diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/create_snippet.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/create_snippet.bru
index 26ad351..638f2b0 100644
--- a/bruno/CodeSnippets/create_snippet.bru
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/create_snippet.bru
@@ -4,8 +4,17 @@ meta {
   seq: 3
 }
 
-get {
-  url: 
-  body: none
+post {
+  url: {{host}}/api/snippet
+  body: json
   auth: none
 }
+
+body:json {
+  {
+    "title": "Test Snippet",
+    "slug": "test-snippet",
+    "markdown": "this is a test",
+    "tags": ["test"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippets.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippets.bru
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60b3da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippets.bru
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+meta {
+  name: get_snippets
+  type: http
+  seq: 4
+}
+
+get {
+  url: {{host}}/api/snippet?limit=10&skip=10
+  body: none
+  auth: none
+}
+
+params:query {
+  limit: 10
+  skip: 10
+}
+
+body:json {
+  {
+    "title": "Test Snippet",
+    "markdown": "## Cool Snippet\ndoes a cool thing",
+    "tags": ["git", "jj"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/snippets/api.clj b/src/snippets/api.clj
index d5e195e..c128804 100644
--- a/src/snippets/api.clj
+++ b/src/snippets/api.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
   (:require
    [ring.adapter.jetty :as jetty]
    [clojure.pprint :as pprint]
+   [snippets.db :as db]
    [muuntaja.middleware :as mm]
+   [ring.middleware.params]
    [reitit.ring :as rr]))
 
 (defn handle-ping [args]
@@ -13,6 +15,12 @@
   (pprint/pprint body)
   {:status 200, :body "snippet created"})
 
+(defn handle-view-snippet [{params :query-params}]
+  (let [limit (Integer/parseInt (get params "limit" "10"))
+        skip (Integer/parseInt (get params "skip" "0"))]
+    {:status 200
+     :body (db/list-snippets {:limit limit :skip skip})}))
+
 (defn wrap [handler id]
   (fn [request]
     (update (handler request) :wrap (fnil conj '()) id)))
@@ -20,10 +28,12 @@
 (def app
   (rr/ring-handler
    (rr/router
-    ["/api" {:middleware [mm/wrap-format
+    ["/api" {:middleware [ring.middleware.params/wrap-params
+                          mm/wrap-format
                           [wrap :api]]}
      ["/ping" {:get handle-ping}]
-     ["/snippet" {:post handle-create-snippet}]])
+     ["/snippet" {:post handle-create-snippet
+                  :get handle-view-snippet}]])
    (rr/create-default-handler)))
 
 ;; (defroutes app-routes
diff --git a/src/snippets/backfill.clj b/src/snippets/backfill.clj
index 4a1a488..672d458 100644
--- a/src/snippets/backfill.clj
+++ b/src/snippets/backfill.clj
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
                         :tags (:snippet_types frontmatter))))
          (map #(dissoc % :full-path)))))
 
-;; create snippets from files
-;; save snippets in db
+;; used repl to do backfill
+;; (doseq [s old-snippets] (xt/execute-tx db/client [[:put-docs :snippets (merge {:xt/id (:slug s)} s)]]))
diff --git a/src/snippets/db.clj b/src/snippets/db.clj
index c376378..a2df8b5 100644
--- a/src/snippets/db.clj
+++ b/src/snippets/db.clj
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 
 (defn uuid [] (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID)))
 
-(defn save-snippet [snippet]
-  (xt/execute-tx client [[:put-docs :snippets (merge snippet {:xt/id (uuid)})]]))
+;; xtdb query docs: https://docs.xtdb.com/reference/main/xtql/queries.html#_limit
+(defn list-snippets [{:keys [skip limit]}]
+  (xt/q client
+        (eval
+         (read-string
+          (format "(quote (-> (from :snippets [* {:xt/id id}]) (offset %s) (limit %s)))" skip limit)))))
 
-;; (xt/q client ['(from :users [{:name "travis"}])])
+  ;; (xt/execute-tx client [[:put-docs :snippets (merge snippet {:xt/id (uuid)})]]))