diff --git a/xos/api/tenant/ceilometer/monitoringchannel.py b/xos/api/tenant/ceilometer/monitoringchannel.py
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+from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from rest_framework import generics
+from rest_framework import status
+from core.models import *
+from django.forms import widgets
+from xos.apibase import XOSListCreateAPIView, XOSRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView, XOSPermissionDenied
+from api.xosapi_helpers import PlusModelSerializer, XOSViewSet, ReadOnlyField
+
+from services.ceilometer.models import MonitoringChannel, CeilometerService
+
+def get_default_ceilometer_service():
+    ceilometer_services = CeilometerService.get_service_objects().all()
+    if ceilometer_services:
+        return ceilometer_services[0].id
+    return None
+
+class MonitoringChannelForAPI(MonitoringChannel):
+    class Meta:
+        proxy = True
+        app_label = "ceilometer"
+
+    @property
+    def related(self):
+        related = {}
+        if self.creator:
+            related["creator"] = self.creator.username
+        if self.instance:
+            related["instance_id"] = self.instance.id
+            related["instance_name"] = self.instance.name
+            if self.instance.node:
+                related["compute_node_name"] = self.instance.node.name
+        return related
+
+class MonitoringChannelSerializer(PlusModelSerializer):
+        id = ReadOnlyField()
+        service_specific_attribute = ReadOnlyField()
+        ceilometer_url = ReadOnlyField()
+        tenant_list_str = ReadOnlyField()
+        #creator = ReadOnlyField()
+        #instance = ReadOnlyField()
+        provider_service = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=CeilometerService.get_service_objects().all(), default=get_default_ceilometer_service)
+
+        humanReadableName = serializers.SerializerMethodField("getHumanReadableName")
+        related = serializers.DictField(required=False)
+
+        #computeNodeName = serializers.SerializerMethodField("getComputeNodeName")
+
+        class Meta:
+            model = MonitoringChannelForAPI
+            fields = ('humanReadableName', 'id', 'provider_service', 'service_specific_attribute', 'ceilometer_url', 'tenant_list_str', 'related' )
+
+        def getHumanReadableName(self, obj):
+            return obj.__unicode__()
+
+        #def getComputeNodeName(self, obj):
+        #    instance = obj.instance
+        #    if not instance:
+        #        return None
+        #    return instance.node.name
+
+class MonitoringChannelSet(XOSViewSet):
+    base_name = "monitoringchannel"
+    method_name = "monitoringchannel"
+    method_kind = "viewset"
+    queryset = MonitoringChannelForAPI.get_tenant_objects().all()
+    serializer_class = MonitoringChannelSerializer
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        queryset = MonitoringChannelForAPI.get_tenant_objects().all()
+
+        current_user = self.request.user.username
+        if current_user is not None:
+            ids = [x.id for x in queryset if x.creator.username==current_user]
+            queryset = queryset.filter(id__in=ids)
+
+        return queryset
+
+    def create(self, request):
+        current_user = request.user.username
+        existing_obj = None
+        for obj in MonitoringChannelForAPI.get_tenant_objects().all():
+            if (obj.creator.username == current_user):
+               existing_obj = obj
+               break
+
+        if existing_obj:
+            serializer = MonitoringChannelSerializer(existing_obj)
+            headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
+            return Response( serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK )
+
+        return super(MonitoringChannelSet, self).create(request)