diff --git a/mayan/apps/acls/urls.py b/mayan/apps/acls/urls.py
index 325dccb67a..ea0adb9d8b 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/acls/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/acls/urls.py
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
 api_urls = [
     url(
-        r'^object/(?P<app_label>[-\w]+)/(?P<model>[-\w]+)/(?P<object_pk>\d+)/acls/$',
+        r'^objects/(?P<app_label>[-\w]+)/(?P<model>[-\w]+)/(?P<object_pk>\d+)/acls/$',
         APIObjectACLListView.as_view(), name='accesscontrollist-list'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^object/(?P<app_label>[-\w]+)/(?P<model>[-\w]+)/(?P<object_pk>\d+)/acls/(?P<pk>\d+)/$',
+        r'^objects/(?P<app_label>[-\w]+)/(?P<model>[-\w]+)/(?P<object_pk>\d+)/acls/(?P<pk>\d+)/$',
         APIObjectACLView.as_view(), name='accesscontrollist-detail'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^object/(?P<app_label>[-\w]+)/(?P<model>[-\w]+)/(?P<object_pk>\d+)/acls/(?P<pk>\d+)/permissions/$',
+        r'^objects/(?P<app_label>[-\w]+)/(?P<model>[-\w]+)/(?P<object_pk>\d+)/acls/(?P<pk>\d+)/permissions/$',
         APIObjectACLPermissionListView.as_view(), name='accesscontrollist-permission-list'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^object/(?P<app_label>[-\w]+)/(?P<model>[-\w]+)/(?P<object_pk>\d+)/acls/(?P<pk>\d+)/permissions/(?P<permission_pk>\d+)/$',
+        r'^objects/(?P<app_label>[-\w]+)/(?P<model>[-\w]+)/(?P<object_pk>\d+)/acls/(?P<pk>\d+)/permissions/(?P<permission_pk>\d+)/$',
         APIObjectACLPermissionView.as_view(), name='accesscontrollist-permission-detail'
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/mayan/apps/checkouts/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/checkouts/api_views.py
index f41e76b0e4..6c14a50237 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/checkouts/api_views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/checkouts/api_views.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class APICheckedoutDocumentView(generics.RetrieveDestroyAPIView):
     def get_queryset(self):
         if self.request.method == 'GET':
             filtered_documents = AccessControlList.objects.filter_by_access(
-                (permission_document_view,), self.request.user,
+                permission=permission_document_view, user=self.request.user,
                 queryset=DocumentCheckout.objects.checked_out_documents()
             )
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/checkouts/urls.py b/mayan/apps/checkouts/urls.py
index bbc29b12c6..59df498eb6 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/checkouts/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/checkouts/urls.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
 api_urls = [
     url(
-        r'^documents/$', APICheckedoutDocumentListView.as_view(),
+        r'^checkouts/$', APICheckedoutDocumentListView.as_view(),
         name='checkout-document-list'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', APICheckedoutDocumentView.as_view(),
+        r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/checkout_info/$', APICheckedoutDocumentView.as_view(),
         name='checkedout-document-view'
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/urls.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/urls.py
index b46f295399..2dd6929abf 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_comments/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_comments/urls.py
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
 api_urls = [
     url(
-        r'^document/(?P<document_pk>[0-9]+)/comments/$',
+        r'^documents/(?P<document_pk>[0-9]+)/comments/$',
         APICommentListView.as_view(), name='comment-list'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^document/(?P<document_pk>[0-9]+)/comments/(?P<comment_pk>[0-9]+)/$',
+        r'^documents/(?P<document_pk>[0-9]+)/comments/(?P<comment_pk>[0-9]+)/$',
         APICommentView.as_view(), name='comment-detail'
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/urls.py b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/urls.py
index 701265903f..3ee1fd0bbd 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/urls.py
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
 api_urls = [
     url(
-        r'^index/node/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/documents/$',
+        r'^indexes/node/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/documents/$',
         APIIndexNodeInstanceDocumentListView.as_view(),
         name='index-node-documents'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^index/template/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', APIIndexTemplateView.as_view(),
+        r'^indexes/template/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', APIIndexTemplateView.as_view(),
         name='index-template-detail'
     ),
     url(
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ api_urls = [
         name='index-detail'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^index/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/template/$',
+        r'^indexes/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/template/$',
         APIIndexTemplateListView.as_view(), name='index-template-detail'
     ),
     url(r'^indexes/$', APIIndexListView.as_view(), name='index-list'),
     url(
-        r'^document/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/indexes/$',
+        r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/indexes/$',
         APIDocumentIndexListView.as_view(), name='document-index-list'
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_parsing/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/document_parsing/api_views.py
index a074fec935..dd47878ac4 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_parsing/api_views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_parsing/api_views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+
 from rest_framework import generics
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
-from documents.models import DocumentPage
+from documents.models import Document, DocumentPage
 from rest_api.permissions import MayanPermission
 
