From e45c0628a79c14349776ed32edf555919cde8930 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brett Sun <qisheng.brett.sun@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:34:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for GET requests

---
 README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82c9520..2e50efe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ To check if your POST was successful, try validating by doing the following:
 
 or
 
+1. Try to [request for the entity with a GET request](#requesting-submitted-entities)
+
+or
+
 1. Open your browser and go to `http://localhost:9984/api/v1` (your locally
    running BigchainDB instance - if using the default Docker settings, use port
    `32768` instead).
@@ -366,6 +370,17 @@ manifestation](#was-my-post-to-manifestations-successful) and use the returned
 Right's data instead.
 
 
+### Requesting Submitted Entities
+
+You can retrieve any submitted entities via a GET to one of the following
+endpoints with the entity's ID (usually the `@id` stripped of any relative URL
+artifacts):
+
+* `/manifestations/<manifestation_id>`: Manifestations
+* `/works/<work_id>`: Works
+* `/rights/<right_id>`: Copyrights and Rights
+
+
 ### Querying the ownership history of a Right
 
 The ownership history of a Right is represented as an time-series array of