diff --git a/addons/pad/pad.py b/addons/pad/pad.py
index 40569fcd589..3431e196b59 100644
--- a/addons/pad/pad.py
+++ b/addons/pad/pad.py
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ from tools.translate import _
 class pad_common(osv.osv_memory):
     _name = 'pad.common'
     _pad_fields = []
+
+    def pad_content(self, cr, uid, url ,context=None):
+        content = urllib2.urlopen('%s/export/html'%url).read()
+        return content
+
     def pad_generate_url(self, cr, uid, context=None):
         pad_url_template =  self.pool.get('res.users').browse(cr,uid, uid, context).company_id.pad_url_template
         s = string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits
@@ -20,6 +25,13 @@ class pad_common(osv.osv_memory):
         url = pad_url_template % template_vars
         return url
 
+    # TODO
+    # add attribute on columns pad_content_field = 
+    # override default write to load the content at write and store it in the field
+    # reverse engineer protocol to be setHtml without using the api key
+    # override default get to generate urls
+    # override read to generate url and store the content if empty
+
     def copy(self, cr, uid, id, default=None, context=None):
         if not default:
             default = {}