diff --git a/app/controllers/apis_controller.rb b/app/controllers/apis_controller.rb
index 796af52aa..803c3eb6d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/apis_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/apis_controller.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ApisController < ActionController::Metal
   ##people
   def people_index
     set_defaults
-    people = Person.search(params[:q]).paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => params[:per_page], :order => "#{params[:order]} DESC")
+    people = Person.search(params[:q], nil).paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => params[:per_page], :order => "#{params[:order]} DESC")
     render :json => people.as_json
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/admins/user_search.html.haml b/app/views/admins/user_search.html.haml
index f57ba0f3c..5ec26af37 100644
--- a/app/views/admins/user_search.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admins/user_search.html.haml
@@ -39,3 +39,14 @@
   = "invite token: #{accept_invitation_url(user, :invitation_token => user.invitation_token)}" if user.invitation_token 
   %br
   %br
+= javascript_include_tag 'apiconsole'
+#query
+  %h3 api console
+  = text_field_tag :api
+  = submit_tag 'ping this api', :id => 'api_submit'
+
+  response:
+  %br
+  %br
+  #resp
+
diff --git a/public/javascripts/apiconsole.js b/public/javascripts/apiconsole.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9a4c7a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/apiconsole.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+var ApiConsole = {
+
+  prettyPrint: function(obj, indent)
+  {
+    var result = "";
+    if (indent == null) indent = "";
+
+    for (var property in obj)
+      {
+        var value = obj[property];
+        if (typeof value == 'string')
+          value = "'" + value + "'";
+        else if (typeof value == 'object')
+          {
+            if (value instanceof Array)
+              {
+                // Just let JS convert the Array to a string!
+                value = "[ " + value + " ]";
+              }
+              else
+                {
+                  // Recursive dump
+                  // (replace "  " by "\t" or something else if you prefer)
+                  var od = ApiConsole.prettyPrint(value, indent + "  ");
+                  // If you like { on the same line as the key
+                  //value = "{\n" + od + "\n" + indent + "}";
+                  // If you prefer { and } to be aligned
+                  value = "\n" + indent + "{\n" + od + "\n" + indent + "}";
+                }
+          }
+          result += indent + "'" + property + "' : " + value + ",\n";
+      }
+      return result.replace(/,\n$/, "");
+  },
+  init: function(field, query_box, button){
+    this.field = $(field);
+    this.query = $(query_box);
+    this.button = $(button);
+
+
+    this.button.click(function(){
+      $.getJSON(ApiConsole.query.val(), function(data){
+        var json = ApiConsole.prettyPrint(data, '');
+        console.dir(json);
+        ApiConsole.field.html(json);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+$(document).ready(function(){
+
+  ApiConsole.init('#resp', 'input[name=api]', '#api_submit:input');
+});