diff --git a/src/cache.rs b/src/cache.rs
index 2ade0fb..7a3a6a4 100644
--- a/src/cache.rs
+++ b/src/cache.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use mongodb::bson::doc;
 
-use crate::get_mongo;
+use crate::{get_mongo, id_of};
 
 pub struct InventoryCache {}
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ impl InventoryCache {
 
         db.database("cdb")
             .collection::<mongodb::bson::Document>("cache")
-            .find_one_and_update(doc! { "_id": "inventory"}, update, options)
+            .find_one_and_update(id_of!("inventory"), update, options)
             .await
             .unwrap();
     }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl InventoryCache {
         let inventorycache = db
             .database("cdb")
             .collection::<mongodb::bson::Document>("cache")
-            .find_one(doc! {"_id": "inventory"}, None)
+            .find_one(id_of!("inventory"), None)
             .await
             .unwrap()
             .unwrap();
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl InventoryCache {
 
         db.database("cdb")
             .collection::<mongodb::bson::Document>("cache")
-            .find_one_and_update(doc! { "_id": "inventory"}, update, options)
+            .find_one_and_update(id_of!("inventory"), update, options)
             .await
             .unwrap();
     }
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 40c7a32..5c08c99 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use crate::item::{Item, ItemEntry};
+use crate::item::Item;
 
+/// Collect database results into a `Vec<_>`
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! collect_results {
     ($res:expr) => {{
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ macro_rules! collect_results {
     }};
 }
 
+/// Get a database collection
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! cdb_col {
     ($db:expr, $col:expr) => {
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ macro_rules! cdb_col {
     };
 }
 
+/// Get a MongoDB Client from the environment
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! get_mongo {
     () => {
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ macro_rules! get_mongo {
     };
 }
 
+/// MongoDB filter for the `_id` field.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! id_of {
     ($id:expr) => {
@@ -38,18 +42,22 @@ macro_rules! id_of {
     };
 }
 
+/// Item database
 pub struct ItemDB {
     index: mdq::Index,
 }
 
 impl ItemDB {
+    /// Create a new item database using `dir` as the base.
+    ///
+    /// The directory should contain markdown documents with valid frontmatter to be parsed into `Item`s
     pub async fn new(dir: &str) -> Self {
         // scan for markdown item entries
         let index = mdq::Index::new(dir, true);
         let mongodb = get_mongo!();
 
         for item in &index.documents {
-            let item = ItemEntry::new(item);
+            let item = Item::new(item);
             item.init_db(&mongodb).await;
         }
 
@@ -58,20 +66,20 @@ impl ItemDB {
 
     /// Retrieves an item by name
     pub fn get_item(&self, item: &str) -> Option<Item> {
-        Some(Item::new(
+        Some(
             self.index
                 .documents
                 .iter()
-                .map(ItemEntry::new)
+                .map(Item::new) // <-- todo : performance?
                 .find(|x| x.name == item)?,
-        ))
+        )
     }
 
     /// Get all items
     pub fn items(&self) -> Vec<String> {
         let mut ret = vec![];
         for item in &self.index.documents {
-            let item = ItemEntry::new(item);
+            let item = Item::new(item);
             ret.push(item.name);
         }
         ret
diff --git a/src/item.rs b/src/item.rs
index 5ff53c3..bdd81bc 100644
--- a/src/item.rs
+++ b/src/item.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use crate::id_of;
 use mongodb::{bson::doc, Collection};
+use serde_json::json;
 
 use crate::variant::Variant;
 
@@ -25,13 +26,23 @@ fn hashmap_to_bson_document(
     document
 }
 
-pub struct ItemEntry {
+/// Represents a single item in a collection of physical goods.
+///
+/// This struct serves as a blueprint for describing individual items within
+/// a larger inventory or database of physical goods. It includes fields for
+/// the name of the item and its category.
+pub struct Item {
+    /// The name of the Item
     pub name: String,
+    /// Category of the Item
     pub category: String,
+    /// The variants of an Item.
+    /// Each key of the `HashMap<_>` is the name of a variant and contains a `Variant`
     pub variants: HashMap<String, Variant>,
 }
 
-impl ItemEntry {
+impl Item {
+    /// Creates a new `Item` from a parsed markdown document
     pub fn new(doc: &mdq::Document) -> Self {
         let name = std::path::Path::new(&doc.path)
             .file_stem()
@@ -72,6 +83,7 @@ impl ItemEntry {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Adds the `Item` to the database
     pub async fn init_db(&self, mongodb: &mongodb::Client) {
         log::info!("Adding item {} to DB", self.name);
         let items: Collection<mongodb::bson::Document> =
@@ -100,25 +112,28 @@ impl ItemEntry {
     }
 }
 
-/// Represents a single item in a collection of physical goods.
-///
-/// This struct serves as a blueprint for describing individual items within
-/// a larger inventory or database of physical goods. It includes fields for
-/// the name of the item and its category.
-pub struct Item {
-    pub item: ItemEntry,
-}
-
 impl Item {
-    pub const fn new(item: ItemEntry) -> Self {
-        Self { item }
-    }
-
+    /// Get this items variant names
     pub fn get_variants(&self) -> Vec<String> {
-        self.item.variants.keys().cloned().collect()
+        self.variants.keys().cloned().collect()
     }
 
