diff --git a/qiita_client/qiita_client.py b/qiita_client/qiita_client.py
index ca7b189..2dca728 100644
--- a/qiita_client/qiita_client.py
+++ b/qiita_client/qiita_client.py
@@ -629,6 +629,28 @@ def artifact_and_preparation_files(self, artifact_id,
 
         return files, prep_info
 
+    def get_artifact_html_summary(self, artifact_id):
+        """Gets the artifact html_summary
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        artifact_id : int
+            The artifact id
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        None or str
+            filepath of the artifact html_summary
+        """
+        html_summary_fp = None
+        artifact_info = self.get("/qiita_db/artifacts/%s/" % artifact_id)
+
+        if 'html_summary' in artifact_info['files']:
+            html_summary_fp = artifact_info[
+                'files']['html_summary'][0]['filepath']
+
+        return html_summary_fp
+
     def _process_files_per_sample_fastq(self, files, prep_info,
                                         ignore_small_files):
         "helper function to process per_sample_FASTQ artifacts and their preps"
diff --git a/qiita_client/tests/test_qiita_client.py b/qiita_client/tests/test_qiita_client.py
index 87178b0..12689e8 100644
--- a/qiita_client/tests/test_qiita_client.py
+++ b/qiita_client/tests/test_qiita_client.py
@@ -171,16 +171,26 @@ def test_post_error(self):
             self.tester.post("/qiita_db/artifacts/1/type/")
 
     def test_patch(self):
+        artifact_id = '2'
+
+        # before we patch the artifact by adding the html_summary, the
+        # html_summary should be None
+        self.assertIsNone(self.tester.get_artifact_html_summary(artifact_id))
+
+        # now, let's patch
         fd, fp = mkstemp()
         close(fd)
         with open(fp, 'w') as f:
             f.write('\n')
         self.clean_up_files.append(fp)
-
-        obs = self.tester.patch('/qiita_db/artifacts/2/', 'add',
+        obs = self.tester.patch(f'/qiita_db/artifacts/{artifact_id}/', 'add',
                                 '/html_summary/', value=fp)
         self.assertIsNone(obs)
 
+        # now, the html_summary should contain the filename fp
+        self.assertTrue(
+            basename(fp) in self.tester.get_artifact_html_summary(artifact_id))
+
     def test_patch_error(self):
         with self.assertRaises(BadRequestError):
             self.tester.patch(