diff --git a/admin.py b/admin.py
index cf3c291..84345b8 100644
--- a/admin.py
+++ b/admin.py
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ class PageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     order_by = ['document', 'page_num']
 
     class Media:
-        js = ("lib/underscore.js", "lib/backbone.js",)
+        js = ("lib/underscore.js", "lib/backbone.js", 'js/pdfformfiller/pdfformfiller.js')
 
     def get_urls(self):
         urls = super(PageAdmin, self).get_urls()
         my_urls = patterns('',
                 url(r'^(?P<pk>.*)/preview/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.preview), name='preview'),
-                url(r'^(?P<pk>.*)/json/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.json, name='json'),
+                url(r'^(?P<pk>.*)/json/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.json), name='json'),
             )
         return my_urls + urls
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ff0d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pypoppler
diff --git a/static/js/pdfformfiller/pdfformfiller.js b/static/js/pdfformfiller/pdfformfiller.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc3901c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/js/pdfformfiller/pdfformfiller.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('pdfformfiller loaded!');
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
index 9fe1e2d..553d433 100644
--- a/urls.py
+++ b/urls.py
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
-from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
+import backbone
+
 from pdfformfiller.views import editor
 
+backbone.autodiscover()
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('pdfformfiller.views',
     url(r'^(?P<pdf>.*)/edit/$', editor.PDFFormFillerEditor.as_view(), name='pdfformfiller-edit'),
 )
 
-urlpatterns += patterns('pdfformfiller.views.json',
-    url(r'^json/(?P<pdf>\d+)/$', 'get_pages', name='pdfformfiller-json-get-pages'),
-    url(r'^json/(?P<pdf>\d+)/(?P<page_no>\d+)/$', 'get_page', name='pdfformfiller-json-get-page'),
+urlpatterns = patterns('pdfformfiller.views.api',
+    url(r'^api/document/$', 'document', name='pdfformfiller_api_document'),
+    url(r'^api/document/(?P<id>\d+)/$', 'document_detail', name='pdfformfiller_api_document_detail'),
+    url(r'^api/document/(?P<id>\d+)/pages/$', 'document_pages', name='pdfformfiller_api_document_pages'),
+    url(r'^api/page/$', 'page', name='pdfformfiller_api_page'),
+    url(r'^api/page/(?P<id>\d+)/$', 'page_detail', name='pdfformfiller_api_page_detail'),
+    url(r'^api/page/(?P<id>\d+)/fields/$', 'page_fields', name='pdfformfiller_api_page_fields'),
 )
 
+
+urlpatterns += patterns('',
+    (r'^backbone/', include(backbone.site.urls)),)
diff --git a/views/api.py b/views/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bb55a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import json
+
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.utils.encoding import is_protected_type
+from django.db.models.fields.files import File
+
+from pdfformfiller import models
+
+def json_response(data):
+    response = HttpResponse(json.dumps(data))
+    response['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
+    return response
+
+
+def extract_fields(model):
+    result = {}
+    for field in model._meta.fields:
+        value = result[field.name] = field._get_val_from_obj(model)
+        if isinstance(value, File):
+            value = value.url
+
+        result[field.name] = value
+    return result
+
+
+"""
+def pages(request, page_id=None):
+    context = {}
+    pages = []
+
+    if doc_id:
+        pages = models.Page.objects.get(pk = page_id)
+    elif request.GET('document', None):
+        doc_id = request.GET('document')
+        pages = models.Page.objects.filter(document__pk = doc_id)
+    else:
+        pages = []
+
+    for page in pages:
+        pages.append(extract_fields(page)) #, ['id', 'document', ))
+
+    context['pages'] = pages
+
+    return json_response(context)
+
+
+def fields(request, page_id=None):
+
+    page = models.Page.objects.get(document__pk = pdf,
+                                   page_num = page_num)
+
+    fields = page.formfield_set.all()
+
+    context = {}
+    #context['page'] = extract_fields(page)
+    context['page']['fields'] = map(extract_fields, fields)
+
+    return json_response(context)
+
+"""
+
+def document(request):
+    documents = models.Document.objects.all().values('id','name')
+    return json_response(list(documents))
+
+
+def document_detail(request, id):
+    document = models.Document.objects.get(pk=id)
+    context = extract_fields(document)
+    return json_response(context)
+
+
+def page(request):
+    pages = models.Page.objects.all()
+    context = [extract_fields(p) for p in pages]
+    return json_response(context)
+
+
+def page_detail(request, id):
+    page = models.Page.objects.get(pk=id)
+    context = extract_fields(page)
+    return json_response(context)
+
+
+def document_pages(request, id):
+    pages = models.Page.objects.filter(document__pk=id)
+    context = [extract_fields(page) for page in pages]
+    return json_response(context)
+
+def field(request):
+    fields = models.FormField.objects.all()
+    context = [extract_fields(f) for f in fields]
+    return json_response(context)
+
+def field_detail(request, id):
+    field = models.FormField.objects.get(pk=id)
+    context = extract_fields(field)
+    return json_response(context)
+
+def page_fields(request, id):
+    fields = models.FormField.objects.filter(page__pk=id)
+    context = [extract_fields(f) for f in fields]
+    return json_response(context)
+
diff --git a/views/json.py b/views/json.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 625ae04..0000000
--- a/views/json.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-from django.http import HttpResponse
-
-def json_response(context):
-    response = HttpResponse(context)
-    response['Content-Type'] = 'application/pdf'
-    return response
-
-