diff --git a/Source/AppController.m b/Source/AppController.m
index bc4aa03..b7eb952 100644
--- a/Source/AppController.m
+++ b/Source/AppController.m
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 	{
 		NSLog(@"node = %@", [node name]);
 		[node open];
+		[node attributes];
 		for (BSDirectoryRecord *record in [node records])
 		{
 			[record attributes];
diff --git a/Source/BSDirectoryNode.h b/Source/BSDirectoryNode.h
index 04a15d5..a6866e5 100644
--- a/Source/BSDirectoryNode.h
+++ b/Source/BSDirectoryNode.h
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@

 - (void)open;
 - (NSArray *)records;
+- (NSDictionary *)attributes;

 @end
diff --git a/Source/BSDirectoryNode.m b/Source/BSDirectoryNode.m
index f568523..67af079 100644
--- a/Source/BSDirectoryNode.m
+++ b/Source/BSDirectoryNode.m
@@ -153,4 +153,54 @@
 	return records;
 }

+/**
+ * Gets an NSDictionary of all the attributes a node has
+ */
+- (NSDictionary *)attributes
+{
+	tDataList infoTypes;
+	dsBuildListFromStringsAlloc(dirRef, &infoTypes, kDSAttributesAll, NULL);
+
+	tDataBuffer *buffer = dsDataBufferAllocate(dirRef, 1024 * 1024);
+	unsigned long count;
+	tAttributeListRef attrList;
+	tContextData context;
+	tDirStatus status = dsGetDirNodeInfo(nodeRef, &infoTypes, buffer, false, &count, &attrList, &context);
+	if (status != eDSNoErr)
+	{
+		NSLog(@"could not get node info: %i", status);
+		return nil;
+	}
+
+	unsigned long i = 1;
+	for ( ; i <= count; i++)
+	{
+		tAttributeValueListRef valueListRef = 0;
+		tAttributeEntryPtr infoRef = 0;
+		dsGetAttributeEntry(nodeRef, buffer, attrList, i, &valueListRef, &infoRef);
+
+		unsigned long j = 1;
+		for ( ; j <= infoRef->fAttributeValueCount; j++)
+		{
+			tAttributeValueEntryPtr valueRef;
+			dsGetAttributeValue(nodeRef, buffer, j, valueListRef, &valueRef);
+
+			NSLog(@"%s : %i", valueRef->fAttributeValueData.fBufferData, valueRef->fAttributeValueID);
+
+			dsDeallocAttributeValueEntry(dirRef, valueRef);
+		}
+
+		dsCloseAttributeValueList(valueListRef);
+		dsDeallocAttributeEntry(dirRef, infoRef);
+	}
+
+	NSMutableDictionary *attributes = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
+
+	dsDataListDeallocate(dirRef, &infoTypes);
+	dsDataBufferDeAllocate(dirRef, buffer);
+	dsCloseAttributeList(attrList);
+
+	return attributes;
+}
+
 @end