diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 72c2156..9787e34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changelog
 2.4 (dev)
 ----------------
 
+* API accepts the format or lexer via GET too. You can call an API url like
+  ``example.com/api/?format=json`` and have the body in POST only.
 * Added an option to keep snippets forever
 
 2.3 (2014-01-07)
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index fcbdb63..a33a20f 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ Required. The UTF-8 encoded string you want to paste.
 ``lexer`` (optional)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Optional. The lexer string key used for highlighting. See `lexer list`_  for
-a full list of choices. Default: ``python``.
+Optional. Can also be set via GET. The lexer string key used for highlighting.
+See `lexer list`_  for a full list of choices. Default: ``python``.
 
 ``format`` (optional)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Optional. The format of the API response. Choices are:
+Optional. Can also be set via GET. The format of the API response. Choices are:
 
 * ``default`` — Returns a full qualified URL wrapped in quotes. Example::
 
@@ -80,5 +80,6 @@ A sample Python 2 script to publish snippets::
 
 You can simply use curl to publish a whole file::
 
-    $ alias dpaste="curl -F 'content=<-' https://dpaste.de/api/"
+    $ alias dpaste="curl -F 'content=<-' https://dpaste.de/api/?format=url"
     $ cat foo.txt | dpaste
+    https://dpaste.de/ke2pB
diff --git a/dpaste/views.py b/dpaste/views.py
index 1a757d0..6c86d7a 100644
--- a/dpaste/views.py
+++ b/dpaste/views.py
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ FORMAT_MAPPING = {
 @csrf_exempt
 def snippet_api(request):
     content = request.POST.get('content', '').strip()
-    lexer = request.POST.get('lexer', LEXER_DEFAULT).strip()
-    format = request.POST.get('format', 'default').strip()
+    lexer = request.REQUEST.get('lexer', LEXER_DEFAULT).strip()
+    format = request.REQUEST.get('format', 'default').strip()
 
     if not content:
         return HttpResponseBadRequest('No content given')