diff --git a/app/src/api/controllers/editHistoryController.ts b/app/src/api/controllers/editHistoryController.ts
index c266e7f5..b6897c28 100644
--- a/app/src/api/controllers/editHistoryController.ts
+++ b/app/src/api/controllers/editHistoryController.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 import express from 'express';
 
+import { UserInputError } from '../errors';
+import { checkRegexParam, parsePositiveIntParam, processParam } from '../parameters';
 import asyncController from "../routes/asyncController";
 import * as editHistoryService from '../services/editHistory';
 
 const getGlobalEditHistory = asyncController(async (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) => {
+
+    const revisionIdRegex = /^[1-9]\d*$/;
+    const afterId: string = processParam(req.query, 'after_id', x => checkRegexParam(x, revisionIdRegex));
+    const beforeId: string = processParam(req.query, 'before_id', x => checkRegexParam(x, revisionIdRegex));
+    const count: number = processParam(req.query, 'count', parsePositiveIntParam);
+
+    if(afterId != undefined && beforeId != undefined) {
+        throw new UserInputError('Cannot specify both after_id and before_id parameters');
+    }
+
     try {
-        const result = await editHistoryService.getGlobalEditHistory();
-        res.send({
-            history: result
-        });
+        const result = await editHistoryService.getGlobalEditHistory(beforeId, afterId, count);
+        res.send(result);
     } catch(error) {
         console.error(error);
         res.send({ error: 'Database error' });