diff --git a/c2pa_c_ffi/src/c_api.rs b/c2pa_c_ffi/src/c_api.rs
index eda74dc67..9666ed436 100644
--- a/c2pa_c_ffi/src/c_api.rs
+++ b/c2pa_c_ffi/src/c_api.rs
@@ -600,6 +600,14 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn c2pa_reader_json(reader_ptr: *mut C2paReader) -> *mut c
     to_c_string(c2pa_reader.json())
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn c2pa_reader_detailed_json(reader_ptr: *mut C2paReader) -> *mut c_char {
+    check_or_return_null!(reader_ptr);
+    let c2pa_reader = guard_boxed!(reader_ptr);
+
+    to_c_string(c2pa_reader.detailed_json())
+}
+
 /// Returns the remote url of the manifest if it was obtained remotely.
 ///
 /// # Parameters
@@ -1613,6 +1621,11 @@ mod tests {
             .to_str()
             .unwrap()
             .contains("cawg.ica.credential_valid"));
+
+        let json = unsafe { c2pa_reader_detailed_json(reader) };
+        assert!(!json.is_null());
+        let json_str = unsafe { CString::from_raw(json) };
+        println!("json: {}", json_str.to_str().unwrap());
         TestC2paStream::drop_c_stream(stream);
     }
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/reader.rs b/sdk/src/reader.rs
index a14dbb639..72a4e3fbd 100644
--- a/sdk/src/reader.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/reader.rs
@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ impl Reader {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Get the Reader as a detailed JSON string
+    pub fn detailed_json(&self) -> String {
+        match self.to_json_detailed_formatted() {
+            Ok(value) => serde_json::to_string_pretty(&value).unwrap_or_default(),
+            Err(_) => "{}".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the remote url of the manifest if this [`Reader`] obtained the manifest remotely.
     pub fn remote_url(&self) -> Option<&str> {
         self.store.remote_url()