 from .models import DocumentPageContent
@@ -14,20 +16,24 @@ from .serializers import DocumentPageContentSerializer
 class APIDocumentPageContentView(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
     """
     Returns the content of the selected document page.
-    ---
-    GET:
-        parameters:
-            - name: pk
-              paramType: path
-              type: number
     """
-
+    lookup_url_kwarg = 'page_pk'
     mayan_object_permissions = {
         'GET': (permission_content_view,),
     }
     permission_classes = (MayanPermission,)
     serializer_class = DocumentPageContentSerializer
-    queryset = DocumentPage.objects.all()
+
+    def get_document(self):
+        return get_object_or_404(Document, pk=self.kwargs['document_pk'])
+
+    def get_document_version(self):
+        return get_object_or_404(
+            self.get_document().versions.all(), pk=self.kwargs['version_pk']
+        )
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return self.get_document_version().pages.all()
 
     def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         instance = self.get_object()
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_parsing/urls.py b/mayan/apps/document_parsing/urls.py
index 334babf9bd..a0916c41dd 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_parsing/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_parsing/urls.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
 api_urls = [
     url(
-        r'^page/(?P<pk>\d+)/content/$', APIDocumentPageContentView.as_view(),
+        r'^documents/(?P<document_pk>\d+)/versions/(?P<version_pk>\d+)/pages/(?P<page_pk>\d+)/content/$',
+        APIDocumentPageContentView.as_view(),
         name='document-page-content-view'
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_states/urls.py b/mayan/apps/document_states/urls.py
index 97f89d0108..e5fb3e085e 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_states/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_states/urls.py
@@ -215,20 +215,20 @@ api_urls = [
         APIWorkflowTransitionView.as_view(), name='workflowtransition-detail'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^document/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/workflows/$',
+        r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/workflows/$',
         APIWorkflowInstanceListView.as_view(), name='workflowinstance-list'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^document/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/workflows/(?P<workflow_pk>[0-9]+)/$',
+        r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/workflows/(?P<workflow_pk>[0-9]+)/$',
         APIWorkflowInstanceView.as_view(), name='workflowinstance-detail'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^document/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/workflows/(?P<workflow_pk>[0-9]+)/log_entries/$',
+        r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/workflows/(?P<workflow_pk>[0-9]+)/log_entries/$',
         APIWorkflowInstanceLogEntryListView.as_view(),
         name='workflowinstancelogentry-list'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^document_type/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/workflows/$',
+        r'^document_types/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/workflows/$',
         APIDocumentTypeWorkflowListView.as_view(),
         name='documenttype-workflow-list'
     ),
diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/apps.py b/mayan/apps/documents/apps.py
index 35cc5bfcc8..0872ef8039 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/apps.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/apps.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from events.permissions import permission_events_view
 from mayan.celery import app
 from mayan_statistics.classes import StatisticNamespace, CharJSLine
 from navigation import SourceColumn
-from rest_api.classes import APIEndPoint
+from rest_api.classes import APIEndPoint, APIResource
 from rest_api.fields import DynamicSerializerField
 
 from .dashboard_widgets import (
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ from .widgets import (
     widget_document_version_page_number
 )
 
-
 class DocumentsApp(MayanAppConfig):
     has_tests = True
     name = 'documents'
@@ -118,6 +117,9 @@ class DocumentsApp(MayanAppConfig):
         from actstream import registry
 
         APIEndPoint(app=self, version_string='1')
+        APIResource(label=_('Document types'), name='document_types')
+        APIResource(label=_('Documents'), name='documents')
+        APIResource(label=_('Trashed documents'), name='trashed_documents')
 
