diff --git a/src/database/mod.rs b/src/database/mod.rs
index 2d7447b..c378934 100644
--- a/src/database/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -308,12 +308,12 @@ impl UpEndConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn retrieve_object(&self, object_address: Address) -> Result<Vec<Entry>> {
+    pub fn retrieve_object(&self, object_address: &Address) -> Result<Vec<Entry>> {
         use crate::database::inner::schema::data::dsl::*;
 
         let primary = data
             .filter(entity.eq(object_address.encode()?))
-            .or_filter(value_str.eq(EntryValue::Address(object_address).to_string()?))
+            .or_filter(value_str.eq(EntryValue::Address(object_address.clone()).to_string()?))
             .load::<models::Entry>(&self.conn)?;
 
         let entries = primary
diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
index 6fc4373..f280fb0 100644
--- a/src/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes.rs
@@ -207,18 +207,30 @@ impl EntriesAsHash for Vec<Entry> {
 #[get("/api/obj/{address_str}")]
 pub async fn get_object(
     state: web::Data<State>,
-    address_str: web::Path<String>,
+    address: web::Path<Address>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let connection = state.upend.connection().map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?;
+    let address = address.into_inner();
     let result: Vec<Entry> = connection
-        .retrieve_object(
-            Address::decode(&b58_decode(address_str.into_inner()).map_err(ErrorBadRequest)?)
-                .map_err(ErrorBadRequest)?,
-        )
+        .retrieve_object(&address)
         .map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?;
 
     debug!("{:?}", result);
-    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(result.as_hash().map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?))
+
+    let (entity_type, entity_content) = match address {
+        Address::Hash(_) => ("Hash", None),
+        Address::Uuid(_) => ("Uuid", None),
+        Address::Attribute(attribute) => ("Attribute", Some(attribute)),
+        Address::Url(url) => ("Url", Some(url)),
+    };
+
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(json!({
+        "entity": {
+            "t": entity_type,
+            "c": entity_content
+        },
+        "entries": result.as_hash().map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?
+    })))
 }
 
 #[put("/api/obj")]
@@ -417,7 +429,7 @@ pub async fn list_hier_roots(state: web::Data<State>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Er
     let result = list_roots(&connection)
         .map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?
         .into_iter()
-        .map(|root| connection.retrieve_object(root))
+        .map(|root| connection.retrieve_object(&root))
         .collect::<Result<Vec<Vec<Entry>>>>()
         .map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?
         .concat();
diff --git a/webui/src/lib/entity.ts b/webui/src/lib/entity.ts
index 295adda..9401f5e 100644
--- a/webui/src/lib/entity.ts
+++ b/webui/src/lib/entity.ts
@@ -5,23 +5,47 @@ import { UpListing, UpObject } from "upend";
 import type { ListingResult } from "upend/types";
 import { useSWR } from "../util/fetch";
 
+export type EntityInfo =
+  | {
+      t: "Hash" | "Uuid";
+    }
+  | {
+      t: "Attribute" | "Url";
+      c: string;
+    };
+
+export interface EntityListing {
+  entity: EntityInfo;
+  entries: ListingResult;
+}
+
 const queryOnceLRU = new LRU<string, UpListing>(128);
 const inFlightRequests: { [key: string]: Promise<UpListing> } = {};
 
 export function useEntity(address: string) {
-  const { data, error, revalidate } = useSWR<ListingResult, unknown>(
+  const { data, error, revalidate } = useSWR<EntityListing, unknown>(
     `api/obj/${address}`
   );
 
   const entity: Readable<UpObject | undefined> = derived(data, ($listing) => {
     if ($listing) {
-      const listing = new UpListing($listing);
+      const listing = new UpListing($listing.entries);
       return listing.getObject(address);
     }
   });
 
+  const entityInfo: Readable<EntityInfo | undefined> = derived(
+    data,
+    ($listing) => {
+      if ($listing) {
+        return $listing.entity;
+      }
+    }
+  );
+
   return {
     entity,
+    entityInfo,
     error,
     revalidate,
   };