diff --git a/gracedb/api.py b/gracedb/api.py
index 7dc6066d5f8d7e4e5738282061f5410df67ad247..ef3c5d0fb42803b958246d20cd37a50a9a21156c 100644
--- a/gracedb/api.py
+++ b/gracedb/api.py
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ import simplejson
 
 from gracedb.models import Event
 
+from piston.handler import BaseHandler
+
 import os
 
+class EventHandler(BaseHandler):
+    model = Event
+    allowed_methods = ('GET',)
+
 def download(request, graceid, filename=""):
     # Do not filename to be None.  That messes up later os.path.join
     filename = filename or ""
diff --git a/gracedb/urls_rest.py b/gracedb/urls_rest.py
index 768938993eb5277b8cfed0f8becd4083b6f713bf..f640f2d5e8cdd1cb3a3584d54990880deaba83a4 100644
--- a/gracedb/urls_rest.py
+++ b/gracedb/urls_rest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
 
+from piston.resource import Resource
+from gracedb.api import EventHandler
+
+eventHandler = Resource(EventHandler)
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('gracedb.api',
+    url (r'^events/[A-Z]?(?P<id>[\w\d]+)$', eventHandler, name="api_event"),
     url (r'^events/(?P<graceid>[\w\d]+)/files/(?P<filename>.+)?$', 'download', name="download"),
     url (r'^event/(?P<graceid>[\w\d]+)/files/(?P<filename>.+)?$', 'download', name="download2"),
 )