diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc98dac..327a86e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ composer.lock
 *.swp
 ~*
 *~
+
+### macOS ###
+*.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18bf015..c8affff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 
 # Change Log
 
+## 0.1.7
+
+- csv: adding the possibility to get the CSV version of a Sheet
+
 ## 0.1.5
 
 - improve: let Sheet::update() to receive condition as 1st argument
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a426c78..d47767a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ $client->config(array(
 ));
 ```
 
+### Get CSV
+
+```php
+$client = Google_Spreadsheet::getClient("the/path/to/credential.json");
+// Get the file by file ID
+$file = $client->file("XXXxxxXXXXxxxXXXX");
+// Get the sheet by title
+$sheet = $file->sheet("Sheet1");
+// Dump CSV
+var_dump($sheet->csv());
+```
+
 
 ## Requirement
 
diff --git a/src/Google/Spreadsheet/Client.php b/src/Google/Spreadsheet/Client.php
index b5de517..56e9d12 100644
--- a/src/Google/Spreadsheet/Client.php
+++ b/src/Google/Spreadsheet/Client.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public function config(/* $key [,$value] */){
      */
     public function getAccessToken(){
         $session_key = $this->config("session_key");
-        $token = array_key_exists($this->options["session_key"], $_SESSION) ? 
+        $token = array_key_exists($this->options["session_key"], $_SESSION) ?
             $_SESSION[$session_key] : null;
         if($token){
             // expired ?
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ public function request($url, $method = "GET", $headers = array(), $postBody = n
                 $this->cache($url, $feed);
             }
         }
-        return json_decode($feed, true);
+        $result = json_decode($feed, true);
+        return (json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE) ? $result : $feed;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Google/Spreadsheet/Sheet.php b/src/Google/Spreadsheet/Sheet.php
index 31a5ca4..4e0e1e2 100644
--- a/src/Google/Spreadsheet/Sheet.php
+++ b/src/Google/Spreadsheet/Sheet.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public function __construct($meta, $client){
 
 		foreach($this->meta["link"] as $link){
 			switch(true){
+				case strstr($link["rel"], "#exportcsv"):
+					$this->link["exportcsv"] = $link["href"]; break;
 				case strstr($link["rel"], "#cellsfeed"):
 					$this->link["cellsfeed"] = $link["href"] . "?alt=json"; break;
 				case strstr($link["rel"], "#listfeed"):
@@ -50,6 +52,16 @@ public function fetch($force = false){
 		return $this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a csv version of the sheet
+	 *
+	 * @param {Boolean} $force ... Ignore cache data or not
+	 * @return {String} ... csv
+	 */
+	public function csv($force = false){
+		return $this->client->request($this->link["exportcsv"], "GET", array(), null, $force);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Select rows by condition
 	 *