diff --git a/lib/database.rb b/lib/database.rb
index 5ac534e..9346a55 100644
--- a/lib/database.rb
+++ b/lib/database.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,16 @@ class CouchRest
       JSON.parse(RestClient.post("#{@root}/_temp_view", JSON.unparse(funcs), {"Content-Type" => type}))
     end
   
-    def view name
-      CouchRest.get "#{@root}/_view/#{name}"      
+    def view name, params = nil
+      url = "#{@root}/_view/#{name}"
+      if params
+        query = params.collect do |k,v|
+          v = JSON.unparse(v) if %w{key startkey endkey}.include?(k.to_s)
+          "#{k}=#{CGI.escape(v.to_s)}"
+        end.join("&")
+        url = "#{url}?#{query}"
+      end
+      CouchRest.get url
     end
   
     def get id
diff --git a/spec/database_spec.rb b/spec/database_spec.rb
index f6058b5..f41709f 100644
--- a/spec/database_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_spec.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ describe CouchRest::Database do
       rs = @db.view('first/test')
       rs['rows'].select{|r|r['key'] == 'wild' && r['value'] == 'and random'}.length.should == 1
     end
+    it "should work with a range" do
+      rs = @db.view('first/test',{:startkey => "b", :endkey => "z"})
+      rs['rows'].length.should == 2
+    end
+    it "should work with a key" do
+      rs = @db.view('first/test',{:key => "wild"})
+      rs['rows'].length.should == 1
+    end
+    it "should work with a count" do
+      rs = @db.view('first/test',{:count => 1})
+      rs['rows'].length.should == 1
+    end
   end
 
   describe "GET (document by id) when the doc exists" do