title: OpenStreetMap server API on my own server
body: <p>I followed this tutorial to make own OpenStreetMap server: <a href="http://switch2osm.org/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-12-04/" rel="nofollow">http://switch2osm.org/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-12-04/</a></p>
  
  <p>Now I would like to use OSM API (<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6</a>) to read the map. I dont need rendering tiles but to read nodes/ways over REST API.</p>
  
  <p>There is running Apache on my OSM server so I believe I should put it there.</p>
  
  <p>Is API part of Mapnik or should I download some additional software? Or is API specific to main OSM server only?</p>