diff --git a/editors/vscode/src/compiler.cjs b/editors/vscode/src/compiler.cjs
index 6dc89204..8bf41486 100644
--- a/editors/vscode/src/compiler.cjs
+++ b/editors/vscode/src/compiler.cjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 // Generated by scripts/build-editor-compiler.mjs. Do not edit directly.
-// WRN editor compiler source hash: d23177f63433ab92bc7d40d5d5967ed8eae783843224be091cc48be13747df6e
+// WRN editor compiler source hash: 03f56cb1555bb66c503f2ec4caf75aa149dd7142637593a07c78d1f1baab8e2b
 // WRN editor compiler generator hash: a54ca847c758bc98d8e353ad6d70088df31de1820f6cf9d1c3462505f563e6b8
 // Generated with TypeScript: 6.0.3
 const __nodeRequire = require;
@@ -1596,6 +1596,37 @@ function apiBindingMap(ast, sharedHelpers) {
     }
     return bindings;
 }
+/**
+ * Server-side `api` object.
+ *
+ * The transport dispatches in-process, so a call from a load block or an action
+ * costs a function call rather than a network round trip. The request context
+ * comes from AsyncLocalStorage because `ctx` is not in scope everywhere server
+ * code runs.
+ */
+function serverApiBindings(ast) {
+    const members = ast.dataApis
+        .filter((block) => block.mode === "any")
+        .map((block) => {
+        const sections = block.sections;
+        const response = sections.response.trim() || "return data;";
+        const error = sections.error.trim();
+        const failure = error
+            ? `const status = (err as { status?: unknown } | null | undefined)?.status; const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err); const data = (err as { data?: unknown } | null | undefined)?.data; ${error}`
+            : `throw err;`;
+        return `    ${JSON.stringify(block.name)}: async (input?: unknown) => {
+      const ctx = __wrnexusRequireRequestContext(${JSON.stringify(`api.${block.name}`)}) as __WrnexusContext;
+      let data: any;
+      try {
+        data = await __wrnexusCallApi(${JSON.stringify(apiRoutePath(block.path))}, ${JSON.stringify(block.method)}, ctx, input);
+      } catch (err) {
+        ${failure}
+      }
+      ${response}
+    }`;
+    });
+    return members.length ? `const api = {\n${members.join(",\n")}\n};` : "";
+}
 function ssrRuntimeSource() {
     return `const __wrnexusHtmlEscapes: Record<string, string> = { "&": "&amp;", "<": "&lt;", ">": "&gt;", "\\"": "&quot;", "'": "&#39;" };
 function __wrnexusEscapeHtml(value: unknown): string {
@@ -1603,7 +1634,7 @@ function __wrnexusEscapeHtml(value: unknown): string {
 }
 
 type __WrnexusContext = import("@wrnexus/core").Context & {
-  __wrnexusCallApi?: (path: string, method: string) => Promise<unknown>;
+  __wrnexusCallApi?: (path: string, method: string, input?: unknown) => Promise<unknown>;
   localStorage?: unknown;
 };
 
@@ -1650,13 +1681,40 @@ function __wrnexusPropAttr(
   );
 }
 
-async function __wrnexusCallApi(path: string, method: string, ctx: __WrnexusContext): Promise<unknown> {
+async function __wrnexusCallApi(
+  path: string,
+  method: string,
+  ctx: __WrnexusContext,
+  input?: unknown,
+): Promise<unknown> {
   if (typeof ctx.__wrnexusCallApi === "function") {
-    return await ctx.__wrnexusCallApi(path, method);
+    return await ctx.__wrnexusCallApi(path, method, input);
   }
 
