diff --git a/doc/api.md b/doc/api.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..feb53c767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# API
+
+## Create DataPackage.json
+
+```
+GET /tools/create.json?url=...
+```
+
+## Validate DataPackage.json
+
+```
+GET /tools/validate.json?url={path-to-data-package}
+```
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e726a193..7b2185140 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
       "csv": "",
       "underscore": "",
       "datapackage": "0.3.0",
+      "datapackage-spec": "git://github.com/okfn/datapackage-spec",
+      "datapackage-validate": ">=0.2.2",
       "datapackage-read": ""
   }
   , "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 508851e3e..466876738 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ var fs = require('fs')
   , config = require('../lib/config')
   , tools = require('datapackage')
   , model = require('../lib/model.js')
+  , spec = require('datapackage-spec')
+  , validate  = require('datapackage-validate')
   ;
 
 var catalog = new model.Catalog();
@@ -171,23 +173,22 @@ exports.toolsDpCreate = function(req, res) {
 
 exports.toolsDpValidateJSON = function(req, res) {
   // handle base urls as well as full urls
-  var dpurl = req.query.url.replace(/datapackage.json$/, '');
-  var dpurl = dpurl.replace(/\/$/, '');
-  dpurl += '/datapackage.json';
-  tools.validateUrl(dpurl, function(data) {
+  var dpurl = spec.parse(req.query.url).dataPackageJsonUrl;
+  validate.validateUrl(dpurl, function(data) {
     res.json(data);
   });
 };
 
 exports.toolsDpValidate = function(req, res) {
-  var url = req.query.url;
+  var url = spec.parse(req.query.url).dataPackageJsonUrl;
   if (!url) {
     res.render('tools/dp/validate.html');
   } else {
-    tools.validateUrl(url, function(data) {
+    validate.validateUrl(url, function(data) {
       res.render('tools/dp/validate.html', {
         url: url,
-        result: data
+        result: data,
+        errorsAsJson: JSON.stringify(data.errors, null, 2)
       });
     });
   }
diff --git a/views/tools/dp/validate.html b/views/tools/dp/validate.html
index 3942344ea..7475b6a64 100644
--- a/views/tools/dp/validate.html
+++ b/views/tools/dp/validate.html
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ <h1>Data Package Validator</h1>
 </div>
 
 <form class="form js-info" action="">
+  <p style="float: right;">
+    <small><a href="/doc/api">API also available</a></small>
+  </p>
   <input type="text" name="url" value="{{url}}" placeholder="Paste link to your datapackage.json here" class="span6" />
   <br />
   <button class="btn">Validate</button>
@@ -33,9 +36,19 @@ <h2>
 
 <ul>
 {% for error in result.errors %}
-  <li>{{error.message}}</li>
+  <li>
+    [{{error.type.toUpperCase()}}] {{error.message}}
+    {% if error.type == 'json' %}
+    (line: {{error.line}}, character: {{error.character}})
+    {% endif %}
+  </li>
 {% endfor %}
 </ul>
+
+<pre>
+{{errorsAsJson}}
+</pre>
+
 {% endif %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}