diff --git a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/GenericSetInvoke.pm b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/GenericSetInvoke.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c1638f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/GenericSetInvoke.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericSetInvoke;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericSetInvoke - a set of roles to implement a resource for making method calls on a DBIC item
+
+=cut
+
+use Moo;
+use namespace::clean;
+
+extends 'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericCore';
+with    'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::Role::Set',
+        'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::Role::SetInvoke',
+        ;
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/HAL/Role/Root.pm b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/HAL/Role/Root.pm
index b9f5ddf..c231b4f 100644
--- a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/HAL/Role/Root.pm
+++ b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/HAL/Role/Root.pm
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ sub render_api_as_hal {
         }
         next unless @parts;
 
-        my $title = join(" ", (split /::/, $route->defaults->{result_class})[-3,-1]);
+        my $title;
+        if( exists $route->defaults->{result_class}) {
+            $title = join(" ", (split /::/, $route->defaults->{result_class})[-3,-1]);
+        } else {
+            ($title) = split( /\?/, $route->path);
+        }
 
         my $url = $path . join("", @parts);
         $links{join("", @parts)} = {
diff --git a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/Role/DBICParams.pm b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/Role/DBICParams.pm
index ecaa12e..3032338 100644
--- a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/Role/DBICParams.pm
+++ b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/Role/DBICParams.pm
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ sub handle_request_params {
 
         my $method = "_handle_${param}_param";
         unless ($self->can($method)) {
-            die "The $param parameter is not supported by the $self resource\n";
+            warn "The $param parameter is not supported by the $self resource\n";
+            next;
         }
         $self->$method($value, $param);
     }
diff --git a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/Role/SetInvoke.pm b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/Role/SetInvoke.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb88fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Resource/Role/SetInvoke.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::Role::SetInvoke;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::Role::SetInvoke - methods for resources representing method calls on item resources
+
+=cut
+
+use Scalar::Util qw(blessed);
+
+use Moo::Role;
+
+
+requires 'decode_json';
+requires 'encode_json';
+requires 'render_item_as_plain_hash';
+requires 'throwable';
+requires 'set';
+
+has method => (
+   is => 'ro',
+   required => 1,
+);
+
+sub post_is_create { return 0 }
+
+around 'allowed_methods' => sub {
+   return [ qw(POST) ];
+};
+
+
+sub process_post {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    # Here's we're calling a method on the set as a simple generic behaviour.
+    # This is very limited because, for example, the method has no knowledge
+    # that it's being called inside a web service, thus no way to do redirects
+    # or provide HTTP specific rich-exceptions.
+    # If anything more sophisticated is required then it should be implemented
+    # as a specific resource class for the method (or perhaps a role if there's
+    # a set of methods that require similar behaviour).
+
+    # The POST body content provides a data structure containing the method arguments
+    # { args => [ (@_) ] }
+    $self->throwable->throw_bad_request(415, errors => "Request content-type not application/json")
+        unless $self->request->header('Content-Type') =~ 'application/.*?json';
+    my $invoke_body_data = $self->decode_json($self->request->content);
+    $self->throwable->throw_bad_request(400, errors => "Request content not a JSON hash")
+        unless ref $invoke_body_data eq 'HASH';
+
+    my @method_args;
+    if (my $args = delete $invoke_body_data->{args}) {
+        $self->throwable->throw_bad_request(400, errors => "The args must be an array")
+            if ref $args ne 'ARRAY';
+        @method_args = @$args;
+    }
+    $self->throwable->throw_bad_request(400, errors => "Unknown attributes: @{[ keys %$invoke_body_data ]}")
+        if keys %$invoke_body_data;
+
+    my $method_name = $self->method;
+    # the method is expected to throw an exception on error.
+    my $result_raw = $self->set->$method_name(@method_args);
+
+    my $result_rendered;
+    # return a DBIC resultset as array of hashes of ALL records (no paging)
+    if (blessed($result_raw) && $result_raw->isa('DBIx::Class::ResultSet')) {
+        $result_rendered = [ map { $self->render_item_as_plain_hash($_) } $result_raw->all ];
+    }
+    # return a DBIC result row as a hash
+    elsif (blessed($result_raw) && $result_raw->isa('DBIx::Class::Row')) {
+        $result_rendered = $self->render_item_as_plain_hash($result_raw);
+    }
+    # return anything else as raw JSON wrapped in a hash
+    else {
+        # we shouldn't get an object here, but if we do then we
+        # stringify it here to avoid exposing the guts
+        $result_rendered = { result => (blessed $result_raw) ? "$result_raw" : $result_raw };
+    }
+
+    $self->response->body( $self->encode_json($result_rendered) );
+    return 200;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/RouteMaker.pm b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/RouteMaker.pm
index fc37b3f..839dd4d 100644
--- a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/RouteMaker.pm
+++ b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/RouteMaker.pm
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ has resource_class_for_item_invoke => (is => 'ro', default => 'WebAPI::DBIC::Res
 has resource_class_for_set         => (is => 'ro', default => 'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericSet');
 has resource_class_for_set_invoke  => (is => 'ro', default => 'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericSetInvoke');
 has resource_default_args          => (is => 'ro', default => sub { {} });
+has resource_extra_roles           => (is => 'ro', default => sub { [] });
 
 has type_namer => (
     is => 'ro',
@@ -88,11 +89,16 @@ sub make_routes_for_item {
     # and .../:1/:2/:3 etc for a resource with  multiple key fields
     my $item_path_spec = join "/", map { ":$_" } 1 .. @$key_fields;
 