-  const url = new URL(path, ctx.req.url);
-  const res = await fetch(new Request(url, { method, headers: ctx.req.headers }));
+  const verb = String(method || "GET").toUpperCase();
+  const values = (input ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const headers = new Headers(ctx.req.headers);
+  let requestPath = path;
+  let body: string | undefined;
+  if (verb === "GET" || verb === "HEAD") {
+    const query: string[] = [];
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(values)) {
+      if (value === undefined || value === null || value === "") continue;
+      query.push(\`\${encodeURIComponent(key)}=\${encodeURIComponent(String(value))}\`);
+    }
+    if (query.length) requestPath = \`\${path}?\${query.join("&")}\`;
+  } else {
+    body = JSON.stringify(values);
+    headers.set("content-type", "application/json");
+  }
+  const url = new URL(requestPath, ctx.req.url);
+  const res = await fetch(
+    new Request(url, {
+      method,
+      headers,
+      ...(body === undefined ? {} : { body }),
+    }),
+  );
   const type = res.headers.get("content-type") || "";
   if (!res.ok) {
     const data = type.includes("application/json")
@@ -1999,6 +2057,10 @@ function generateInner(ast) {
     }
     if (ast.imports.length > 0)
         out.push(generatedImports(ast).join("\n"));
+    const hasServerApis = ast.dataApis.some((block) => block.mode === "any");
+    if (hasServerApis) {
+        out.push(`import { requireRequestContext as __wrnexusRequireRequestContext } from "@wrnexus/core";`);
+    }
     const ssrBindings = [];
     const csrBindings = [];
     const helpers = targetFunctions(ast, "server");
@@ -2139,9 +2201,15 @@ function generateInner(ast) {
         }
     }
     const needsSsrRuntime = ssrBindings.length > 0 || loops.length > 0 || runtimeStateNames.size > 0;
-    if (needsSsrRuntime) {
+    const needsRuntimeHelpers = needsSsrRuntime || hasServerApis;
+    if (needsRuntimeHelpers) {
         out.push(ssrRuntimeSource());
         out.push(`const __wrnexusSsrBindings: __WrnexusSsrBinding[] = ${JSON.stringify(ssrBindings, null, 2)};`);
+    }
+    if (hasServerApis) {
+        out.push(serverApiBindings(ast));
+    }
+    if (needsSsrRuntime) {
         const decls = loopConsts.length > 0 ? loopConsts.join("\n") + "\n" : "";
         out.push(`export default async function ${ast.name}(ctx: __WrnexusContext) {
         ${storeDeclarations}
diff --git a/editors/vscode/src/extension.bundle.cjs b/editors/vscode/src/extension.bundle.cjs
index b2fac7fa..f727f2f2 100644
--- a/editors/vscode/src/extension.bundle.cjs
+++ b/editors/vscode/src/extension.bundle.cjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// WRN editor extension source hash: eca15cff8b9c2ae1842cf584ab58b70c1d23327a30dd7aa36e9d0c50f1fe2ba9
+// WRN editor extension source hash: ae7dab4aff1ce30f0d01fa0b9172651e526408916351862e2644a85c25df03ac
 // WRN editor extension generator hash: 456d1d614e44e5fb1f19b784176c09cf2ade9b64ef73a17934c2698150b62728
 "use strict";
 var __commonJS = (cb, mod) => () => (mod || cb((mod = { exports: {} }).exports, mod), mod.exports);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/codegen.ts b/packages/compiler/src/codegen.ts
index 6b8b940b..3321ce22 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/codegen.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/codegen.ts
@@ -970,6 +970,40 @@ function apiBindingMap(ast: PageAst, sharedHelpers: string): Map<string, NamedDa
   return bindings;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Server-side `api` object.
+ *
+ * The transport dispatches in-process, so a call from a load block or an action
+ * costs a function call rather than a network round trip. The request context
+ * comes from AsyncLocalStorage because `ctx` is not in scope everywhere server
+ * code runs.
+ */
+function serverApiBindings(ast: PageAst): string {
+  const members = ast.dataApis
+    .filter((block) => block.mode === "any")
+    .map((block) => {
+      const sections = block.sections!;
+      const response = sections.response.trim() || "return data;";
+      const error = sections.error.trim();
+      const failure = error
+        ? `const status = (err as { status?: unknown } | null | undefined)?.status; const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err); const data = (err as { data?: unknown } | null | undefined)?.data; ${error}`
+        : `throw err;`;
+
+      return `    ${JSON.stringify(block.name)}: async (input?: unknown) => {
+      const ctx = __wrnexusRequireRequestContext(${JSON.stringify(`api.${block.name}`)}) as __WrnexusContext;
+      let data: any;
+      try {
+        data = await __wrnexusCallApi(${JSON.stringify(apiRoutePath(block.path))}, ${JSON.stringify(block.method)}, ctx, input);
+      } catch (err) {
+        ${failure}
+      }
+      ${response}
+    }`;
+    });
+
+  return members.length ? `const api = {\n${members.join(",\n")}\n};` : "";
+}
+
 function ssrRuntimeSource(): string {
   return `const __wrnexusHtmlEscapes: Record<string, string> = { "&": "&amp;", "<": "&lt;", ">": "&gt;", "\\"": "&quot;", "'": "&#39;" };
 function __wrnexusEscapeHtml(value: unknown): string {
@@ -977,7 +1011,7 @@ function __wrnexusEscapeHtml(value: unknown): string {
 }
 
 type __WrnexusContext = import("@wrnexus/core").Context & {
-  __wrnexusCallApi?: (path: string, method: string) => Promise<unknown>;
+  __wrnexusCallApi?: (path: string, method: string, input?: unknown) => Promise<unknown>;
   localStorage?: unknown;
 };
 
@@ -1024,13 +1058,40 @@ function __wrnexusPropAttr(
   );
 }
 
-async function __wrnexusCallApi(path: string, method: string, ctx: __WrnexusContext): Promise<unknown> {
+async function __wrnexusCallApi(
+  path: string,
+  method: string,
+  ctx: __WrnexusContext,
+  input?: unknown,
+): Promise<unknown> {
   if (typeof ctx.__wrnexusCallApi === "function") {
-    return await ctx.__wrnexusCallApi(path, method);
+    return await ctx.__wrnexusCallApi(path, method, input);
   }
 
