diff --git a/lib/api/event.js b/lib/api/event.js
index 00a0dbe..991ac25 100644
--- a/lib/api/event.js
+++ b/lib/api/event.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var extend = require('extend');
 var http_client = require('../http_client.js');
+var util = require('util');
 var v8type = require('v8type');
 
 
@@ -21,8 +22,7 @@ event_api.prototype.stream = function(start, end, filter, callback){
      *
      * optionally provide a `callback` function to get the result
      * of this api call:
-     *
-     *    function(error, results)
+     *    callback(error, result, status_code)
     */
     if(arguments.length < 2){
 	throw new Error('parameters `start` and `end` are required');
@@ -59,23 +59,130 @@ event_api.prototype.stream = function(start, end, filter, callback){
 };
 
 event_api.prototype.get_event = function(event_id, callback){
+    /*
+     * event_api.get_event(event_id, callback)
+     *
+     * method used to retrieve a single event's data
+     *
+     * `event_id` the id of the event to get the information for
+     * `callback` an optional function called with the results
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
+    if(!event_id){
+	throw new Error('`event_id` parameter is required');
+    }
 
+    this.request('GET', util.format('/events/%s', event_id), callback);
 };
 
-event_api.prototype.add_event = function(){
+event_api.prototype.add_event = function(event, callback){
+    /*
+     * event_api.add_event(event, callback)
+     *
+     * method used to add a new event to datadog
+     *
+     * `event` is an object containing any of the following:
+     *     title: *required*, string, title for the new event
+     *     text: *required*, string, event message
+     *     date_happened: int, when the event occurred. if unset defaults to the current time. (POSIX timestamp)
+     *     handle: string, user to post the event as. defaults to owner of the application key used to submit.
+     *     priority: string, priority to post the event as. ("normal" or "low", defaults to "normal")
+     *     related_event_id: post event as a child of the given event
+     *     tags: array, tags to post the event with
+     *     host: string, host to post the event with
+     *     device_name: string, device_name to post the event with
+     *     aggregation_ket: string, key to aggregate this event on
+     *
+     * `callback` is an optional function for the result
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
+    if(!v8type.is(event, v8type.OBJECT)){
+	throw new Error('`event` parameter must be an object');
+    }
 
-};
+    if(!event['title']){
+	throw new Error('`title` property of `event` parameter is required');
+    }
+
+    if(!event['text']){
+	throw new Error('`text` property of `event` parameter is required');
+    }
 
-event_api.prototype.add_comment = function(){
+    if(!event['date_happened']){
+	event['date_happened'] = (new Date().getTime()) / 1000;
+    }
+
+    if(event['priority']){
+	if(['normal', 'low'].indexOf(event['priority'].toLowerCase()) == -1){
+	    event['priority'] = undefined;
+	}
+    }
+
+    if(event['tags']){
+	event['tags'] = event['tags'].join();
+    }
 
+    this.request('POST', '/events', {body: event}, callback);
 };
 
-event_api.prototype.update_comment = function(){
+event_api.prototype.add_comment = function(comment, callback){
+    /*
+     * event_api.add_comment(comment, [callback])
+     *
+     * method used to add a new comment to datadog
+     *
+     * `comment` is a object representation of the new comment:
+     *     message: *require*, string, comment text body
+     *     handle: string, optional handle name to use instead of owner of the app key
+     *     related_event_id: string, optional event id to attach this comment to
+     *
+     * `callback` is an optional function for the result of the call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
+    if(!v8type.is(comment, v8type.OBJECT)){
+	throw new Error('`comment` parameter must be an object');
+    }
 
+    if(!comment['message']){
+	throw new Error('`message` property of `comment` paramter is required');
+    }
+
+    this.request('POST', '/comments', {body: comment}, callback);
 };
 
-event_api.prototype.delete_comment = function(){
+event_api.prototype.update_comment = function(comment_id, comment, callback){
+    /*
+     * event_api.update_comment(comment_id, comment, callback)
+     *
+     * method used to update a comment that already exists in datadog
+     *
+     * `comment_id` is the id of the comment to update
+     * `comment` an object representation of the comment changes to make
+     *     message: string, the new message text for the comment
+     *     handle: string, the new owner of the comment
+     *
+     * `callback` an optional callback to call with the result
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
+    if(!v8type.is(comment, v8type.OBJECT)){
+	throw new Error('`comment` parameter must be an object');
+    }
+
+    this.request('PUT', util.format('/comments/%s', comment_id), {body: comment}, callback);
+};
 
+event_api.prototype.delete_comment = function(comment_id, callback){
+    /*
+     * event_api.delete_comment(comment_id, callback)
+     *
+     * method used to remove a comment from datadog
+     *
+     * `comment_id` the comment id for the comment to remove
+     * `callback` an optional function to handle the result
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+     *
+    */
+    this.request('DELETE', util.format('/comments/%s', comment_id), callback);
 };