+    /// Get a `Variant` of an `Item`
     pub fn variant(&self, variant: &str) -> Option<Variant> {
-        self.item.variants.get(variant).cloned()
+        self.variants.get(variant).cloned()
+    }
+
+    pub fn api_json(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
+        let variants: HashMap<String, serde_json::Value> = self
+            .variants
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(key, value)| (key.clone(), value.api_json()))
+            .collect();
+
+        json!({
+            "item": self.name,
+            "category": self.category,
+            "variants": variants
+        })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3d863f4..9ec9a4e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ async fn rocket() -> _ {
             "/",
             route![
                 routes::item::get_items_route,
+                routes::item::item_route,
                 routes::item::item_variants_page,
                 routes::item::supply_log_route,
                 routes::item::demand_log_route,
                 routes::item::supply_route,
                 routes::item::demand_route,
+                routes::item::transaction_route
             ],
         )
         .manage(itemdb)
diff --git a/src/routes/item/mod.rs b/src/routes/item/mod.rs
index dbb9545..8e76cdb 100644
--- a/src/routes/item/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/item/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::json;
 
 use crate::db::ItemDB;
+use crate::transaction::Transaction;
 use crate::variant::Variant;
 
 use super::{api_error, ApiError, FallibleApiResponse};
@@ -77,6 +78,14 @@ pub fn get_items_route(itemdb: &State<ItemDB>) -> serde_json::Value {
     json!({"items": items})
 }
 
+#[get("/item/<item_id>")]
+pub fn item_route(item_id: &str, itemdb: &State<ItemDB>) -> FallibleApiResponse {
+    let item = itemdb
+        .get_item(item_id)
+        .ok_or_else(item_does_not_exist_error)?;
+    Ok(item.api_json())
+}
+
 #[get("/item/<item_id>/variants")]
 pub fn item_variants_page(item_id: &str, itemdb: &State<ItemDB>) -> FallibleApiResponse {
     let item = itemdb
@@ -123,3 +132,11 @@ pub async fn demand_log_route(
 
     Ok(json!(transactions))
 }
+
+#[get("/transaction/<transaction>")]
+pub async fn transaction_route(transaction: &str) -> FallibleApiResponse {
+    let t = Transaction::get(transaction)
+        .await
+        .ok_or_else(|| api_error("No transaction with this UUID"))?;
+    Ok(t.api_json())
+}
diff --git a/src/transaction.rs b/src/transaction.rs
index de80cf9..452a85c 100644
--- a/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/transaction.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+use mongodb::bson::doc;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::{cdb_col, get_mongo, id_of};
+
 pub enum TransactionType {
     Batch(BatchTransaction),
     Normal(Transaction),
@@ -35,6 +41,24 @@ impl Transaction {
         }
     }
 
+    pub async fn get(uuid: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        let db = get_mongo!();
+        let transactions = cdb_col!(db, "transactions");
+        let doc = transactions.find_one(id_of!(uuid), None).await.ok()??;
+        Some(doc.into())
+    }
+
+    pub fn api_json(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
+        json!({
+            "uuid": self.uuid,
+            "item": self.item,
+            "variant": self.variant,
+            "price": self.price,
+            "origin": self.origin,
+            "timestamp": self.timestamp
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn as_doc(&self) -> mongodb::bson::Document {
         mongodb::bson::doc! {
             "_id": &self.uuid,
@@ -49,12 +73,12 @@ impl Transaction {
 
 impl From<mongodb::bson::Document> for Transaction {
     fn from(b: mongodb::bson::Document) -> Self {
-        let uuid = b.get_str("oid").unwrap().to_string();
+        let uuid = b.get_str("_id").unwrap().to_string();
         let item = b.get_str("item").unwrap().to_string();
         let variant = b.get_str("variant").unwrap().to_string();
         let origin = b.get_str("origin").unwrap().to_string();
         let timestamp = b.get_i64("timestamp").unwrap();
-        let price = Price::from(b);
+        let price = b.get_document("price").unwrap().clone().into();
         Self {
             uuid,
             item,
@@ -117,7 +141,7 @@ impl From<BatchTransaction> for mongodb::bson::Document {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct Price {
     pub value: f64,
     pub currency: String,
@@ -153,7 +177,7 @@ impl From<Price> for mongodb::bson::Bson {
 impl From<mongodb::bson::Document> for Price {
     fn from(value: mongodb::bson::Document) -> Self {
         Self {
-            value: value.get_f64("value").unwrap(),
+            value: value.get_f64("value").unwrap_or(0.0),
             currency: value.get_str("currency").unwrap().to_string(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/variant.rs b/src/variant.rs
index 7cb6bfe..2aae1e1 100644
--- a/src/variant.rs
+++ b/src/variant.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use mongodb::bson::doc;
+use serde_json::json;
 
 use crate::{
     cache::InventoryCache,
-    cdb_col, collect_results, get_mongo,
+    cdb_col, collect_results, get_mongo, id_of,
     transaction::{BatchTransaction, Price, Transaction},
 };
 
@@ -103,10 +104,7 @@ impl Variant {
 
         // check if supply transaction exists
         let supply_t = cdb_col!(db, "supply");
-        supply_t
-            .find_one(doc! { "_id": uuid}, None)
-            .await
-            .unwrap()?;
+        supply_t.find_one(id_of!(uuid), None).await.unwrap()?;
 
         // todo : demand batch
 
@@ -183,6 +181,15 @@ impl Variant {
         ret_uuid
     }
 
+    pub fn api_json(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
+        json!({
+            "item": self.item,
+            "variant": self.variant,
+            "amount": self.amount as u32,
+            "depends": self.depends
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn as_bson(&self) -> mongodb::bson::Document {
         mongodb::bson::doc! {
             "item": &self.item,