diff --git a/src/api.py b/src/api.py
index d43bdf0b..8c1a1da6 100644
--- a/src/api.py
+++ b/src/api.py
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ import shared
 import time
 from addresses import (decodeAddress, addBMIfNotPresent, decodeVarint,
     calculateInventoryHash, varintDecodeError)
+import protocol
 from bmconfigparser import BMConfigParser
 import defaults
 import helper_inbox
 import helper_sent
+import helper_random
 import hashlib
 
 import state
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ class StoppableXMLRPCServer(SimpleXMLRPCServer):
         while state.shutdown == 0:
             self.handle_request()
 
+queuedRawObjects = {}
 
 # This is one of several classes that constitute the API
 # This class was written by Vaibhav Bhatia. Modified by Jonathan Warren (Atheros).
@@ -951,6 +954,79 @@ class MySimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
         data += ']}'
         return data
 
+    def HandleDisseminateRawObject(self, params):
+        if len(params) != 1:
+            raise APIError(0, 'I need 1 parameter!')
+        payload = self._decode(params[0], "hex")
+
+        if protocol.checkAndShareObjectWithPeers(payload) == 0:
+            raise APIError(30, 'Invalid object or insufficient POW')
+        else:
+            return hexlify(calculateInventoryHash(payload))
+
+    def HandleQueueRawObject(self, params):
+        if len(params) != 1:
+            raise APIError(0, 'I need 1 parameter!')
+        payload = self._decode(params[0], "hex")
+        queueItemID = helper_random.randomBytes(32)
+        queues.workerQueue.put(('sendrawobject', (queueItemID, payload)))
+        queuedRawObjects[queueItemID] = "queued"
+        return hexlify(queueItemID)
+
+    def HandleCheckQueuedRawObject(self, params):
+        if len(params) != 1:
+            raise APIError(0, 'I need 1 parameter!')
+        queueItemID, = params
+        if len(queueItemID) != 64:
+            raise APIError(19, 'The length of queue item ID should be 32 bytes (encoded in hex thus 64 characters).')
+        queueItemID = self._decode(queueItemID, "hex")
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                ID, result = queues.processedRawObjectsQueue.get_nowait()
+                queuedRawObjects[ID] = result
+            except:
+                break
+
+        result = queuedRawObjects.get(queueItemID, "notfound")
+        if result == "failed" or len(result) == 64:
+            del queuedRawObjects[queueItemID]
+        return result
+
+    def HandleGetRawObject(self, params):
+        if len(params) != 1:
+            raise APIError(0, 'I need 1 parameter!')
+        inventoryHash, = params
+        if len(inventoryHash) != 64:
+            raise APIError(19, 'The length of hash should be 32 bytes (encoded in hex thus 64 characters).')
+        inventoryHash = self._decode(inventoryHash, "hex")
+
+        try:
+            inventoryItem = Inventory()[inventoryHash]
+        except:
+            raise APIError(31, 'Object not found.')
+        else:
+            return json.dumps({'hash':hexlify(inventoryHash),'objectType':inventoryItem.type,'streamNumber':inventoryItem.stream,'payload':hexlify(inventoryItem.payload),'expiresTime':inventoryItem.expires,'tag':hexlify(inventoryItem.tag)}, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
+
+    def HandleListRawObjects(self, params):
+        if len(params) != 4:
+            raise APIError(0, 'I need 4 parameters!')
+        objectType, streamNumber, sliceStart, sliceEnd = params
+        if type(sliceStart) is not int or type(sliceEnd) is not int:
+            raise APIError(32, 'Invalid slice boundaries')
+
+        result = []
+        inventory = Inventory()
+        for i in inventory:
+            inventoryItem = inventory[str(i)]
+            if objectType != -1 and inventoryItem.type != objectType:
+                continue
+            if streamNumber != 0 and inventoryItem.stream != streamNumber:
+                continue
+            result.append({'hash':hexlify(i),'slice':hexlify(inventoryItem.payload[sliceStart:sliceEnd])})
+
+        return json.dumps(result, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
+
     def HandleClientStatus(self, params):
         if len(network.stats.connectedHostsList()) == 0:
             networkStatus = 'notConnected'
@@ -1039,6 +1115,11 @@ class MySimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
     handlers['disseminatePubkey'] = HandleDissimatePubKey
     handlers['getMessageDataByDestinationHash'] = HandleGetMessageDataByDestinationHash
     handlers['getMessageDataByDestinationTag'] = HandleGetMessageDataByDestinationHash
+    handlers['disseminateRawObject'] = HandleDisseminateRawObject
+    handlers['queueRawObject'] = HandleQueueRawObject
+    handlers['checkQueuedRawObject'] = HandleCheckQueuedRawObject
+    handlers['getRawObject'] = HandleGetRawObject
+    handlers['listRawObjects'] = HandleListRawObjects
     handlers['clientStatus'] = HandleClientStatus
     handlers['decodeAddress'] = HandleDecodeAddress
     handlers['deleteAndVacuum'] = HandleDeleteAndVacuum
diff --git a/src/class_singleWorker.py b/src/class_singleWorker.py
index c95d484a..7a6553c0 100644
--- a/src/class_singleWorker.py
+++ b/src/class_singleWorker.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import division
 import time
 import threading
 import hashlib
-from struct import pack
+from struct import pack, unpack
 # used when the API must execute an outside program
 from subprocess import call
 from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ class singleWorker(threading.Thread, StoppableThread):
                     self.sendBroadcast()
                 except:
                     pass
+            elif command == 'sendrawobject':
+                try:
+                    self.sendRawObject(data)
+                except:
+                    pass
             elif command == 'doPOWForMyV2Pubkey':
                 try:
                     self.doPOWForMyV2Pubkey(data)
@@ -226,6 +231,18 @@ class singleWorker(threading.Thread, StoppableThread):
         # inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(payload)
         return payload
 
+    def sendRawObject(self, data):
+        queueItemID, payload = data
+        endOfLifeTime, = unpack('>Q', payload[:8])
+        TTL = min(28 * 24 * 60 * 60, max(300, endOfLifeTime - int(time.time())))
+        payload = self._doPOWDefaults(
+            payload, TTL, log_prefix='(For raw object)')
+
+        if protocol.checkAndShareObjectWithPeers(payload) == 0:
+            queues.processedRawObjectsQueue.put((queueItemID, "failed"))
+        else:
+            queues.processedRawObjectsQueue.put((queueItemID, hexlify(calculateInventoryHash(payload))))
+
     # This function also broadcasts out the pubkey message
     # once it is done with the POW
     def doPOWForMyV2Pubkey(self, hash):
diff --git a/src/queues.py b/src/queues.py
index e8923dbd..ad8a1252 100644
--- a/src/queues.py
+++ b/src/queues.py
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ portCheckerQueue = Queue.Queue()
 receiveDataQueue = Queue.Queue()
 apiAddressGeneratorReturnQueue = Queue.Queue(
     )  # The address generator thread uses this queue to get information back to the API thread.
+processedRawObjectsQueue = Queue.Queue()