diff --git a/human.go b/human.go
index 0ace136..f9c5af4 100644
--- a/human.go
+++ b/human.go
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ package virtbuf
 // are in text columns and rows that can be easily read in a terminal
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 func oldGetDurationStamp(t time.Time) string {
@@ -105,7 +109,6 @@ func FormatDuration(d time.Duration) string {
 	return result
 }
 
-
 func (d *Droplet) SprintHeader() string {
 	header := fmt.Sprintf("%-3.3s %-9.9s %-20.20s", d.Current.State, d.Current.Hypervisor, d.Hostname)
 
@@ -175,3 +178,28 @@ func (d *Droplet) SprintDumpHeader() string {
 	}
 	return header
 }
+
+func (d *Droplet) DumpDroplet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (string, error) {
+	if d == nil {
+		reason := "DumpDroplet() got d == nil"
+		log.Warn(reason)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, reason)
+		return "", errors.New(reason)
+	}
+	t := d.FormatTEXT()
+	log.Info(t)
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, t)
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+func (c *NewCluster) DumpDroplet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (string, error) {
+	hostname := r.URL.Query().Get("hostname")
+	d := c.FindDropletByName(hostname)
+	if d == nil {
+		result := "can not find droplet hostname=" + hostname
+		log.Info(result)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, result)
+		return result, errors.New(result)
+	}
+	return d.DumpDroplet(w, r)
+}