diff --git a/django/website/transport/items.py b/django/website/transport/items.py
index a8bb9cf66d3802385229a78e7ee5110cc1dcedbd..6903ca92463b73d870eace446bed4e9e35db328b 100644
--- a/django/website/transport/items.py
+++ b/django/website/transport/items.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from rest_api.views import ItemViewSet
 from .exceptions import TransportException
 
 
-url_name = 'item-list'
 actions = {
     'get': 'list',
     'post': 'create',
@@ -16,14 +15,28 @@ actions = {
 request_factory = APIRequestFactory()
 
 
-def url():
-    return reverse(url_name)
+def list_url():
+    return reverse('item-list')
+
+
+def detail_url(id):
+    return reverse('item-detail', args=[id])
 
 
 def get_view():
     return ItemViewSet.as_view(actions)
 
 
+def _parse_date_fields(item):
+    date_fields = ('created', 'timestamp')
+    item_dict = dict(item)
+    for date_field in date_fields:
+        value = item_dict[date_field]
+        if value is not None:
+            item_dict[date_field] = parse_datetime(value)
+    return item_dict
+
+
 def list(**kwargs):
     """ Return a list of Items
 
@@ -32,29 +45,20 @@ def list(**kwargs):
     """
     # FIXME: currently only body exact filtering is supported
     view = get_view()
-    request = request_factory.get(url(), kwargs)
+    request = request_factory.get(list_url(), kwargs)
 
     items = view(request).data
 
-    date_fields = ('created', 'timestamp')
-
     for item in items:
-        item_dict = dict(item)
-        for date_field in date_fields:
-            value = item_dict[date_field]
-            if value is not None:
-                item_dict[date_field] = parse_datetime(value)
-
-        item.update(item_dict)
+        item.update(_parse_date_fields(item))
 
     return items
 
 
-
 def create(item):
     """ Create an Item from the given dict """
     view = get_view()
-    request = request_factory.post(url(), item)
+    request = request_factory.post(list_url(), item)
     response = view(request)
     if status.is_success(response.status_code):
         return response.data
@@ -65,10 +69,8 @@ def create(item):
 
 def delete(id):
     """ Delete the Item wit the given ID """
-    print("deleting {}".format(id))
     view = get_view()
-    url = '/items/{}/'.format(id)
-    request = request_factory.delete(url)
+    request = request_factory.delete(detail_url(id))
     return view(request, pk=id)