@@ 96,6 96,22 @@ class SubscriptionManager(models.Manager
             if e.code == 302:
                return True
         return False
+    
+    def retrieve(self, topic, hub=None, debug=False):
+        config = Config()
+        if hub is None:
+            hub = self._get_hub(topic)
+        headers = config.get_extra_hub_headers(topic, hub)
+
+        response = self._send_request(
+            '{0}?hub.mode=retrieve&hub.topic={1}'.format(hub, topic),
+            {},
+            headers,
+            debug,
+        )
+
+        parsed = feedparser.parse(response.read())
+        return parsed
 
     def subscribe(self, topic, **kwargs):
         return self.do_action(topic, mode='subscribe', **kwargs)