3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/oxidized/api/rest.rb b/lib/oxidized/api/rest.rb
index 783b445..d876917 100644
--- a/lib/oxidized/api/rest.rb
+++ b/lib/oxidized/api/rest.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ module Oxidized
           # /nodes/show/node - returns data about node
           when /show\/(.*)/
             send res, @nodes.show($1)
+          when /fetch\/(.*)/
+            begin
+              send res, @nodes.fetch($1)
+            rescue Oxidized::NotSupported => e
+              send res, e
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/oxidized/nodes.rb b/lib/oxidized/nodes.rb
index e5e87e5..dcebe08 100644
--- a/lib/oxidized/nodes.rb
+++ b/lib/oxidized/nodes.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module Oxidized
   require 'oxidized/node'
+ class Oxidized::NotSupported < StandardError; end
   class Nodes < Array
     attr_accessor :source
     alias :put :unshift
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ module Oxidized
       i = find_index node
       self[i].serialize if i
     end
+    def fetch node
+      i = find_index node
+      raise Oxidized::NotSupported unless Oxidized.mgr.output.respond_to? :fetch
+      self[i].output.new.fetch node
+    end
     def del node
       i = find_index node
       delete_at i if i
diff --git a/lib/oxidized/output/file.rb b/lib/oxidized/output/file.rb
index 66ad178..8aaae0e 100644
--- a/lib/oxidized/output/file.rb
+++ b/lib/oxidized/output/file.rb
@@ -25,5 +25,9 @@ class OxFile < Output
     open(file, 'w') { |fh| fh.write data }
   end
 
+  def fetch node
+    IO.readlines File.join(@cfg[:directory], node)
+  end
+
 end
 end