shell, wip
diff --git a/planetstack/core/dashboard/shell/shell.py b/planetstack/core/dashboard/shell/shell.py
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+# /opt/planetstack/core/dashboard/views/helloworld.py
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseServerError, HttpResponseForbidden
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView, View
+from core.models import *
+from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
+
+class ShellDataView(View):
+    url = r'^shelldata/'
+
+    def get(self, request, **kwargs):
+        allSlices = []
+        for slice in Slice.objects.all():
+            allSlices.append(model_to_dict(slice))
+
+        result = {"slices": allSlices}
+
+        return HttpResponse(json.dumps(result), mimetype='application/json')