diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e4e13a..288fa07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.access</groupId>
 	<artifactId>storagehub</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.9</version>
+	<version>1.1.0</version>
 	<name>storagehub</name>
 
 	<scm>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsManager.java
index 2122c80..d5e9e5e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/data/access/storagehub/services/ItemsManager.java
@@ -148,7 +148,65 @@ public class ItemsManager {
 
 		return new ItemWrapper<Item>(toReturn);
 	}
+	
+	@GET
+	@Path("{id}/path")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	public ItemWrapper<Item> getByRelativePath(@QueryParam("path") String path, @QueryParam("exclude") List<String> excludes){
+		InnerMethodName.instance.set("getByPath");
+		Session ses = null;
+		Item toReturn = null;
+		try{
+			ses = repository.getRepository().login(CredentialHandler.getAdminCredentials(context));
+			authChecker.checkReadAuthorizationControl(ses, id);
+			
+			String relativePath = path.startsWith("/")? path.substring(1) : path;
+			if (path.endsWith("/"))
+				relativePath.substring(0,relativePath.lastIndexOf("/"));
+			
+			if (relativePath.isEmpty()) throw new InvalidCallParameters("empty path");
+			
+			Item item =null;
+			String nextId = id;
+			String[] paths = relativePath.split("/");
+			for (String actualPath: paths) {
+				item = getChildrenMatchingName(ses, nextId, actualPath, excludes);
+				if (item ==null) throw new InvalidCallParameters("relative path "+actualPath+" not found under item with id "+nextId);
+				authChecker.checkReadAuthorizationControl(ses, item.getId());
+				nextId = item.getId();
+			}
+			
+			return new ItemWrapper<Item>(item);
+		}catch(RepositoryException re){
+			log.error("jcr error getting item", re);
+			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(new BackendGenericError("jcr error searching item", re));
+		}catch(StorageHubException she ){
+			log.error(she.getErrorMessage(), she);
+			GXOutboundErrorResponse.throwException(she, Response.Status.fromStatusCode(she.getStatus()));
+		}finally{
+			if (ses!=null)
+				ses.logout();
+		}
 
+		return new ItemWrapper<Item>(toReturn);
+	}
+	
+	private Item getChildrenMatchingName(Session ses, String id, String name, List<String> excludes) throws ItemNotFoundException , RepositoryException, StorageHubException {
+		
+		NodeIterator it = ses.getNodeByIdentifier(id).getNodes();
+		while (it.hasNext()) {
+			Node child= it.nextNode();
+			String nodeName = child.getName();
+			if (!child.hasProperty(NodeProperty.TITLE.toString())) continue;
+			String title = child.getProperty(NodeProperty.TITLE.toString()).getString();
+
+			if (nodeName.equals(name) || title.equals(name)){
+				return node2Item.getItem(child, excludes);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
 	@GET
 	@Path("{id}/items/{name}")
 	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README
index 8b47ba8..4651c9b 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/README
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The projects leading to this software have received funding from a series of
 Version
 --------------------------------------------------
  
-1.0.9 (2020-01-24)
+1.1.0 (2020-03-03)
  
 Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
  
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml
index 19885b9..57df01d 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <application mode='online'>
 		<name>StorageHub</name>
 		<group>DataAccess</group>
-		<version>1.0.9</version>
+		<version>1.1.0</version>
 		<description>Storage Hub webapp</description>
 		<local-persistence location='target' />
 </application>
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