         DeletedDocument = self.get_model('DeletedDocument')
         Document = self.get_model('Document')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/urls.py b/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/urls.py
index 3c78896e71..4558a73d2c 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/urls.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ api_urls = [
         name='search-view'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^advanced/(?P<search_model>[\.\w]+)/$', APIAdvancedSearchView.as_view(),
+        r'^search/advanced/(?P<search_model>[\.\w]+)/$', APIAdvancedSearchView.as_view(),
         name='advanced-search-view'
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/mayan/apps/ocr/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/ocr/api_views.py
index c3a4e20f6c..814dc434a1 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/ocr/api_views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/ocr/api_views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+
 from rest_framework import generics, status
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
@@ -26,10 +28,6 @@ class APIDocumentOCRView(generics.GenericAPIView):
         Submit a document for OCR.
         ---
         omit_serializer: true
-        parameters:
-            - name: pk
-              paramType: path
-              type: number
         responseMessages:
             - code: 202
               message: Accepted
@@ -40,12 +38,19 @@ class APIDocumentOCRView(generics.GenericAPIView):
 
 
 class APIDocumentVersionOCRView(generics.GenericAPIView):
+    lookup_url_kwarg = 'version_pk'
     mayan_object_permissions = {
         'POST': (permission_ocr_document,)
     }
     permission_classes = (MayanPermission,)
     queryset = DocumentVersion.objects.all()
 
+    def get_document(self):
+        return get_object_or_404(Document, pk=self.kwargs['document_pk'])
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return self.get_document().versions.all()
+
     def get_serializer_class(self):
         return None
 
@@ -54,10 +59,6 @@ class APIDocumentVersionOCRView(generics.GenericAPIView):
         Submit a document version for OCR.
         ---
         omit_serializer: true
-        parameters:
-            - name: pk
-              paramType: path
-              type: number
         responseMessages:
             - code: 202
               message: Accepted
@@ -70,20 +71,24 @@ class APIDocumentVersionOCRView(generics.GenericAPIView):
 class APIDocumentPageOCRContentView(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
     """
     Returns the OCR content of the selected document page.
-    ---
-    GET:
-        parameters:
-            - name: pk
-              paramType: path
-              type: number
     """
-
+    lookup_url_kwarg = 'page_pk'
     mayan_object_permissions = {
         'GET': (permission_ocr_content_view,),
     }
     permission_classes = (MayanPermission,)
     serializer_class = DocumentPageOCRContentSerializer
-    queryset = DocumentPage.objects.all()
+
+    def get_document(self):
+        return get_object_or_404(Document, pk=self.kwargs['document_pk'])
+
+    def get_document_version(self):
+        return get_object_or_404(
+            self.get_document().versions.all(), pk=self.kwargs['version_pk']
+        )
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return self.get_document_version().pages.all()
 
     def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         instance = self.get_object()
diff --git a/mayan/apps/ocr/tests/test_api.py b/mayan/apps/ocr/tests/test_api.py
index a3cdf7c6cd..b8690c8e21 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/ocr/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/ocr/tests/test_api.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class OCRAPITestCase(BaseAPITestCase):
     def _request_document_version_ocr_submit_view(self):
         return self.post(
             viewname='rest_api:document-version-ocr-submit-view',
-            args=(self.document.latest_version.pk,)
+            args=(self.document.pk, self.document.latest_version.pk,)
         )
 
     def test_submit_document_version_no_access(self):
@@ -80,8 +80,11 @@ class OCRAPITestCase(BaseAPITestCase):
 
     def _request_document_page_content_view(self):
         return self.get(
-            viewname='rest_api:document-page-content-view',
-            args=(self.document.latest_version.pages.first().pk,)
+            viewname='rest_api:document-page-ocr-content-view',
+            args=(
+                self.document.pk, self.document.latest_version.pk,
+                self.document.latest_version.pages.first().pk,
+            )
         )
 
