diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/tests/base.py b/pyogp/lib/base/tests/base.py
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+import BaseHTTPServer
+from indra.base import llsd
+from webob import Request, Response
+
+
+class AgentDomain(object):
+    
+    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
+        self.environ = environ
+        self.start = start_response
+        import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+        self.request = Request(environ)
+        self.response = Response()
+
+        
+        l = int(self.request.headers.get('Content-Length','0'))
+        data = self.request.body
+        
+        # we assume it's LLSD for now and try to parse it
+        # TODO: check headers
+        try:
+            data = llsd.parse(data)
+        except:
+            self.response.status=500
+            return self.response(self.environ, self.start)
+        if self.request.path=="/":
+            return self.handle_login(data)
+        elif self.request.path=="/seed_cap":
+            return self.handle_seedcap(data)
+        elif self.request.path=="/cap/place_avatar":
+            return self.place_avatar(data)
+        else:
+            return self.send_response(404)
+
+    def handle_seedcap(self, data):
+        """return some other caps"""
+        caps = data.get("caps",[])
+        d = {'lastname': 'lastname', 'firstname': 'firstname'}
+        return_caps = {}
+        for cap in caps:
+            # simple mapping from capname => host/cap/<capname> instead of UUIDs
+            return_caps[cap]="http://localhost:12345/cap/%s" %cap
+        d['caps'] = return_caps
+        data = llsd.format_xml(d)
+        self.response.status=200
+        self.response.content_type='application/llsd+xml'
+        self.response.body = data
+        return self.response(self.environ, self.start)
+
+    def place_avatar(self, data):
+        """place the avatar in a dummy way"""
+        url = data.get("region_url",'')
+        d={'sim_ip':'127.0.0.1',
+           'sim_port' : 12345}
+        data = llsd.format_xml(d)
+        self.response.status=200
+        self.response.content_type='application/llsd+xml'
+        self.response.body = data
+        return self.response(self.environ, self.start)
+        
+    def handle_login(self,data):
+        """handle the login string"""
+        # TODO: test for all the correct fields in the data
+        password = data.get('password')
+        if password!='secret':
+            self.send_response(400)
+            return
+        
+        data={'agent_seed_capability':"http://127.0.0.1:12345/seed_cap"}
+        data = llsd.format_xml(data)
+        
+        self.response.status=200
+        self.response.content_type='application/llsd+xml'
+        self.response.body=data
+        return self.response(self.environ, self.start)
+            
+    def send_response(self, status):
+        self.response.status = status
+        return self.response(self.environ, self.start)
+
+
+    
+
+def main():
+    from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
+    httpd = make_server('', 12345, AgentDomain())
+    
+    # Respond to requests until process is killed
+    httpd.serve_forever()
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    main()