diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9301acb80dc..e363b26bd38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Beta: Added API methods that wrap the API endpoint for managing Dash objects on plot.ly. The API interface is under `plotly.api.v2.dash_apps`
+
 ## [2.0.8] - 2017-04-21
 ### Added
 - offline embedded plots are now responsive to window resizing when `output_type == "div"` is set in `plotly.offline.iplot()`.
@@ -10,7 +14,6 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Updated
 - `plotly.offline.plot` and `plotly.offline.iplot` now accept various [configuration options](https://plot.ly/javascript/configuration-options/) for their arguments.
 
-
 ## [2.0.7] - 2017-04-07
 ### Updated
 - Updated `plotly.min.js` to version 1.25.0 for `plotly.offline`.
diff --git a/plotly/api/v2/__init__.py b/plotly/api/v2/__init__.py
index 5ccbccfd4f4..852a18947c7 100644
--- a/plotly/api/v2/__init__.py
+++ b/plotly/api/v2/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from plotly.api.v2 import (dashboards, files, folders, grids, images, plot_schema,
-                           plots, users)
+from plotly.api.v2 import (dash_apps, dashboards, files, folders, grids,
+                           images, plot_schema, plots, users)
diff --git a/plotly/api/v2/dash_apps.py b/plotly/api/v2/dash_apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e38848b53ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plotly/api/v2/dash_apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""
+Beta interface to Plotly's /v2/dash-apps endpoints.
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from plotly.api.v2.utils import build_url, request
+
+RESOURCE = 'dash-apps'
+
+
+def create(body):
+    """Create a dash app item."""
+    url = build_url(RESOURCE)
+    return request('post', url, json=body)
+
+
+def retrieve(fid):
+    """Retrieve a dash app from Plotly."""
+    url = build_url(RESOURCE, id=fid)
+    return request('get', url)
+
+
+def update(fid, content):
+    """Completely update the writable."""
+    url = build_url(RESOURCE, id=fid)
+    return request('put', url, json=content)