diff --git a/app/controllers/dmsf_files_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dmsf_files_controller.rb
index 432cef54..58d1bc70 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dmsf_files_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dmsf_files_controller.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class DmsfFilesController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :find_file, :except => [:delete_revision]
   before_filter :find_revision, :only => [:delete_revision]
   before_filter :authorize
+  
+  accept_api_auth :show
 
   helper :all
   helper :dmsf_workflows
@@ -80,8 +82,13 @@ class DmsfFilesController < ApplicationController
     @revision = @file.last_revision    
     @file_delete_allowed = User.current.allowed_to?(:file_delete, @project)    
     @revision_pages = Paginator.new @file.revisions.visible.count, params['per_page'] ? params['per_page'].to_i : 25, params['page']
-    
-    render :layout => !request.xhr?
+            
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html {
+        render :layout => !request.xhr?
+      }
+      format.api      
+    end
   end
   
   def create_revision
diff --git a/app/views/dmsf_files/show.api.rsb b/app/views/dmsf_files/show.api.rsb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb6e2f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/dmsf_files/show.api.rsb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+api.file do
+  api.id @file.id
+  api.name @file.name  
+end
diff --git a/extra/api_client.rb b/extra/api_client.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f92a7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/api_client.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'active_resource'
+
+# Dmsf file
+class DmsfFile < ActiveResource::Base
+  self.site = 'http://localhost:3000/'
+  self.user = '***'
+  self.password = '***'
+end
+
+# Retrieving a file
+file = DmsfFile.find 1
+if file
+  puts file.name
+else
+  puts 'No file with id = 1 found'
+end