diff --git a/src/cal_tools/calcat_interface2.py b/src/cal_tools/calcat_interface2.py
index 5c8b64de498cf542eee7e1b63fbd62a8cb899e7e..d312f5bef2bfb97f0cf75f1a41c475a4c332ab89 100644
--- a/src/cal_tools/calcat_interface2.py
+++ b/src/cal_tools/calcat_interface2.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class CalCatAPIClient:
         return dt
 
     def get_request(self, relative_url, params=None, headers=None, **kwargs):
+        """Make a GET request, return the HTTP response object"""
         # Base URL may include e.g. '/api/'. This is a prefix for all URLs;
         # even if they look like an absolute path.
         url = urljoin(self.base_api_url, relative_url.lstrip("/"))
@@ -85,26 +86,31 @@ class CalCatAPIClient:
         if resp.content == b"":
             return None
         else:
-            res = json.loads(resp.content.decode("utf-8"))
-            pagination_header_fields = [
-                "X-Total-Pages",
-                "X-Count-Per-Page",
-                "X-Current-Page",
-                "X-Total-Count",
-            ]
-            pagination_info = {
-                k[2:].lower().replace("-", "_"): int(resp.headers[k])
-                for k in pagination_header_fields
-                if k in resp.headers
-            }
-            if pagination_info:
-                res[".pages"] = pagination_info
-            return res
+            return json.loads(resp.content.decode("utf-8"))
 
     def get(self, relative_url, params=None, **kwargs):
+        """Make a GET request, return response content from JSON"""
         resp = self.get_request(relative_url, params, **kwargs)
         return self._parse_response(resp)
 
+    _pagination_headers = (
+        "X-Total-Pages",
+        "X-Count-Per-Page",
+        "X-Current-Page",
+        "X-Total-Count",
+    )
+
+    def get_paged(self, relative_url, params=None, **kwargs):
+        """Make a GET request, return response content & pagination info"""
+        resp = self.get_request(relative_url, params, **kwargs)
+        content = self._parse_response(resp)
+        pagination_info = {
+            k[2:].lower().replace("-", "_"): int(resp.headers[k])
+            for k in self._pagination_headers
+            if k in resp.headers
+        }
+        return content, pagination_info
+
 
 global_client = None