diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0cade06..cdd5f31 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "traitobject",
  "typeable",
  "unicase",
- "url",
+ "url 1.7.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -559,6 +559,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "idna"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "02e2673c30ee86b5b96a9cb52ad15718aa1f966f5ab9ad54a8b95d5ca33120a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "matches",
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -646,6 +657,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "slog-async",
  "slog-term",
  "uuid",
+ "validator",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1493,11 +1505,22 @@ version = "1.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd4e7c0d531266369519a4aa4f399d748bd37043b00bde1e4ff1f60a120b355a"
 dependencies = [
- "idna",
+ "idna 0.1.5",
  "matches",
  "percent-encoding 1.0.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "url"
+version = "2.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "829d4a8476c35c9bf0bbce5a3b23f4106f79728039b726d292bb93bc106787cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "idna 0.2.0",
+ "matches",
+ "percent-encoding 2.1.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -1508,6 +1531,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "validator"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e60fadf92c22236de4028ceb0b8af50ed3430d41ad43d7a7d63b6bd1a8f47c38"
+dependencies = [
+ "idna 0.2.0",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "url 2.1.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.10"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2bbb99c..637a410 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jsonwebtoken = "7.1.2"
 slog = "2.5.2"
 slog-term = "2.6.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
+validator = "0.10.1"
 slog-async = "2.5.0"
 bcrypt = "0.8"
 chrono = "0.4.11"
diff --git a/src/api/routes/paste.rs b/src/api/routes/paste.rs
index 0e51e3b..8ab6678 100644
--- a/src/api/routes/paste.rs
+++ b/src/api/routes/paste.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ use rocket::response::status::Custom;
 use rocket_contrib::json::Json;
 use serde_json::Value;
 
-use crate::core::paste::{entity::Paste, service::create_paste};
+use crate::core::paste::{entity::Paste, service::create_paste, service::fetch_paste};
 use crate::core::users::{service::create_or_fetch_user};
 use crate::utils::{db, phonetic_key};
 use crate::utils::phonetic_key::get_random_id;
+use diesel::result::Error;
 
 #[post("/", data = "<paste>")]
 fn create(mut paste: Json<Paste>, conn: db::DbConn, mut ck: Cookies) -> Custom<Json<Value>> {
@@ -54,6 +55,27 @@ fn create(mut paste: Json<Paste>, conn: db::DbConn, mut ck: Cookies) -> Custom<J
     }
 }
 
+#[get("/<id>")]
+fn fetch(id: String, conn: db::DbConn) -> Custom<Json<Value>> {
+    let paste = match fetch_paste(id, &conn) {
+        Ok(paste) => paste,
+        Err(err) => {
+            return match err.downcast_ref::<Error>() {
+                Some(Error::NotFound) => Custom(Status::NotFound, Json(json!({
+                    "err": err.to_string(),
+                    "msg": "Unable to find a paste with that ID"
+                }))),
+                _ => Custom(Status::InternalServerError, Json(json!({
+                    "err": err.to_string(),
+                    "msg": "Something went wrong, try again"
+                })))
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    Custom(Status::Found, Json(json!(paste)))
+}
+
 pub fn fuel(rocket: Rocket) -> Rocket {
-    rocket.mount("/api/paste", routes![create])
+    rocket.mount("/api/paste", routes![create, fetch])
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/paste/postgres.rs b/src/core/paste/postgres.rs
index 45cab94..2daf29a 100644
--- a/src/core/paste/postgres.rs
+++ b/src/core/paste/postgres.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use diesel::pg::PgConnection;
-use diesel::RunQueryDsl;
+use diesel::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::schema::pastes;
 
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ pub fn create_paste(paste: &Paste, conn: &PgConnection) -> Result<usize> {
         .values(paste)
         .execute(conn)?;
     Ok(rows)
+}
+
+pub fn fetch_paste(id: String, conn: &PgConnection) -> Result<Paste> {
+    let paste = pastes::table.find(id).get_result::<Paste>(conn)?;
+    Ok(paste)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/paste/service.rs b/src/core/paste/service.rs
index 5ad7f2c..3a6563d 100644
--- a/src/core/paste/service.rs
+++ b/src/core/paste/service.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ use diesel::pg::PgConnection;
 use super::entity::Paste;
 use super::postgres;
 
-pub fn create_paste(paste: &Paste, conn: &PgConnection) -> Result<usize> {
+pub fn create_paste(paste: &mut Paste, conn: &PgConnection) -> Result<usize> {
+    paste.is_url = validator::validate_url(paste.content.clone());
     postgres::create_paste(paste, conn)
+}
+
+pub fn fetch_paste(id: String, conn: &PgConnection) -> Result<Paste> {
+    postgres::fetch_paste(id, conn)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index 260832c..33c788f 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 table! {
     pastes (id) {
-        id -> Varchar,
+        id -> Nullable<Varchar>,
         belongs_to -> Nullable<Varchar>,
         is_url -> Bool,
         content -> Text,