diff --git a/application/controllers/InspectController.php b/application/controllers/InspectController.php
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+++ b/application/controllers/InspectController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Web\Controller\ActionController;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Core\RestApiClient;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Core\CoreApi;
+
+class Director_InspectController extends ActionController
+{
+    public function typesAction()
+    {
+        $this->view->title = $this->translate('Icinga2 object types');
+        $api = $this->api();
+        $types = $api->getTypes();
+        $rootNodes = array();
+        foreach ($types as $name => $type) {
+            if (property_exists($type, 'base')) {
+                $base = $type->base;
+                if (! property_exists($types[$base], 'children')) {
+                    $types[$base]->children = array();
+                }
+
+                $types[$base]->children[$name] = $type;
+            } else {
+                $rootNodes[$name] = $type;
+            }
+        }
+        $this->view->types = $rootNodes;
+    }
+
+    public function typeAction()
+    {
+        print_r($this->api()->getType($this->params->get('name')));
+        exit;
+    }
+
+    protected function api()
+    {
+        $apiconfig = $this->Config()->getSection('api');
+        $client = new RestApiClient($apiconfig->get('address'), $apiconfig->get('port'));
+        $client->setCredentials($apiconfig->get('username'), $apiconfig->get('password'));
+        $api = new CoreApi($client);
+        return $api;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/application/views/scripts/inspect/types.phtml b/application/views/scripts/inspect/types.phtml
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+++ b/application/views/scripts/inspect/types.phtml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+function dumpTree($tree, $self, $level = 0)
+{
+    $html = '';
+    foreach ($tree as $name => $node) {
+        $html .= '<li>';
+        $link = $self->qlink(
+            $name,
+            'director/inspect/type',
+            array('name' => $name),
+            array('class' => $node->abstract ? 'abstract' : 'object')
+        );
+        if (property_exists($node, 'children')) {
+            $html .= '<span class="handle"> </span>';
+            $html .= $link;
+            $html .= '<ul>' . dumpTree($node->children, $self, $level + 1) . '</ul>';
+        } else {
+            $html .= $link;
+        }
+        $html .= '</li>';
+    }
+
+    return $html;
+}
+
+?>
+<div class="controls">
+<?= $this->tabs ?>
+<h1><?= $this->escape($this->title) ?></h1>
+</div>
+
+<div class="content">
+<ul class="tree" style="margin-left: 2em;" data-base-target="_next">
+<?= dumpTree($this->types, $this) ?>
+</ul>
+</div>
diff --git a/library/Director/Core/CoreApi.php b/library/Director/Core/CoreApi.php
index 86939476..a8f9947b 100644
--- a/library/Director/Core/CoreApi.php
+++ b/library/Director/Core/CoreApi.php
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@ class CoreApi
         $this->client = $client;
     }
 
+    public function getTypes()
+    {
+        return $this->client->get('types')->getResult('name');
+    }
+
+    public function getType($type)
+    {
+        $res = $this->client->get('types', array('name' => $type))->getResult('name');
+        return $res[$type]; // TODO: error checking
+    }
+
+    public function listObjects($type, $pluralType)
+    {
+        // TODO: more abstraction needed
+        return $this->client->get(
+            'objects/' . $pluralType,
+            array(
+                'attrs' => array($type . '.__name', $type . '.name'),
+            )
+        )->getResult('__name');
+    }
+
     public function getModules()
     {
         return $this->client->get('config/packages')->getResult('name');
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