     def test_get_document_version_page_content_no_access(self):
diff --git a/mayan/apps/ocr/urls.py b/mayan/apps/ocr/urls.py
index e69f1fd338..536bce2b40 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/ocr/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/ocr/urls.py
@@ -47,17 +47,17 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
 api_urls = [
     url(
-        r'^document/(?P<pk>\d+)/submit/$', APIDocumentOCRView.as_view(),
+        r'^documents/(?P<pk>\d+)/submit/$', APIDocumentOCRView.as_view(),
         name='document-ocr-submit-view'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^document_version/(?P<pk>\d+)/submit/$',
+        r'^documents/(?P<document_pk>\d+)/versions/(?P<version_pk>\d+)/ocr/$',
         APIDocumentVersionOCRView.as_view(),
         name='document-version-ocr-submit-view'
     ),
     url(
-        r'^page/(?P<pk>\d+)/content/$',
+        r'^documents/(?P<document_pk>\d+)/versions/(?P<version_pk>\d+)/pages/(?P<page_pk>\d+)/ocr/$',
         APIDocumentPageOCRContentView.as_view(),
-        name='document-page-content-view'
+        name='document-page-ocr-content-view'
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/api_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2791fe70f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/api_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from rest_framework import generics
+
+from rest_api.filters import MayanObjectPermissionsFilter
+from rest_api.permissions import MayanPermission
+
+from .classes import APIResource
+from .serializers import APIResourceSerializer
+
+
+class APIResourceTypeListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+    """
+    Returns a list of all the available API resources.
+    """
+    serializer_class = APIResourceSerializer
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return APIResource.all()
diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/classes.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/classes.py
index 8e359f7108..1fa17d2f7f 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/rest_api/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/classes.py
@@ -5,10 +5,35 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text, python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
+from .exceptions import APIResourcePatternError
+
+
+@python_2_unicode_compatible
+class APIResource(object):
+    _registry = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def all(cls):
+        return cls._registry.values()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get(cls, name):
+        return cls._registry[name]
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return force_text(self.name)
+
+    def __init__(self, name, label, description=None):
+        self.label = label
+        self.name = name
+        self.description = description
+        self.__class__._registry[self.name] = self
+
 
 @python_2_unicode_compatible
 class APIEndPoint(object):
     _registry = {}
+    _patterns = []
 
     @classmethod
     def get_all(cls):
@@ -48,6 +73,12 @@ class APIEndPoint(object):
     def register_urls(self, urlpatterns):
         from .urls import urlpatterns as app_urls
 
-        app_urls += [
-            url(r'^%s/' % (self.name or self.app.name), include(urlpatterns)),
-        ]
+        for url in urlpatterns:
+            if url.regex.pattern not in self.__class__._patterns:
+                app_urls.append(url)
+                self.__class__._patterns.append(url.regex.pattern)
+            else:
+                raise APIResourcePatternError(
+                    'App "{}" tried to register API URL pattern "{}", which '
+                    'already exists'.format(self.app.label, url.regex.pattern)
+                )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/exceptions.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e0e6ac964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+
+class APIError(Exception):
+    """
+    Base exception for the API app
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class APIResourcePatternError(APIError):
+    """
+    Raised when an app tries to override an existing URL regular expression
+    pattern
+    """
+    pass
diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/serializers.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecfa25faec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+
+class APIResourceSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    description = serializers.CharField()
+    label = serializers.CharField()
+    name = serializers.CharField()
diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/urls.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/urls.py
index cfe3955b66..9f2a4a95d3 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/rest_api/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/urls.py
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import url
 
-from .views import APIBase, APIAppView, BrowseableObtainAuthToken
+from .api_views import APIResourceTypeListView
+from .views import APIBase, BrowseableObtainAuthToken
 
 
-urlpatterns = [
-]
+urlpatterns = []
 
 api_urls = [
     url(r'^$', APIBase.as_view(), name='api_root'),
-    url(r'^api/(?P<path>.*)/?$', APIAppView.as_view(), name='api_app'),
+    url(
+        r'^resources/$', APIResourceTypeListView.as_view(),
+        name='resource-list'
+    ),
     url(
         r'^auth/token/obtain/$', BrowseableObtainAuthToken.as_view(),
         name='auth_token_obtain'
diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/views.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/views.py
index f5e8118697..8a2064fd36 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/rest_api/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/views.py
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ class APIBase(SwaggerResourcesView):
     renderer_classes = (renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer, renderers.JSONRenderer)
 
 
-class APIAppView(SwaggerApiView):
-    """
-    Entry points of the selected app.
-    """
-    renderer_classes = (renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer, renderers.JSONRenderer)
-
-
 class BrowseableObtainAuthToken(ObtainAuthToken):
     """
     Obtain an API authentication token.