diff --git a/ragna/core/_document.py b/ragna/core/_document.py
index 4868b270..0cbae6d2 100644
--- a/ragna/core/_document.py
+++ b/ragna/core/_document.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import abc
 import io
+import mimetypes
 import uuid
 from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -25,11 +26,15 @@ def __init__(
         name: str,
         metadata: dict[str, Any],
         handler: Optional[DocumentHandler] = None,
+        mime_type: str | None = None,
     ):
         self.id = id or uuid.uuid4()
         self.name = name
         self.metadata = metadata
         self.handler = handler or self.get_handler(name)
+        self.mime_type = (
+            mime_type or mimetypes.guess_type(name)[0] or "application/octet-stream"
+        )
 
     @staticmethod
     def supported_suffixes() -> set[str]:
@@ -76,8 +81,11 @@ def __init__(
         name: str,
         metadata: dict[str, Any],
         handler: Optional[DocumentHandler] = None,
+        mime_type: str | None = None,
     ):
-        super().__init__(id=id, name=name, metadata=metadata, handler=handler)
+        super().__init__(
+            id=id, name=name, metadata=metadata, handler=handler, mime_type=mime_type
+        )
         if "path" not in self.metadata:
             metadata["path"] = str(ragna.local_root() / "documents" / str(self.id))
 
diff --git a/ragna/deploy/_api.py b/ragna/deploy/_api.py
index ff320dae..ae4f2004 100644
--- a/ragna/deploy/_api.py
+++ b/ragna/deploy/_api.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import io
 import uuid
 from typing import Annotated, Any, AsyncIterator
 
@@ -40,6 +41,28 @@ async def content_stream() -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
             ],
         )
 
+    @router.get("/documents")
+    async def get_documents(user: UserDependency) -> list[schemas.Document]:
+        return engine.get_documents(user=user.name)
+
+    @router.get("/documents/{id}")
+    async def get_document(user: UserDependency, id: uuid.UUID) -> schemas.Document:
+        return engine.get_document(user=user.name, id=id)
+
+    @router.get("/documents/{id}/content")
+    async def get_document_content(
+        user: UserDependency, id: uuid.UUID
+    ) -> StreamingResponse:
+        schema_document = engine.get_document(user=user.name, id=id)
+        core_document = engine._to_core.document(schema_document)
+        headers = {"Content-Disposition": f"inline; filename={schema_document.name}"}
+
+        return StreamingResponse(
+            io.BytesIO(core_document.read()),
+            media_type=core_document.mime_type,
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+
     @router.get("/components")
     def get_components() -> schemas.Components:
         return engine.get_components()
diff --git a/ragna/deploy/_database.py b/ragna/deploy/_database.py
index e2390104..945762f3 100644
--- a/ragna/deploy/_database.py
+++ b/ragna/deploy/_database.py
@@ -132,16 +132,16 @@ def add_documents(
         session.commit()
 
     def _get_orm_documents(
-        self, session: Session, *, user: str, ids: Collection[uuid.UUID]
+        self, session: Session, *, user: str, ids: Collection[uuid.UUID] | None = None
     ) -> list[orm.Document]:
         # FIXME also check if the user is allowed to access the documents
         # FIXME: maybe just take the user id to avoid getting it twice in add_chat?
-        documents = (
-            session.execute(select(orm.Document).where(orm.Document.id.in_(ids)))
-            .scalars()
-            .all()
-        )
-        if len(documents) != len(ids):
+        expr = select(orm.Document)
+        if ids is not None:
+            expr = expr.where(orm.Document.id.in_(ids))
+        documents = session.execute(expr).scalars().all()
+
+        if (ids is not None) and (len(documents) != len(ids)):
             raise RagnaException(
                 str(set(ids) - {document.id for document in documents})
             )
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def _get_orm_documents(
         return documents  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
 
     def get_documents(
-        self, session: Session, *, user: str, ids: Collection[uuid.UUID]
+        self, session: Session, *, user: str, ids: Collection[uuid.UUID] | None = None
     ) -> list[schemas.Document]:
         return [
             self._to_schema.document(document)
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ def document(
             user_id=user_id,
             name=document.name,
             metadata_=document.metadata,
+            mime_type=document.mime_type,
         )
 
     def source(self, source: schemas.Source) -> orm.Source:
@@ -354,7 +355,10 @@ def api_key(self, api_key: orm.ApiKey) -> schemas.ApiKey:
 
     def document(self, document: orm.Document) -> schemas.Document:
         return schemas.Document(
-            id=document.id, name=document.name, metadata=document.metadata_
+            id=document.id,
+            name=document.name,
+            metadata=document.metadata_,
+            mime_type=document.mime_type,
         )
 
