diff --git a/ietf/api/urls.py b/ietf/api/urls.py
index 772cf59d09..f53bcdce5e 100644
--- a/ietf/api/urls.py
+++ b/ietf/api/urls.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     url(r'^rpc/persons/$', api_views.rpc_persons),
     url(r'^rpc/doc/submitted_to_rpc/$', api_views.submitted_to_rpc),
     url(r'^rpc/person/create_demo_person/$', api_views.create_demo_person),
+    url(r'^rpc/doc/create_demo_draft/$', api_views.create_demo_draft),
 
 
 ]
diff --git a/ietf/api/views.py b/ietf/api/views.py
index ea1aa5da33..825b469f52 100644
--- a/ietf/api/views.py
+++ b/ietf/api/views.py
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@
 import debug                            # pyflakes:ignore
 
 import ietf
-from ietf.person.factories import PersonFactory
+from ietf.person.factories import PersonFactory # DO NOT MERGE INTO MAIN
 from ietf.person.models import Person, Email
 from ietf.api import _api_list
 from ietf.api.serializer import JsonExportMixin
 from ietf.api.ietf_utils import is_valid_token
+from ietf.doc.factories import WgDraftFactory # DO NOT MERGE INTO MAIN
 from ietf.doc.models import Document
 from ietf.doc.utils import fuzzy_find_documents
 from ietf.ietfauth.views import send_account_creation_email
@@ -505,4 +506,34 @@ def create_demo_person(request):
     person = PersonFactory(name=name)
 
 
-    return JsonResponse({"user_id":person.user.pk,"person_pk":person.pk}, status=201)
+    return JsonResponse({"user_id":person.user.pk,"person_pk":person.pk})
+
+@csrf_exempt
+def create_demo_draft(request):
+    """ Helper for creating rpc demo objects - SHOULD NOT MAKE IT INTO PRODUCTION
+
+    """
+    authtoken = request.META.get("HTTP_X_API_KEY", None)
+    if authtoken is None or not is_valid_token("ietf.api.views.submitted_to_rpc", authtoken):
+        return HttpResponseForbidden()
+    if request.method != "POST":
+        return HttpResponseForbidden()
+    
+    request_params = json.loads(request.body)
+    name = request_params.get("name")
+    states = request_params.get("states")
+    exists = False
+    doc = None
+    if not name:
+        return HttpResponse(status=400, content="Name is required")
+    doc = Document.objects.filter(name=name).first()
+    if doc:
+        exists = True
+    else:
+        kwargs = {"name": name}
+        if states:
+            kwargs["states"] = states
+        doc = WgDraftFactory(**kwargs)
+    return JsonResponse({ "doc_id":doc.pk, "name":doc.name })
+
+
diff --git a/rpcapi.yaml b/rpcapi.yaml
index f6a0db088b..383fdb6541 100644
--- a/rpcapi.yaml
+++ b/rpcapi.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ paths:
                         name:
                           type: string
             responses:
-              '201':
+              '200':
                   description: OK
                   content:
                       application/json:
@@ -77,6 +77,40 @@ paths:
                             person_pk:
                               type: integer
 
+    /doc/create_demo_draft/:
+        post:
+            operationId: create_demo_draft
+            summary: Build a datatraker WG draft for RPC demo purposes
+            description: returns a datatracker document id for a draft created with the provided name and states. The arguments, if present, are passed directly to the WgDraftFactory
+            requestBody:
+                required: true
+                content:
+                  application/json:
+                    schema:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          type: string
+                        states:
+                          type: array
+                          items:
+                            type: array
+                            items:
+                                type: string
+            responses:
+              '200':
+                  description: OK
+                  content:
+                      application/json:
+                        schema:
+                          type: object
+                          properties:
+                            doc_id:
+                              type: integer
+                            name:
+                              type: string
+s
+
     /doc/submitted_to_rpc:
         get:
             operationId: submitted_to_rpc