diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
index 5843c585..43c91d69 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ LoginAPI() {
 
     # Exit early if authentication is not needed
     if [ "${needAuth}" = false ]; then
+        if [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
+            echo "API Authentication: Not needed"
+        fi
         return
     fi
 
@@ -95,8 +98,15 @@ LoginAPI() {
     if [ -r /etc/pihole/cli_pw ]; then
         password=$(cat /etc/pihole/cli_pw)
 
+        if [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
+            echo "API Authentication: Trying to use CLI password"
+        fi
+
         # Try to authenticate using the CLI password
-        Authentication
+        Authentication "${1}"
+
+    elif [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
+        echo "API Authentication: CLI password not available"
     fi
 
 
@@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ LoginAPI() {
         secretRead; printf '\n'
 
         # Try to authenticate again
-        Authentication
+        Authentication "${1}"
     done
 
 }
@@ -124,6 +134,14 @@ Authentication() {
   # obtain validity and session ID from session response
   validSession=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq .session.valid 2>/dev/null)
   SID=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .session.sid 2>/dev/null)
+
+  if [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
+    if [ "${validSession}" = true ]; then
+      echo "API Authentication: ${COL_GREEN}Success${COL_NC}"
+    else
+      echo "API Authentication: ${COL_RED}Failed${COL_NC}"
+    fi
+  fi
 }
 
 LogoutAPI() {
@@ -134,10 +152,12 @@ LogoutAPI() {
         deleteResponse=$(curl -skS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X DELETE "${API_URL}auth"  -H "Accept: application/json" -H "sid: ${SID}")
 
         case "${deleteResponse}" in
-            "401") printf "%b" "Logout attempt without a valid session. Unauthorized!\n";;
-         esac;
+            "401") echo "Logout attempt without a valid session. Unauthorized!";;
+            "204") if [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then echo "API Logout: ${COL_GREEN}Success${COL_NC} (session deleted)"; fi;;
+        esac;
+    elif [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
+        echo "API Logout: ${COL_GREEN}Success${COL_NC} (no valid session)"
     fi
-
 }
 
 GetFTLData() {
@@ -146,19 +166,22 @@ GetFTLData() {
   response=$(curl -skS -w "%{http_code}" -X GET "${API_URL}$1" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "sid: ${SID}" )
 
   # status are the last 3 characters
-  status=$(printf %s "${response#"${response%???}"}")
+  status="${response#"${response%???}"}"
   # data is everything from response without the last 3 characters
-  data=$(printf %s "${response%???}")
+  data="${response%???}"
 
-  if [ "${status}" = 200 ]; then
-    # response OK
-    printf %s "${data}"
-  elif [ "${status}" = 000 ]; then
-    # connection lost
-    echo "000"
-  elif [ "${status}" = 401 ]; then
-    # unauthorized
-    echo "401"
+  if [ "${2}" = "raw" ]; then
+    # return the raw response
+    echo "${response}"
+  else
+    # return only the data
+    if [ "${status}" = 200 ]; then
+        # response OK
+        echo "${data}"
+    else
+        # connection lost
+        echo "${status}"
+    fi
   fi
 }
 
@@ -226,3 +249,42 @@ secretRead() {
     # restore original terminal settings
     stty "${stty_orig}"
 }
+
+apiFunc() {
+  local data response status status_col
+
+  # Authenticate with the API
+  LoginAPI verbose
+  echo ""
+
+  echo "Requesting: ${COL_PURPLE}GET ${COL_CYAN}${API_URL}${COL_YELLOW}$1${COL_NC}"
+  echo ""
+
+  # Get the data from the API
+  response=$(GetFTLData "$1" raw)
+
+  # status are the last 3 characters
+  status="${response#"${response%???}"}"
+  # data is everything from response without the last 3 characters
+  data="${response%???}"
+
+  # Output the status (200 -> green, else red)
+  if [ "${status}" = 200 ]; then
+    status_col="${COL_GREEN}"
+  else
+    status_col="${COL_RED}"
+  fi
+  echo "Status: ${status_col}${status}${COL_NC}"
+
+  # Output the data. Format it with jq if available and data is actually JSON.
+  # Otherwise just print it
+  echo "Data:"
+  if command -v jq >/dev/null && echo "${data}" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "${data}" | jq .
+  else
+    echo "${data}"
+  fi
+
+  # Delete the session
+  LogoutAPI verbose
+}
diff --git a/advanced/bash-completion/pihole b/advanced/bash-completion/pihole
index 112e64ab..674eeea4 100644
--- a/advanced/bash-completion/pihole
+++ b/advanced/bash-completion/pihole
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _pihole() {
 
     case "${prev}" in
         "pihole")
-            opts="allow allow-regex allow-wild deny checkout debug disable enable flush help logging query reconfigure regex restartdns status tail uninstall updateGravity updatePihole version wildcard arpflush"
+            opts="allow allow-regex allow-wild deny checkout debug disable enable flush help logging query reconfigure regex restartdns status tail uninstall updateGravity updatePihole version wildcard arpflush api"
             COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}) )
         ;;
         "allow"|"deny"|"wildcard"|"regex"|"allow-regex"|"allow-wild")
diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index 4bb7d5e5..ed4dd67a 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ Debugging Options:
   -t, tail [arg]      View the live output of the Pi-hole log.
                       Add an optional argument to filter the log
                       (regular expressions are supported)
+  api <endpoint>      Query the Pi-hole API at <endpoint>
 
 
 Options:
@@ -550,6 +551,7 @@ case "${1}" in
   "updatechecker"               ) ;;
   "arpflush"                    ) ;;
   "-t" | "tail"                 ) ;;
+  "api"                         ) need_root=0;;
   *                             ) helpFunc;;
 esac
 
@@ -591,5 +593,6 @@ case "${1}" in
   "updatechecker"               ) shift; updateCheckFunc "$@";;
   "arpflush"                    ) arpFunc "$@";;
   "-t" | "tail"                 ) tailFunc "$2";;
+  "api"                         ) apiFunc "$2";;
   *                             ) helpFunc;;
 esac