diff --git a/src/routes/items.ts b/src/routes/items.ts
index 6db50cb507..b00c923458 100644
--- a/src/routes/items.ts
+++ b/src/routes/items.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ import express, { RequestHandler } from 'express';
 import asyncHandler from 'express-async-handler';
 import * as itemsService from '../services/items';
 
-const readItems: RequestHandler = asyncHandler((req, res) => {
-	res.send('Hi there');
+const readItems: RequestHandler = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
+	const records = await itemsService.readAll(req.params.collection);
+	res.json({
+		data: records,
+	});
 });
 
 const createItem: RequestHandler = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/src/services/items.ts b/src/services/items.ts
index c8310461b6..23cab401e4 100644
--- a/src/services/items.ts
+++ b/src/services/items.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import database from '../database';
 import { Query } from '../types/query';
 
-export const create = async (collection: string, data: Record<string, any>, query: Query = {}) => {
-	await database(collection).insert(data);
+export const readAll = async (collection: string, query: Query = {}) => {
+	return await database.select('*').from(collection);
+};
+
+export const create = async (collection: string, data: Record<string, any>, query: Query = {}) => {
+	return await database(collection).insert(data);
 };