diff --git a/tracks/app/apis/todo_api.rb b/tracks/app/apis/todo_api.rb
index 385a207f..584640ca 100644
--- a/tracks/app/apis/todo_api.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/apis/todo_api.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,13 @@ class TodoApi < ActionWebService::API::Base
   api_method :new_todo,
              :expects => [{:username => :string}, {:token => :string}, {:context_id => :int}, {:description => :string}],
              :returns => [:int]
+             
+  api_method :list_contexts,
+             :expects => [{:username => :string}, {:token => :string}],
+             :returns => [[Context]]
+
+ api_method :list_projects,
+            :expects => [{:username => :string}, {:token => :string}],
+            :returns => [[Project]]
+
 end
diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/backend_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/backend_controller.rb
index ee8fa802..6746bcca 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/backend_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/backend_controller.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ class BackendController < ApplicationController
     item.id
   end
   
+  def list_contexts(username, token)
+    if !check_token_against_user_word(username, token)
+      raise "invalid token"
+    end
+    
+    @user.contexts
+  end
+  
+  def list_projects(username, token)
+    if !check_token_against_user_word(username, token)
+      raise "invalid token"
+    end
+    
+    @user.projects
+  end
+  
   protected
 
     # Check whether the token in the URL matches the word in the User's table