])
+        app.add_url_rule('/stop', 'stop', view_func=stop, methods=['GET'])
+        app.add_url_rule('/start', 'start', view_func=start, methods=['GET'])
+        app.add_url_rule('/daily', 'daily', view_func=daily, methods=['GET'])
+
+
+        """
+        Section to handle configuration and running of the Rest server
+        also to check and warn if not bound to a loopback, warn on security risk.
+        """
+        rest_ip = self._config['api_server']['listen_ip_address']
+        rest_port = self._config['api_server']['listen_port']
+
+        if not IPv4Address(rest_ip).is_loopback :
+            logger.info("SECURITY WARNING - Local Rest Server listening to external connections")
+            logger.info("SECURITY WARNING - This is insecure please set to your loopback, e.g 127.0.0.1 in config.json")
+
+        # Run the Server
+        logger.info('Starting Local Rest Server')
+        try:
+            app.run(host=rest_ip, port=rest_port)
+        except:
+            logger.exception("Api server failed to start, exception message is:")
+
+
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/rest_client.py b/freqtrade/rpc/rest_client.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fa63cf4f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/rest_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Simple command line client into RPC commands
+Can be used as an alternate to Telegram
+"""
+
+import time
+from requests import get
+from sys import argv
+
+
+
+#TODO - use argparse to clean this up
+#TODO - use IP and Port from config.json not hardcode
+
+if len(argv) == 1:
+    print('\nThis script accepts the following arguments')
+    print('- daily (int) - Where int is the number of days to report back. daily 3')
+    print('- start  - this will start the trading thread')
+    print('- stop  - this will start the trading thread')
+    print('- there will be more....\n')
+
+if len(argv) == 3 and argv[1] == "daily":
+    if str.isnumeric(argv[2]):
+        get_url = 'http://localhost:5002/daily?timescale=' + argv[2]
+        d=get(get_url).json()
+        print(d)
+    else:
+        print("\nThe second argument to daily must be an integer, 1,2,3 etc")
+
+if len(argv) == 2 and argv[1] == "start":
+    get_url = 'http://localhost:5002/start'
+    d = get(get_url).text
+    print(d)
+
+    if "already" not in d:
+        time.sleep(2)
+        d = get(get_url).text
+        print(d)
+
+if len(argv) == 2 and argv[1] == "stop":
+    get_url = 'http://localhost:5002/stop'
+    d = get(get_url).text
+    print(d)
+
+    if "already" not in d:
+        time.sleep(2)
+        d = get(get_url).text
+        print(d)
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/rpc_manager.py b/freqtrade/rpc/rpc_manager.py
index 252bbcdd8..9dddcdb80 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/rpc_manager.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/rpc_manager.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-This module contains class to manage RPC communications (Telegram, Slack, ...)
+This module contains class to manage RPC communications (Telegram, Slack, Rest ....)
 """
 import logging
 from typing import List
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ class RPCManager(object):
             from freqtrade.rpc.telegram import Telegram
             self.registered_modules.append(Telegram(freqtrade))
 
+        # Enable local rest api server for cmd line control
+        if freqtrade.config['api_server'].get('enabled', False):
+            logger.info('Enabling rpc.api_server')
+            from freqtrade.rpc.api_server import ApiServerSuperWrap
+            self.registered_modules.append(ApiServerSuperWrap(freqtrade))
+
+
     def cleanup(self) -> None:
         """ Stops all enabled rpc modules """
         logger.info('Cleaning up rpc modules ...')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 41e246d50..3c9fc5825 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ coinmarketcap==5.0.3
 
 # Required for plotting data
 #plotly==2.3.0
+
+#Added for local rest client
+Flask==1.0.2
+flask-jsonpify==1.5.0
+flask-restful==0.3.6