diff --git a/cmd/api/src/api/error.go b/cmd/api/src/api/error.go
index 3e7ea9dca..c59708cac 100644
--- a/cmd/api/src/api/error.go
+++ b/cmd/api/src/api/error.go
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ const (
 	ErrorResponseDetailsUniqueViolation             = "unique constraint was violated"
 	ErrorResponseDetailsNotImplemented              = "All good things to those who wait. Not implemented."
 
-	FmtErrorResponseDetailsBadQueryParameters = "there are errors in the query parameters: %v"
+	FmtErrorResponseDetailsBadQueryParameters            = "there are errors in the query parameters: %v"
+	FmtErrorResponseDetailsMissingRequiredQueryParameter = "missing required query parameter: %v"
 )
 
 func IsErrorResponse(response *http.Response) bool {
diff --git a/cmd/api/src/queries/graph.go b/cmd/api/src/queries/graph.go
index f9847994c..c2ed87316 100644
--- a/cmd/api/src/queries/graph.go
+++ b/cmd/api/src/queries/graph.go
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ type Graph interface {
 	GetNodesByKind(ctx context.Context, kinds ...graph.Kind) (graph.NodeSet, error)
 	GetFilteredAndSortedNodes(orderCriteria model.OrderCriteria, filterCriteria graph.Criteria) (graph.NodeSet, error)
 	FetchNodesByObjectIDs(ctx context.Context, objectIDs ...string) (graph.NodeSet, error)
+	FetchNodesByObjectIDsAndKinds(ctx context.Context, kinds graph.Kinds, objectIDs ...string) (graph.NodeSet, error)
 	ValidateOUs(ctx context.Context, ous []string) ([]string, error)
 	BatchNodeUpdate(ctx context.Context, nodeUpdate graph.NodeUpdate) error
 	RawCypherQuery(ctx context.Context, pQuery PreparedQuery, includeProperties bool) (model.UnifiedGraph, error)
@@ -726,6 +727,26 @@ func (s *GraphQuery) FetchNodesByObjectIDs(ctx context.Context, objectIDs ...str
 	})
 }
 
+func (s *GraphQuery) FetchNodesByObjectIDsAndKinds(ctx context.Context, kinds graph.Kinds, objectIDs ...string) (graph.NodeSet, error) {
+	var nodes graph.NodeSet
+
+	return nodes, s.Graph.ReadTransaction(ctx, func(tx graph.Transaction) error {
+		if fetchedNodes, err := ops.FetchNodeSet(tx.Nodes().Filterf(
+			func() graph.Criteria {
+				return query.And(
+					query.KindIn(query.Node(), kinds...),
+					query.In(query.NodeProperty(common.ObjectID.String()), objectIDs),
+				)
+			}),
+		); err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else {
+			nodes = fetchedNodes
+			return nil
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func (s *GraphQuery) ValidateOUs(ctx context.Context, ous []string) ([]string, error) {
 	var validated = make([]string, 0)