diff --git a/packages/api/middleware/auth.ts b/packages/api/middleware/auth.ts
index 492848f..cbd4fa8 100644
--- a/packages/api/middleware/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/api/middleware/auth.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const authCheck = async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction)
     const { authorization } = req.headers;
 
     if (!authorization) {
-      throw Error('No provided header');
+      throw Error('No provided auth header');
     }
 
     // verify jwt token with our api secret
diff --git a/packages/api/routes/conversations.ts b/packages/api/routes/conversations.ts
index e1f8b44..2c49e89 100644
--- a/packages/api/routes/conversations.ts
+++ b/packages/api/routes/conversations.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Conversation, {
   MemberRole,
 } from '@nirvana/core/models/conversation.model';
 import { JwtClaims, authCheck } from '../middleware/auth';
-import express, { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
+import express, { NextFunction, Request, Response, response } from 'express';
 
 import ConversationService from '../services/conversation.service';
 import CreateConversationRequest from '@nirvana/core/requests/CreateConversationRequest.request';
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ export default function getConversationRoutes() {
   router.get('/:conversationId', authCheck);
 
   // get all conversations that I am in
-  router.get('/', authCheck);
+  router.get('/', authCheck, getAllConversations);
 
   // get a one on one conversation based on other user Id
+  router.get('/check/:otherUserId', authCheck);
 
   // get a conversation's content
+  router.get('/:conversationId/content', authCheck);
 
   // create a conversation
   router.post('/', authCheck, createConversation);
@@ -35,10 +37,33 @@ export default function getConversationRoutes() {
   return router;
 }
 
+const getAllConversations = async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+  const userInfo = res.locals.userInfo as JwtClaims;
+
+  try {
+    const resultConversations = await ConversationService.getAllConversationsForUser(
+      userInfo.userId,
+    );
+
+    const responseObj = new NirvanaResponse<Conversation[]>(
+      resultConversations ?? [],
+      undefined,
+      'here are all of the conversations for user',
+    );
+
+    return res.json(responseObj);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return next(Error('unable to get conversations'));
+  }
+};
+
 const createConversation = async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
   const createRequest = req.body as CreateConversationRequest;
   const userInfo = res.locals.userInfo as JwtClaims;
 
+  // todo: do quick check to make sure that we don't already have a conversation
+  // as last resort if client didn't already do this
+
   if (!createRequest.otherUsers || createRequest.otherUsers.length === 0) {
     return next(new Error('must provide who you want to talk to'));
   }
diff --git a/packages/api/routes/user.ts b/packages/api/routes/user.ts
index 6dab422..94355cf 100644
--- a/packages/api/routes/user.ts
+++ b/packages/api/routes/user.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export default function getUserRoutes() {
 
   router.get('/login', login);
 
+  // get user public information by id
+  router.get('/:userId', authCheck, getPublicUser);
+
   router.get('/authcheck', authCheck, handleAuthCheck);
 
   return router;
@@ -45,6 +48,19 @@ async function getUserDetails(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
   next(Error('No user found'));
 }
 
+async function getPublicUser(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
+  const { userId } = req.params;
+
+  const user = await UserService.getUserById(userId as string);
+
+  if (user) {
+    return res.status(200).json(new UserDetailsResponse(user));
+  }
+
+  res.status(404);
+  next(Error('No user found'));
+}
+
 /** Create user if doesn't exist
  *  Returns jwt token for client and user details
  */
diff --git a/packages/api/services/conversation.service.ts b/packages/api/services/conversation.service.ts
index bdc8f6e..a35a5ff 100644
--- a/packages/api/services/conversation.service.ts
+++ b/packages/api/services/conversation.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 import Conversation from '@nirvana/core/models/conversation.model';
+import { ObjectId } from 'mongodb';
 import { collections } from './database.service';
 
 export default class ConversationService {
   static async createConversation(newConversation: Conversation) {
     return await collections.conversations?.insertOne(newConversation);
   }
+
+  static async getAllConversationsForUser(userId: string) {
+    const query = { 'members._id': new ObjectId(userId) };
+
+    const res = await collections.conversations?.find(query).toArray();
+
+    // exists
+    if (res?.length) {
+      return res as Conversation[];
+    }
+
+    return undefined;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/models/conversation.model.ts b/packages/core/models/conversation.model.ts
index 12036af..00bb097 100644
--- a/packages/core/models/conversation.model.ts
+++ b/packages/core/models/conversation.model.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default class Conversation {
 
     public name?: string,
 
-    public id: ObjectId = new ObjectId(),
+    public _id: ObjectId = new ObjectId(),
 
     /**
      * last time there was new content for everyone