-  const url = new URL(path, ctx.req.url);
-  const res = await fetch(new Request(url, { method, headers: ctx.req.headers }));
+  const verb = String(method || "GET").toUpperCase();
+  const values = (input ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const headers = new Headers(ctx.req.headers);
+  let requestPath = path;
+  let body: string | undefined;
+  if (verb === "GET" || verb === "HEAD") {
+    const query: string[] = [];
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(values)) {
+      if (value === undefined || value === null || value === "") continue;
+      query.push(\`\${encodeURIComponent(key)}=\${encodeURIComponent(String(value))}\`);
+    }
+    if (query.length) requestPath = \`\${path}?\${query.join("&")}\`;
+  } else {
+    body = JSON.stringify(values);
+    headers.set("content-type", "application/json");
+  }
+  const url = new URL(requestPath, ctx.req.url);
+  const res = await fetch(
+    new Request(url, {
+      method,
+      headers,
+      ...(body === undefined ? {} : { body }),
+    }),
+  );
   const type = res.headers.get("content-type") || "";
   if (!res.ok) {
     const data = type.includes("application/json")
@@ -1431,6 +1492,12 @@ function generateInner(ast: PageAst): string {
     );
   }
   if (ast.imports.length > 0) out.push(generatedImports(ast).join("\n"));
+  const hasServerApis = ast.dataApis.some((block) => block.mode === "any");
+  if (hasServerApis) {
+    out.push(
+      `import { requireRequestContext as __wrnexusRequireRequestContext } from "@wrnexus/core";`,
+    );
+  }
   const ssrBindings: SsrBinding[] = [];
   const csrBindings: CsrBinding[] = [];
   const helpers = targetFunctions(ast, "server");
@@ -1594,11 +1661,17 @@ function generateInner(ast: PageAst): string {
   }
 
   const needsSsrRuntime = ssrBindings.length > 0 || loops.length > 0 || runtimeStateNames.size > 0;
-  if (needsSsrRuntime) {
+  const needsRuntimeHelpers = needsSsrRuntime || hasServerApis;
+  if (needsRuntimeHelpers) {
     out.push(ssrRuntimeSource());
     out.push(
       `const __wrnexusSsrBindings: __WrnexusSsrBinding[] = ${JSON.stringify(ssrBindings, null, 2)};`,
     );
+  }
+  if (hasServerApis) {
+    out.push(serverApiBindings(ast));
+  }
+  if (needsSsrRuntime) {
     const decls = loopConsts.length > 0 ? loopConsts.join("\n") + "\n" : "";
     out.push(
       `export default async function ${ast.name}(ctx: __WrnexusContext) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/apis-server-emit.test.ts b/packages/compiler/test/apis-server-emit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cff5929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/apis-server-emit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { parse } from "@wrnexus/syntax";
+import { generate } from "../src/codegen.ts";
+
+const SOURCE = `page Probe {
+  apis {
+    searchUsers POST /api/users {
+      request { body { name?: string } }
+      response { return data.users }
+      error { return [] }
+    }
+  }
+
+  load server directory {
+    return await api.searchUsers({ name: "a" })
+  }
+
+  view { <main>x</main> }
+}
+`;
+
+test("the server module declares an api object with the block's path and method", () => {
+  const generated = generate(parse(SOURCE));
+
+  expect(generated).toContain("const api =");
+  expect(generated).toContain("searchUsers");
+  expect(generated).toContain('"/api/users"');
+  expect(generated).toContain('"POST"');
+});
+
+test("the response body is spliced in", () => {
+  expect(generate(parse(SOURCE))).toContain("data.users");
+});
+
+test("a block with no error section rethrows rather than resolving undefined", () => {
+  const generated = generate(
+    parse(`page P {
+  apis { a GET /api/a { response { return data } } }
+  load server x { return await api.a() }
+  view { <main>x</main> }
+}
+`),
+  );
+
+  expect(generated).toContain("throw");
+});
diff --git a/packages/dev-server/src/runtime.ts b/packages/dev-server/src/runtime.ts
index 9759ba56..c9a99420 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server/src/runtime.ts
@@ -1773,10 +1773,15 @@ export function createHandlers(deps: RuntimeDeps): Handlers {
       ?.filter((value, index, values) => values.indexOf(value) === index)
       .join(",");
     const pageCtx = ctx as Context & {
-      __wrnexusCallApi?: (path: string, method?: string) => Promise<unknown>;
+      __wrnexusCallApi?: (
+        path: string,
+        method?: string,
+        input?: Record<string, unknown>,
+      ) => Promise<unknown>;
       __wrnexusUseStore?: (definition: StoreDefinition<any, any, any>) => Promise<unknown>;
     };
-    pageCtx.__wrnexusCallApi = (path, method = "GET") => callApiFromContext(ctx, path, method);
+    pageCtx.__wrnexusCallApi = (path, method = "GET", input) =>
+      callApiFromContext(ctx, path, method, input);
     pageCtx.__wrnexusUseStore = (definition) => storeContainer.use(definition);
     const load = mod.__wrnexusLoad as ((ctx: Context) => Promise<unknown>) | undefined;
     if (typeof load === "function") {