diff --git a/lib/api/snapshot.js b/lib/api/snapshot.js
index d96c80d..a6f6f89 100644
--- a/lib/api/snapshot.js
+++ b/lib/api/snapshot.js
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 var extend = require('extend');
 var util = require('util');
 
-
 var snapshot_api  = function(){};
 
-
-
 snapshot_api.prototype.add_snapshot = function(snapshot, callback){
     /*
      * snapshot_api.add_snapshot(snapshot, [callback])
@@ -37,10 +34,42 @@ snapshot_api.prototype.add_snapshot = function(snapshot, callback){
         throw new Error('`end` property of `snapshot` parameter is required');
     }
 
+    this.request('GET', '/graph/snapshot', {query: snapshot}, callback);
+};
 
+snapshot_api.prototype.add_snapshot_from_def = function(snapshot, callback){
+    /*
+     * snapshot_api.add_snapshot_from_def(snapshot, [callback])
+     *
+     * method used to add a new snapshot to datadog based on a graph definition
+     * https://github.com/DataDog/dogapi/commit/583f13d7bd8de5a86daa2ff53f2d7cf6570e7ab2
+     * feature is not currently documented (at time of writing), but very useful.
+     *
+     * `snapshot` is an object containing any of the following:
+     *     graph_def: *required*, JSON string dump of an existing graph definition
+     *     start: *required*, int, Start of the query.(POSIX timestamp)
+     *     end: *required*, int, End of the query.(POSIX timestamp)
+     *
+     * `callback` is an optional function for the result
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
+    if(typeof snapshot != 'object'){
+        throw new Error('`snapshot` parameter must be an object');
+    }
+
+    if(!snapshot['graph_def']){
+        throw new Error('`graph_def` property of `snapshot` parameter is required');
+    }
+
+    if(!snapshot['start']){
+        throw new Error('`start` property of `snapshot` parameter is required');
+    }
+
+    if(!snapshot['end']){
+        throw new Error('`end` property of `snapshot` parameter is required');
+    }
 
     this.request('GET', '/graph/snapshot', {query: snapshot}, callback);
 };
 
-
 return module.exports = snapshot_api;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 22242b5..55d3f56 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
   ],
   "author": "Brett Langdon <brett@blangdon.com> (http://brett.is)",
   "contributors":[
-    "colinjonesx (http://www.thetestpeople.com)"
+    "colinjonesx (http://www.thetestpeople.com)",
+    "dalehamel (http://blog.srvthe.net)"
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "readmeFilename": "README.md",