+    my $resource_class_for_item = 
+        $self->adapt_resource_class($self->resource_class_for_item);
+    my $resource_class_for_item_invoke = 
+        $self->adapt_resource_class($self->resource_class_for_item_invoke);
+
     my @routes;
 
     push @routes, WebAPI::DBIC::Route->new( # item
         path => "$path/$item_path_spec",
-        resource_class => $self->resource_class_for_item,
+        resource_class => $resource_class_for_item,
         resource_args  => {
             %{ $self->resource_default_args },
             set => $set,
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ sub make_routes_for_item {
     push @routes, WebAPI::DBIC::Route->new( # method call on item
         path => "$path/$item_path_spec/invoke/:method",
         validations => { method => _qr_names(@$methods), },
-        resource_class => $self->resource_class_for_item_invoke,
+        resource_class => $resource_class_for_item_invoke,
         resource_args  => {
             %{ $self->resource_default_args },
             set => $set,
@@ -124,11 +130,16 @@ sub make_routes_for_set {
     $opts ||= {};
     my $methods = $opts->{invokable_methods};
 
+    my $resource_class_for_set = 
+        $self->adapt_resource_class($self->resource_class_for_set);
+    my $resource_class_for_set_invoke = 
+        $self->adapt_resource_class($self->resource_class_for_set_invoke);
+
     my @routes;
    
     push @routes, WebAPI::DBIC::Route->new(
         path => $path,
-        resource_class => $self->resource_class_for_set,
+        resource_class => $resource_class_for_set,
         resource_args  => {
             %{ $self->resource_default_args },
             set => $set,
@@ -139,7 +150,7 @@ sub make_routes_for_set {
     push @routes, WebAPI::DBIC::Route->new( # method call on set
         path => "$path/invoke/:method",
         validations => { method => _qr_names(@$methods) },
-        resource_class => $self->resource_class_for_set_invoke,
+        resource_class => $resource_class_for_set_invoke,
         resource_args  => {
             %{ $self->resource_default_args },
             set => $set,
@@ -150,6 +161,21 @@ sub make_routes_for_set {
     return @routes;
 }
 
+sub adapt_resource_class {
+    my ($self, $resource_class) = @_;
+
+    if(@{ $self->resource_extra_roles }) {
+        $resource_class = Role::Tiny->create_class_with_roles(
+            $resource_class, 
+            @{ $self->resource_extra_roles }
+        );
+        ## Workaround Role::Tiny not setting %INC, which confuses use_module later.
+        $INC{Module::Runtime::module_notional_filename($resource_class)} = __FILE__;
+
+    }
+
+    return $resource_class;
+}
 
 sub make_root_route {
     my $self = shift;
diff --git a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Router.pm b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Router.pm
index fd550c4..2311d2e 100644
--- a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Router.pm
+++ b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/Router.pm
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ has router => (
     handles => [ qw(match) ],
 );
 
+has extra_routes => (
+    is => 'ro',
+    default => sub { [] },
+);
+
 
 sub add_route {
     my ($self, %args) = @_;
@@ -49,6 +54,11 @@ sub add_route {
 
 sub to_psgi_app {
     my $self = shift;
+
+    foreach my $route (@{ $self->extra_routes }) {
+        $self->router->add_route( @$route );
+    }
+
     return Plack::App::Path::Router->new( router => $self->router )->to_app; # return Plack app
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/WebApp.pm b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/WebApp.pm
index 84d6652..bf06204 100644
--- a/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/WebApp.pm
+++ b/lib/WebAPI/DBIC/WebApp.pm
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ which is the same as:
     $app = WebAPI::DBIC::WebApp->new({
         schema => $schema,
         routes => [ $schema->sources ],
+        extra_routes => [ ],
         route_maker => WebAPI::DBIC::RouteMaker->new(
             resource_class_for_item        => 'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericItem',
             resource_class_for_item_invoke => 'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericItemInvoke',
             resource_class_for_set         => 'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericSet',
             resource_class_for_set_invoke  => 'WebAPI::DBIC::Resource::GenericSetInvoke',
             resource_default_args          => { },
+            resource_extra_roles           => [ ],
             type_namer => WebAPI::DBIC::TypeNamer->new( # EXPERIMENTAL
                 type_name_inflect => 'singular',    # XXX will change to plural soon
                 type_name_style   => 'under_score', # or 'camelCase' etc
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ The elements in C<routes> are passed to the specified C<route_maker>.
 The elements can include any mix of result source names, as in the example above,
 resultset objects, and L<WebAPI::DBIC::Route> objects.
 
+The extra_routes arrayref is passed on to L<WebAPI::DBIC::Router>
+which will add them to the L<Path::Router> instance as standalone
+routes alongside the DBIx::Class based routes.
+
 Result source names are converted to resultset objects.
 
 The L<WebAPI::DBIC::RouteMaker> object converts the resultset objects
@@ -79,6 +85,11 @@ has routes => (
     default => sub { [ sort shift->schema->sources ] },
 );
 
+has extra_routes => (
+    is => 'ro',
+    default => sub { [] },
+);
+
 has route_maker => (
     is => 'ro',
     lazy => 1,
@@ -99,7 +110,7 @@ sub _build_route_maker {
 sub to_psgi_app {
     my ($self) = @_;
 
-    my $router = WebAPI::DBIC::Router->new; # XXX
+    my $router = WebAPI::DBIC::Router->new(extra_routes => $self->extra_routes);
 
     # set the route_maker schema here so users don't have
     # to set schema in both WebApp and RouteMaker