diff --git a/actions/api.php b/actions/api.php
index 8b92889f8a..99ab262ad7 100644
--- a/actions/api.php
+++ b/actions/api.php
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class ApiAction extends Action
                                 'laconica/wadl',
                                 'tags/timeline',
                                 'oembed/oembed',
+                                'groups/show',
                                 'groups/timeline');
 
         static $bareauth = array('statuses/user_timeline',
diff --git a/actions/twitapigroups.php b/actions/twitapigroups.php
index 71a0776f46..f899bc3698 100644
--- a/actions/twitapigroups.php
+++ b/actions/twitapigroups.php
@@ -51,6 +51,32 @@ require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/twitterapi.php';
  class TwitapigroupsAction extends TwitterapiAction
  {
 
+     function show($args, $apidata)
+     {
+         parent::handle($args);
+
+         common_debug("in groups api action");
+
+         $this->auth_user = $apidata['user'];
+         $group = $this->get_group($apidata['api_arg'], $apidata);
+
+         if (empty($group)) {
+             $this->clientError('Not Found', 404, $apidata['content-type']);
+             return;
+         }
+
+         switch($apidata['content-type']) {
+          case 'xml':
+             $this->show_single_xml_group($group);
+             break;
+          case 'json':
+             $this->show_single_json_group($group);
+             break;
+          default:
+             $this->clientError(_('API method not found!'), $code = 404);
+         }
+     }
+
      function timeline($args, $apidata)
      {
          parent::handle($args);
diff --git a/lib/twitterapi.php b/lib/twitterapi.php
index b2602e77ca..e6af33e828 100644
--- a/lib/twitterapi.php
+++ b/lib/twitterapi.php
@@ -213,6 +213,26 @@ class TwitterapiAction extends Action
         return $twitter_status;
     }
 
+    function twitter_group_array($group)
+    {
+        $twitter_group=array();
+        $twitter_group['id']=$group->id;
+        $twitter_group['url']=$group->permalink();
+        $twitter_group['nickname']=$group->nickname;
+        $twitter_group['fullname']=$group->fullname;
+        $twitter_group['homepage_url']=$group->homepage_url;
+        $twitter_group['original_logo']=$group->original_logo;
+        $twitter_group['homepage_logo']=$group->homepage_logo;
+        $twitter_group['stream_logo']=$group->stream_logo;
+        $twitter_group['mini_logo']=$group->mini_logo;
+        $twitter_group['homepage']=$group->homepage;
+        $twitter_group['description']=$group->description;
+        $twitter_group['location']=$group->location;
+        $twitter_group['created']=$this->date_twitter($group->created);
+        $twitter_group['modified']=$this->date_twitter($group->modified);
+        return $twitter_group;
+    }
+
     function twitter_rss_entry_array($notice)
     {
         $profile = $notice->getProfile();
@@ -413,6 +433,15 @@ class TwitterapiAction extends Action
         $this->elementEnd('status');
     }
 
+    function show_twitter_xml_group($twitter_group)
+    {
+        $this->elementStart('group');
+        foreach($twitter_group as $element => $value) {
+            $this->element($element, null, $value);
+        }
+        $this->elementEnd('group');
+    }
+
     function show_twitter_xml_user($twitter_user, $role='user')
     {
         $this->elementStart($role);
@@ -639,6 +668,22 @@ class TwitterapiAction extends Action
         $this->end_document('json');
     }
 
+    function show_single_json_group($group)
+    {
+        $this->init_document('json');
+        $twitter_group = $this->twitter_group_array($group);
+        $this->show_json_objects($twitter_group);
+        $this->end_document('json');
+    }
+
+    function show_single_xml_group($group)
+    {
+        $this->init_document('xml');
+        $twitter_group = $this->twitter_group_array($group);
+        $this->show_twitter_xml_group($twitter_group);
+        $this->end_document('xml');
+    }
+
     // Anyone know what date format this is?
     // Twitter's dates look like this: "Mon Jul 14 23:52:38 +0000 2008" -- Zach
     function date_twitter($dt)