diff --git a/tracdb/tests.py b/tracdb/tests.py
index e7b7f9c24..3cda3ff6a 100644
--- a/tracdb/tests.py
+++ b/tracdb/tests.py
@@ -157,3 +157,63 @@ def test_from_querystring_model_and_custom_field_together(self):
             Ticket.objects.from_querystring("severity=high&stage=unreviewed"),
             ["test1"],
         )
+
+
+class TicketAPITestCase(TracDBCreateDatabaseMixin, TestCase):
+    databases = {"default", "trac"}
+
+    def test_empty_results(self):
+        response = self.client.get("/trac/api/?ids=1")
+        self.assertJSONEqual(response.content, {"tickets": []})
+
+    def test_single_result(self):
+        t = Ticket.objects.create(reporter="test", description="test")
+
+        response = self.client.get(f"/trac/api/?ids={t.id}")
+
+        self.assertJSONEqual(
+            response.content,
+            {
+                "tickets": [
+                    {
+                        "id": t.id,
+                        "reporter": "test",
+                        "description": "test",
+                        "resolution": "",
+                        "status": "",
+                        "changes": [],
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+        )
+
+    def test_single_result_with_comment(self):
+        t = Ticket.objects.create()
+        t.changes.create(author="test", field="test", _time=1)
+
+        response = self.client.get(f"/trac/api/?ids={t.id}")
+
+        self.assertJSONEqual(
+            response.content,
+            {
+                "tickets": [
+                    {
+                        "id": t.id,
+                        "reporter": "",
+                        "description": "",
+                        "resolution": "",
+                        "status": "",
+                        "changes": [
+                            {
+                                "author": "test",
+                                "field": "test",
+                                "time": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000001+00:00",
+                            }
+                        ],
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+        )
+
+    def test_querycount(self):
+        pass  # TODO (make sure there's no N+1 issue)
diff --git a/tracdb/urls.py b/tracdb/urls.py
index bf7aa4086..bbe868be8 100644
--- a/tracdb/urls.py
+++ b/tracdb/urls.py
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("bouncing/", views.bouncing_tickets, name="bouncing_tickets"),
+    path("api/", views.miniapi, name="miniapi"),
 ]
diff --git a/tracdb/views.py b/tracdb/views.py
index 9e725f593..e0a5f9da4 100644
--- a/tracdb/views.py
+++ b/tracdb/views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import datetime
 
 from django import db
+from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render
 
-from .models import _epoc
+from .models import Ticket, _epoc
 
 
 def bouncing_tickets(request):
@@ -35,3 +36,41 @@ def ts2dt(ts):
 def dictfetchall(cursor):
     desc = cursor.description
     return [dict(zip([col[0] for col in desc], row)) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
+
+
+def miniapi(request):
+    """
+    Return information about the requestest tickets (JSON)
+    """
+    # TODO: max size
+    # TODO: paginate?
+    # TODO: error handling
+    pks = request.GET.get("ids")
+    tickets = (
+        Ticket.objects.filter(pk__in=pks)
+        .only("status", "reporter", "resolution", "description")
+        .prefetch_related("changes")
+    )
+
+    return JsonResponse(
+        {
+            "tickets": [
+                {
+                    "id": ticket.pk,
+                    "status": ticket.status,
+                    "reporter": ticket.reporter,  # TODO: sanitize (emails, ...)
+                    "resolution": ticket.resolution,
+                    "description": ticket.description,
+                    "changes": [
+                        {
+                            "time": change.time.isoformat(),
+                            "author": change.author,  # TODO: sanitize (emails, ...)
+                            "field": change.field,
+                        }
+                        for change in ticket.changes.all()
+                    ],
+                }
+                for ticket in tickets
+            ]
+        }
+    )