     def source(self, source: orm.Source) -> schemas.Source:
diff --git a/ragna/deploy/_engine.py b/ragna/deploy/_engine.py
index 6694d32c..bc0b1afe 100644
--- a/ragna/deploy/_engine.py
+++ b/ragna/deploy/_engine.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import secrets
 import uuid
-from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, Optional, cast
+from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, Collection, Optional, cast
 
 from fastapi import status as http_status_code
 
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ def register_documents(
         # We create core.Document's first, because they might update the metadata
         core_documents = [
             self._config.document(
-                name=registration.name, metadata=registration.metadata
+                name=registration.name,
+                metadata=registration.metadata,
+                mime_type=registration.mime_type,
             )
             for registration in document_registrations
         ]
@@ -182,10 +184,7 @@ async def store_documents(
 
         streams = dict(ids_and_streams)
 
-        with self._database.get_session() as session:
-            documents = self._database.get_documents(
-                session, user=user, ids=streams.keys()
-            )
+        documents = self.get_documents(user=user, ids=streams.keys())
 
         for document in documents:
             core_document = cast(
@@ -193,6 +192,15 @@ async def store_documents(
             )
             await core_document._write(streams[document.id])
 
+    def get_documents(
+        self, *, user: str, ids: Collection[uuid.UUID] | None = None
+    ) -> list[schemas.Document]:
+        with self._database.get_session() as session:
+            return self._database.get_documents(session, user=user, ids=ids)
+
+    def get_document(self, *, user: str, id: uuid.UUID) -> schemas.Document:
+        return self.get_documents(user=user, ids=[id])[0]
+
     def create_chat(
         self, *, user: str, chat_creation: schemas.ChatCreation
     ) -> schemas.Chat:
@@ -280,6 +288,7 @@ def document(self, document: schemas.Document) -> core.Document:
             id=document.id,
             name=document.name,
             metadata=document.metadata,
+            mime_type=document.mime_type,
         )
 
     def source(self, source: schemas.Source) -> core.Source:
@@ -328,6 +337,7 @@ def document(self, document: core.Document) -> schemas.Document:
             id=document.id,
             name=document.name,
             metadata=document.metadata,
+            mime_type=document.mime_type,
         )
 
     def source(self, source: core.Source) -> schemas.Source:
diff --git a/ragna/deploy/_orm.py b/ragna/deploy/_orm.py
index a5660db4..e1d8921f 100644
--- a/ragna/deploy/_orm.py
+++ b/ragna/deploy/_orm.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class Document(Base):
     # Mind the trailing underscore here. Unfortunately, this is necessary, because
     # metadata without the underscore is reserved by SQLAlchemy
     metadata_ = Column(Json, nullable=False)
+    mime_type = Column(types.String, nullable=False)
     chats = relationship(
         "Chat",
         secondary=document_chat_association_table,
diff --git a/ragna/deploy/_schemas.py b/ragna/deploy/_schemas.py
index 6bbfea63..2d9c50bd 100644
--- a/ragna/deploy/_schemas.py
+++ b/ragna/deploy/_schemas.py
@@ -78,12 +78,14 @@ class Components(BaseModel):
 class DocumentRegistration(BaseModel):
     name: str
     metadata: dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    mime_type: str | None = None
 
 
 class Document(BaseModel):
     id: uuid.UUID = Field(default_factory=uuid.uuid4)
     name: str
     metadata: dict[str, Any]
+    mime_type: str
 
 
 class Source(BaseModel):
diff --git a/tests/deploy/api/test_components.py b/tests/deploy/api/test_components.py
index 973c2c49..684a1a22 100644
--- a/tests/deploy/api/test_components.py
+++ b/tests/deploy/api/test_components.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from ragna import assistants
 from ragna.core import RagnaException
 from ragna.deploy import Config
+from tests.deploy.api.utils import upload_documents
 from tests.deploy.utils import make_api_app, make_api_client
 
 
@@ -56,17 +57,8 @@ def test_unknown_component(tmp_local_root):
     with open(document_path, "w") as file:
         file.write("!\n")
 
-    with make_api_client(
-        config=Config(), ignore_unavailable_components=False
-    ) as client:
-        document = (
-            client.post("/api/documents", json=[{"name": document_path.name}])
-            .raise_for_status()
-            .json()[0]
-        )
-
-        with open(document_path, "rb") as file:
-            client.put("/api/documents", files={"documents": (document["id"], file)})
+    with make_api_client(config=config, ignore_unavailable_components=False) as client:
+        document = upload_documents(client=client, document_paths=[document_path])[0]
 
         response = client.post(
             "/api/chats",
@@ -80,7 +72,7 @@ def test_unknown_component(tmp_local_root):
             },
         )
 
