--- a/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py	Tue Feb 25 11:32:21 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py	Tue Feb 25 17:49:15 2014 +0100
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
                               method=self.sendGroupBlogComment,
                               async=True)
 
+        host.bridge.addMethod("getGroupBlogs", ".plugin",
+                              in_sign='sass', out_sign='aa{ss}',
+                              method=self.getGroupBlogs,
+                              async=True)
+
         host.bridge.addMethod("getLastGroupBlogs", ".plugin",
                               in_sign='sis', out_sign='aa{ss}',
                               method=self.getLastGroupBlogs,
@@ -504,10 +509,11 @@
                     warning("Missing key for comments")
         defer.returnValue(ret)
 
-    def getLastGroupBlogs(self, pub_jid_s, max_items=10, profile_key='@NONE@'):
-        """Get the last published microblogs
+    def __getGroupBlogs(self, pub_jid_s, max_items=10, item_ids=None, profile_key='@NONE@'):
+        """Retrieve previously published items from a publish subscribe node.
         @param pub_jid_s: jid of the publisher
         @param max_items: how many microblogs we want to get (see XEP-0060 #6.5.7)
+        @param item_ids: list of microblogs items IDs
         @param profile_key: profile key
         @return: list of microblog data (dict)
         """
@@ -516,7 +522,7 @@
         def initialised(result):
             profile, client = result
             d = self.host.plugins["XEP-0060"].getItems(client.item_access_pubsub, self.getNodeName(pub_jid),
-                                                       max_items=max_items, profile_key=profile_key)
+                                                       max_items=max_items, item_ids=item_ids, profile_key=profile_key)
             d.addCallback(self._itemsConstruction, pub_jid, client)
             d.addErrback(lambda ignore: {})  # TODO: more complete error management (log !)
             return d
@@ -524,6 +530,26 @@
         #TODO: we need to use the server corresponding the the host of the jid
         return self._initialise(profile_key).addCallback(initialised)
 
+    def getGroupBlogs(self, pub_jid_s, item_ids=None, profile_key='@NONE@'):
+        """Get the published microblogs of the specified IDs. If item_ids is
+        None, the result would be the same than calling getLastGroupBlogs
+        with the default value for the attribute max_items.
+        @param pub_jid_s: jid of the publisher
+        @param item_ids: list of microblogs items IDs
+        @param profile_key: profile key
+        @return: list of microblog data (dict)
+        """
+        return self.__getGroupBlogs(pub_jid_s, item_ids=item_ids, profile_key=profile_key)
+
+    def getLastGroupBlogs(self, pub_jid_s, max_items=10, profile_key='@NONE@'):
+        """Get the last published microblogs
+        @param pub_jid_s: jid of the publisher
+        @param max_items: how many microblogs we want to get (see XEP-0060 #6.5.7)
+        @param profile_key: profile key
+        @return: list of microblog data (dict)
+        """
+        return self.__getGroupBlogs(pub_jid_s, max_items=max_items, profile_key=profile_key)
+
     def getLastGroupBlogsAtom(self, pub_jid_s, max_items=10, profile_key='@NONE@'):
         """Get the atom feed of the last published microblogs
         @param pub_jid: jid of the publisher