diff --git a/applications/api.moon b/applications/api.moon
index a529fcf..7540074 100644
--- a/applications/api.moon
+++ b/applications/api.moon
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ import api_request, abort, assert_model from locate "helpers.api"
 -- import escape_similar_to from locate "db"
 
 get_task = =>
+  unless @params.content or tonumber @params.id
+    @params.content = @params.id
+    @params.id = nil
   if @params.id
     assert_valid @params, {
       {"id", exists: true, min_length: 1, "Attempted to select by task id, but no id specified."}
       {"id", is_integer: true, "Task id specified is not an integer."}
     }
-    @task = assert_model Tasks\find id: @params.id, user_id: @user.id
+    @task = assert_model Tasks\find id: tonumber(@params.id), user_id: @user.id
   elseif @params.content
     assert_valid @params, {
       {"content", exists: true, min_length: 1, "Attempted to select by task content, but no content specified."}
@@ -24,6 +27,17 @@ get_task = =>
 
   abort 404, "Invalid task specified." unless @task
 
+set_bool = (name) =>
+  if @params[name] == "true"
+    @params[name] = true
+  elseif @params[name] == "false"
+    @params[name] = false
+  if @params[name] != nil and "boolean" != type @params[name]
+    abort "#{name} must be true/false only."
+
+send_task = =>
+  @write json: { success: true, task: @task }
+
 class API extends Application
   @path: "/v1"
   @name: "api_"
@@ -40,40 +54,39 @@ class API extends Application
     abort "Auth: Invalid api_key." unless @user -- NOTE this should also delete the api_key and error (this should never happen!)
   )
 
-  [new: "/new"]: api_request =>
-    assert_valid @params, {
-      {"content", exists: true, min_length: 1, "Task content not specified."}
-    }
+  [action: "/:action(/:id)"]: api_request =>
+    switch @params.action
+      when "new"
+        unless @params.content or tonumber @params.id
+          @params.content = @params.id
+        assert_valid @params, { {"content", exists: true, min_length: 1, "Task content not specified."} }
+        @task = assert_model Tasks\create user_id: @user.id, content: @params.content
+        send_task(@)
+      when "get", "do", "undo", "edit", "delete"
+        get_task(@)
+      else
+        abort "Invalid action: #{@params.action}"
 
-    task = assert_model Tasks\create {
-      user_id: @user.id
-      content: @params.content
-    }
+    switch @params.action
+      when "do"
+        @task = assert_model @task\update done: true
+      when "undo"
+        @task = assert_model @task\update done: false
+      when "edit"
+        assert_valid @params, {
+          {"new_content", exists: true, min_length: 1, optional: true, "Cannot set no content on a task."}
+        }
+        set_bool(@, "done")
+        @task = assert_model @task\update content: @params.new_content, done: @params.done
+      when "delete"
+        if @task\delete!
+          return json: { success: true }
+        else
+          abort 500, "Error deleting task."
 
-    return json: { success: true, :task }
+    send_task(@)
 
-  [get: "/get"]: api_request =>
-    get_task(@)
-    return json: { success: true, :task }
 
-  [do: "/do"]: api_request =>
-    get_task(@)
-    @task = assert_model @task\update done: true
-
-    return json: { success: true, :task }
-
-  [undo: "/undo"]: api_request =>
-    get_task(@)
-    @task = assert_model @task\update done: false
-
-    return json: { success: true, :task }
-
-  [delete: "/delete"]: api_request =>
-    get_task(@)
-    if @task\delete!
-      return json: { success: true }
-    else
-      abort 500, "Error deleting task."
 
