diff --git a/getRevisionsCount.py b/getRevisionsCount.py
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+++ b/getRevisionsCount.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import json
+from urllib import urlencode
+from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
+
+p = ArgumentParser("")
+p.add_argument("padid", help="the padid")
+p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
+p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")
+p.add_argument("--list", default=False, action="store_true", help="display one per line")
+args = p.parse_args()
+
+with open(args.padinfo) as f:
+	info = json.load(f)
+apiurl =  "{0[protocol]}://{0[hostname]}:{0[port]}{0[apiurl]}{0[apiversion]}/".format(info)
+data = {}
+data['apikey'] = info['apikey']
+data['padID'] = args.padid.encode("utf-8")
+requesturl = apiurl+'getRevisionsCount?'+urlencode(data)
+if args.showurl:
+	print requesturl
+else:
+	results = json.load(urlopen(requesturl))['data']['revisions']
+	print results
diff --git a/listAuthorsOfPad.py b/listAuthorsOfPad.py
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+++ b/listAuthorsOfPad.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import json
+from urllib import urlencode
+from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
+
+p = ArgumentParser("")
+p.add_argument("padid", help="the padid")
+p.add_argument("--padinfo", default="padinfo.json", help="padinfo, default: padinfo.json")
+p.add_argument("--showurl", default=False, action="store_true")
+p.add_argument("--list", default=False, action="store_true", help="display one per line")
+args = p.parse_args()
+
+with open(args.padinfo) as f:
+	info = json.load(f)
+apiurl =  "{0[protocol]}://{0[hostname]}:{0[port]}{0[apiurl]}{0[apiversion]}/".format(info)
+data = {}
+data['apikey'] = info['apikey']
+data['padID'] = args.padid.encode("utf-8")
+requesturl = apiurl+'listAuthorsOfPad?'+urlencode(data)
+if args.showurl:
+	print requesturl
+else:
+	results = json.load(urlopen(requesturl))['data']['authorIDs']
+	if args.list:
+		for r in results:
+			print r
+	else:
+		print json.dumps(results)