-        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
+    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
 
-        error = response.json()["error"]
-        assert "Unknown component" in error["message"]
+    error = response.json()["error"]
+    assert "Unknown component" in error["message"]
diff --git a/tests/deploy/api/test_endpoints.py b/tests/deploy/api/test_endpoints.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f40e3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/deploy/api/test_endpoints.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import mimetypes
+
+import pytest
+
+from ragna.deploy import Config
+from tests.deploy.api.utils import upload_documents
+from tests.deploy.utils import make_api_client
+
+_document_content_text = [
+    f"Needs more {needs_more_of}\n" for needs_more_of in ["reverb", "cowbell"]
+]
+
+
+mime_types = pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("mime_type",),
+    [
+        (None,),  # Let the mimetypes library decide
+        ("text/markdown",),
+        ("application/pdf",),
+    ],
+)
+
+
+@mime_types
+def test_get_documents(tmp_local_root, mime_type):
+    config = Config(local_root=tmp_local_root)
+
+    document_root = config.local_root / "documents"
+    document_root.mkdir()
+    document_paths = [
+        document_root / f"test{idx}.txt" for idx in range(len(_document_content_text))
+    ]
+    for content, document_path in zip(_document_content_text, document_paths):
+        with open(document_path, "w") as file:
+            file.write(content)
+
+    with make_api_client(config=config, ignore_unavailable_components=False) as client:
+        documents = upload_documents(
+            client=client,
+            document_paths=document_paths,
+            mime_types=[mime_type for _ in document_paths],
+        )
+        response = client.get("/api/documents").raise_for_status()
+
+    # Sort the items in case they are retrieved in different orders
+    def sorting_key(d):
+        return d["id"]
+
+    assert sorted(documents, key=sorting_key) == sorted(
+        response.json(), key=sorting_key
+    )
+
+
+@mime_types
+def test_get_document(tmp_local_root, mime_type):
+    config = Config(local_root=tmp_local_root)
+
+    document_root = config.local_root / "documents"
+    document_root.mkdir()
+    document_path = document_root / "test.txt"
+    with open(document_path, "w") as file:
+        file.write(_document_content_text[0])
+
+    with make_api_client(config=config, ignore_unavailable_components=False) as client:
+        document = upload_documents(
+            client=client,
+            document_paths=[document_path],
+            mime_types=[mime_type],
+        )[0]
+        response = client.get(f"/api/documents/{document['id']}").raise_for_status()
+
+    assert document == response.json()
+
+
+@mime_types
+def test_get_document_content(tmp_local_root, mime_type):
+    config = Config(local_root=tmp_local_root)
+
+    document_root = config.local_root / "documents"
+    document_root.mkdir()
+    document_path = document_root / "test.txt"
+    document_content = _document_content_text[0]
+    with open(document_path, "w") as file:
+        file.write(document_content)
+
+    with make_api_client(config=config, ignore_unavailable_components=False) as client:
+        document = upload_documents(
+            client=client,
+            document_paths=[document_path],
+            mime_types=[mime_type],
+        )[0]
+
+        with client.stream(
+            "GET", f"/api/documents/{document['id']}/content"
+        ) as response:
+            response_mime_type = response.headers["content-type"].split(";")[0]
+            received_lines = list(response.iter_lines())
+
+    assert received_lines == [document_content.replace("\n", "")]
+
+    assert (
+        document["mime_type"]
+        == response_mime_type
+        == (
+            mime_type
+            if mime_type is not None
+            else mimetypes.guess_type(document_path.name)[0]
+        )
+    )
diff --git a/tests/deploy/api/utils.py b/tests/deploy/api/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04352951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/deploy/api/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import contextlib
+
+
+def upload_documents(*, client, document_paths, mime_types=None):
+    if mime_types is None:
+        mime_types = [None for _ in document_paths]
+    else:
+        assert len(mime_types) == len(document_paths)
+    documents = (
+        client.post(
+            "/api/documents",
+            json=[
+                {
+                    "name": document_path.name,
+                    "mime_type": mime_type,
+                }
+                for document_path, mime_type in zip(document_paths, mime_types)
+            ],
+        )
+        .raise_for_status()
+        .json()
+    )
+
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        files = [
+            stack.enter_context(open(document_path, "rb"))
+            for document_path in document_paths
+        ]
+        client.put(
+            "/api/documents",
+            files=[
+                ("documents", (document["id"], file))
+                for document, file in zip(documents, files)
+            ],
+        )
+
+    return documents