   [list: "/list"]: api_request =>
     assert_valid @params, {
@@ -82,7 +95,9 @@ class API extends Application
       {"page", exists: true, is_integer: true, optional: true, "Page is not an integer."}
       {"order", exists: true, one_of: {"asc", "desc"}, optional: true, "Invalid order. (Must be 'asc' or 'desc'.)"}
     }
+    @params.count = tonumber @params.count
     @params.count or= 50
+    @params.page = tonumber @params.page
     @params.page or= 1
     @params.order or= "asc"
     @params.page = 1 if @params.page < 1
@@ -91,6 +106,7 @@ class API extends Application
     if @params.done == nil
       Paginator = Tasks\paginated "WHERE user_id = ? ORDER BY created_at #{@params.order}", @user.id, per_page: @params.count
     else
+      set_bool(@, "done")
       Paginator = Tasks\paginated "WHERE user_id = ? AND done = ? ORDER BY created_at #{@params.order}", @user.id, @params.done, per_page: @params.count
 
     num_pages = Paginator\num_pages!
@@ -98,9 +114,11 @@ class API extends Application
       @params.page = num_pages
     tasks = Paginator\get_page(@params.page)
 
-    -- returns page in case it returned a different page than you asked for! (in the case you ask for a page beyond the end)
+    -- returns page in case it returned a different page than you asked for! (in the case you ask for an out-of-range page)
     return json: { success: true, page: @params.page, pages: num_pages, :tasks }
 
+
+
   [random: "/random"]: api_request =>
     -- assert_valid @params, {
     --   {"count", exists: true, is_integer: true, optional: true, "Count is not an integer."}
@@ -131,20 +149,16 @@ class API extends Application
     api_key = assert_model APIKeys\create(@user)
     return json: { success: true, :api_key }
 
-  [delete_key: "/key/delete"]: api_request =>
+  [delete_key: "/key/delete(/:key)"]: api_request =>
     if @params.id
-      assert_valid @params, {
-        {"id", exists: true, min_length: 1, "Attempted to select by API key id, but no id specified."}
-        {"id", is_integer: true, "API key id is not an integer."}
-      }
-      @key_to_delete = assert_model APIKeys\find id: @params.id, user_id: @user.id
+      abort "api_key IDs do not exist anymore (sorry!)." -- no one should ever run into this
     elseif @params.key
       assert_valid @params, {
         {"key", exists: true, min_length: 32, max_length: 32, "Invalid api_key specified."}
       }
       @key_to_delete = assert_model APIKeys\find key: @params.key, user_id: @user.id
     else
-      abort 400, "No api_key specified."
+      abort "No api_key specified."
 
     abort 404, "Invalid api_key specified." unless @key_to_delete
     if @key_to_delete\delete!
diff --git a/helpers/api.moon b/helpers/api.moon
index a14116b..4395bf0 100644
--- a/helpers/api.moon
+++ b/helpers/api.moon
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ api_request = (fn) ->
           insert errors, err[2]
         else
           insert errors, err
-      return(:status, json: { :errors })
+      return(:status, json: { success: false, :errors })
   }
 
 abort = (status, message) ->
diff --git a/migrations.moon b/migrations.moon
index 3c76ce8..3d83d3c 100644
--- a/migrations.moon
+++ b/migrations.moon
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import create_table, types, create_index, add_column from require "lapis.db.schema"
+import create_table, types, create_index, add_column, drop_column from require "lapis.db.schema"
 import make_migrations, autoload from require "locator"
 import settings from autoload "utility"
 
@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ make_migrations {
   [1524605427]: =>
     add_column "api_keys", "id", types.serial primary_key: true
 
+    -- technically there should be a migration here to wipe out the api_keys table
+    -- due to a strange bug with how adding an id to api_keys works (I think)
+
   [1524607145]: =>
     settings.set "simplex.key-increment", 100 -- I had been accidentally deleting this key over and over again
 
-  -- technically there should be a migration here to wipe out the api_keys table
-  -- due to a strange bug with how adding an id to api_keys works (I think)
+  [1525245815]: =>
+    drop_column "api_keys", "id"
+
 }
diff --git a/models/APIKeys.moon b/models/APIKeys.moon
index b02cf85..63c7f69 100644
--- a/models/APIKeys.moon
+++ b/models/APIKeys.moon
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class APIKeys extends Model
       error "API Keys need to be created using a user model."
 
     values = {}
+    values.user_id = user.id
     while true
-      values.user_id = user.id
       values.key = encode_base64(bcrypt.digest "#{settings["simplex.key-increment"]}#{user.name}#{user.digest}", settings["users.bcrypt-digest-rounds"])\sub 1, 32
       settings["simplex.key-increment"] += 1
       unless APIKeys\find key: values.key