diff --git a/pillarsdk/api.py b/pillarsdk/api.py
index 405b3e6..6f655cb 100644
--- a/pillarsdk/api.py
+++ b/pillarsdk/api.py
@@ -199,3 +199,25 @@ class Api(object):
         """
         return self.request(utils.join_url(self.endpoint, action), 'DELETE',
                             headers=headers)
+
+    def OPTIONS(self, action, headers=None):
+        """Make OPTIONS request.
+
+        Contrary to other requests, this method returns the raw requests.Response object.
+
+        :rtype: requests.Response
+        """
+
+        http_headers = utils.merge_dict(self.headers(), headers)
+        url = utils.join_url(self.endpoint, action)
+        response = self.requests_session.request('OPTIONS', url, headers=http_headers)
+
+        if 200 <= response.status_code <= 299:
+            return response
+
+        exception = exceptions.exception_for_status(response.status_code)
+        if exception:
+            raise exception(response, response.text)
+
+        raise exceptions.ConnectionError(response, response.text,
+                                         "Unknown response code: %s" % response.status_code)
diff --git a/pillarsdk/projects.py b/pillarsdk/projects.py
index 918fb60..aa15284 100644
--- a/pillarsdk/projects.py
+++ b/pillarsdk/projects.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from .resource import Post
 from .resource import Update
 from .resource import Delete
 from .resource import Replace
-from .exceptions import ResourceNotFound
+from .exceptions import ResourceNotFound, ForbiddenAccess
 
 from . import utils
 from .nodes import Node
@@ -87,18 +87,20 @@ class Project(List, Find, Create, Post, Update, Delete, Replace):
         method.
         """
         api = api or Api.Default()
-        url = utils.join_url(self.path, str(self._id))
-        params = {'projection': '{"permissions":1, "name": 1, "node_types": 1, \
-                "url": 1, "user": 1}',
-            'node_type': node_type_name}
-        url = utils.join_url_params(url, params)
-        response = api.get(url)
-        node_type = next((item for item in response['node_types'] if
-                          item['name'] and item['name'] == node_type_name),
-                         None)
-        if node_type is None or 'allowed_methods' not in node_type:
+        url = utils.join_url('/p', str(self._id), node_type_name)
+
+        # Perform the HTTP OPTIONS request.
+        options = api.OPTIONS(url)
+
+        # Obtain the Accept header, warning if it doesn't exist.
+        try:
+            accept_hdr = options.headers['Allowed']
+        except KeyError:
+            self.log.warning('OPTIONS call to %r did not return an Accept header.', url)
             return False
-        return method in node_type['allowed_methods']
+
+        methods = {meth.strip() for meth in accept_hdr.split(',')}
+        return method in methods
 
     def _manage_user(self, user_id, action, api=None):
         """Add or remove a user to a project give its ObjectId."""
diff --git a/pillarsdk/resource.py b/pillarsdk/resource.py
index 09128b0..d1e1880 100644
--- a/pillarsdk/resource.py
+++ b/pillarsdk/resource.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import uuid
 
 from . import utils
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ class Resource(object):
         attributes = attributes or {}
         self.__dict__['api'] = Api.Default()
 
+        logger = logging.getLogger('%s.%s' % (__name__, self.__class__.__name__))
+        super(Resource, self).__setattr__('log', logger)
+
         super(Resource, self).__setattr__('__data__', {})
         super(Resource, self).__setattr__('error', None)
         super(Resource, self).__setattr__('headers', {})