diff --git a/app/controllers/notices_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notices_controller.rb
index bdf7374..69bff71 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notices_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notices_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ class NoticesController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_filter :authenticate_user!, :only => :create
   
   def create
-    @notice = Notice.from_xml(request.raw_post)
+    # params[:data] if the notice came from a GET request, raw_post if it came via POST
+    @notice = Notice.from_xml(params[:data] || request.raw_post)
     respond_with @notice
   end
   
diff --git a/spec/controllers/notices_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/notices_controller_spec.rb
index 1b9980e..44b286c 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/notices_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/notices_controller_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe NoticesController do
   
-  context 'POST[XML] notices#create' do
+  context 'notices API' do
     before do
       @xml = Rails.root.join('spec','fixtures','hoptoad_test_notice.xml').read
       @app = Factory(:app_with_watcher)
@@ -11,15 +11,21 @@ describe NoticesController do
       
       request.env['Content-type'] = 'text/xml'
       request.env['Accept'] = 'text/xml, application/xml'
-      request.should_receive(:raw_post).and_return(@xml)
     end
     
-    it "generates a notice from the xml" do
+    it "generates a notice from xml [POST]" do
       Notice.should_receive(:from_xml).with(@xml).and_return(@notice)
+      request.should_receive(:raw_post).and_return(@xml)
       post :create
     end
     
+    it "generates a notice from xml [GET]" do
+      Notice.should_receive(:from_xml).with(@xml).and_return(@notice)
+      get :create, {:data => @xml}
+    end
+    
     it "sends a notification email" do
+      request.should_receive(:raw_post).and_return(@xml)
       post :create
       email = ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.last
       email.to.should include(@app.watchers.first.email)
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