diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5c9961b..4ae1957 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const dataNft = new DataNft({
 
 // Create a new DataNft object from API
 const nonce = 1;
-const nft = await DataNft.createFromApi(nonce);
+const nft = await DataNft.createFromApi({ nonce });
 
 // Create a new DataNft object from API Response
 const response = await fetch('https://devnet-api.multiversx.com/address/nfts');
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const dataNfts = [];
 dataNfts = await DataNft.ownedByAddress(address);
 
 // Retrieves the specific DataNft
-const dataNft = DataNft.createFromApi(nonce);
+const dataNft = DataNft.createFromApi({ nonce });
 
 // (A) Get a message from the Data Marshal node for your to sign to prove ownership
 const message = await dataNft.messageToSign();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 268ac23..b2facad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@itheum/sdk-mx-data-nft",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "SDK for Itheum's Data NFT Technology on MultiversX Blockchain",
   "main": "out/index.js",
   "types": "out/index.d.js",
diff --git a/src/datanft.ts b/src/datanft.ts
index 15471f4..9e47cc1 100644
--- a/src/datanft.ts
+++ b/src/datanft.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {
   createNftIdentifier,
   numberToPaddedHex,
   parseDataNft,
-  validateSpecificParamsViewData
+  validateSpecificParamsViewData,
+  checkStatus
 } from './utils';
 import minterAbi from './abis/datanftmint.abi.json';
 import { NftType, ViewDataReturnType } from './interfaces';
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ export class DataNft {
    * @param fwdAllHeaders [optional] Forward all request headers to the Origin Data Stream server.
    * @param fwdHeaderKeys [optional] Forward only selected headers to the Origin Data Stream server. Has priority over fwdAllHeaders param. A comma separated lowercase string with less than 5 items. e.g. cookie,authorization
    * @param fwdHeaderMapLookup [optional] Used with fwdHeaderKeys to set a front-end client side lookup map of headers the SDK uses to setup the forward. e.g. { cookie : "xyz", authorization : "Bearer zxy" }. Note that these are case-sensitive and need to match fwdHeaderKeys exactly.
+   * @param nestedIdxToStream [optional] If you are accessing a "nested stream", this is the index of the nested item you want drill into and fetch
    */
   async viewData(p: {
     signedMessage: string;
@@ -277,6 +279,7 @@ export class DataNft {
     fwdHeaderMapLookup?: {
       [key: string]: any;
     };
+    nestedIdxToStream?: number;
   }): Promise<ViewDataReturnType> {
     DataNft.ensureNetworkConfigSet();
     if (!this.dataMarshal) {
@@ -298,6 +301,7 @@ export class DataNft {
       fwdAllHeaders: p.fwdAllHeaders,
       fwdHeaderKeys: p.fwdHeaderKeys,
       fwdHeaderMapLookup: p.fwdHeaderMapLookup,
+      nestedIdxToStream: p.nestedIdxToStream,
       _mandatoryParamsList: ['signedMessage', 'signableMessage']
     });
 
@@ -354,6 +358,10 @@ export class DataNft {
         url += p.fwdAllHeaders ? '&fwdAllHeaders=1' : '';
       }
 
+      if (typeof p.nestedIdxToStream !== 'undefined') {
+        url += `&nestedIdxToStream=${p.nestedIdxToStream}`;
+      }
+
       if (typeof p.fwdHeaderKeys !== 'undefined') {
         url += `&fwdHeaderKeys=${p.fwdHeaderKeys}`;
 
@@ -375,6 +383,20 @@ export class DataNft {
       const contentType = response.headers.get('content-type');
       const data = await response.blob();
 
+      // if the marshal returned a error, we should throw it here so that the SDK integrator can handle it
+      // ... if we don't, the marshal error response is just passed through as a normal data stream response
+      // ... and the user won't know what went wrong
+      try {
+        checkStatus(response);
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        // as it's a data marshal error, we get it's payload which is in JSON and send that thrown as text
+        const errorPayload = await (data as Blob).text();
+
+        throw new Error(
+          `${e.toString()}. Detailed error trace follows : ${errorPayload}`
+        );
+      }
+
       return {
         data: data,
         contentType: contentType || ''
@@ -396,6 +418,7 @@ export class DataNft {
    * @param fwdHeaderKeys [optional] Forward only selected headers to the Origin Data Stream server. Has priority over fwdAllHeaders param. A comma separated lowercase string with less than 5 items. e.g. cookie,authorization
    * @param fwdAllHeaders [optional] Forward all request headers to the Origin Data Stream server.
    * @param stream [optional] Instead of auto-downloading if possible, request if data should always be streamed or not.i.e true=stream, false/undefined=default behavior
+   * @param nestedIdxToStream [optional] If you are accessing a "nested stream", this is the index of the nested item you want drill into and fetch
    */
   async viewDataViaMVXNativeAuth(p: {
     mvxNativeAuthOrigins: string[];
@@ -406,6 +429,7 @@ export class DataNft {
     fwdHeaderKeys?: string;
     fwdAllHeaders?: boolean;
     stream?: boolean;
+    nestedIdxToStream?: number;
   }): Promise<ViewDataReturnType> {
     try {
       // S: run any format specific validation
@@ -416,6 +440,7 @@ export class DataNft {
         fwdHeaderMapLookup: p.fwdHeaderMapLookup,
         fwdAllHeaders: p.fwdAllHeaders,
         stream: p.stream,
+        nestedIdxToStream: p.nestedIdxToStream,
         _fwdHeaderMapLookupMustContainBearerAuthHeader: true,
         _mandatoryParamsList: [
           'mvxNativeAuthOrigins',
@@ -466,6 +491,10 @@ export class DataNft {
         url += p.fwdAllHeaders ? '&fwdAllHeaders=1' : '';
       }
 
+      if (typeof p.nestedIdxToStream !== 'undefined') {
+        url += `&nestedIdxToStream=${p.nestedIdxToStream}`;
+      }
+
       // if fwdHeaderMapLookup exists, send these headers and values to the data marshal for forwarding
       if (
         typeof p.fwdHeaderMapLookup !== 'undefined' &&
@@ -495,6 +524,20 @@ export class DataNft {
       const contentType = response.headers.get('content-type');
       const data = await response.blob();
 
+      // if the marshal returned a error, we should throw it here so that the SDK integrator can handle it
+      // ... if we don't, the marshal error response is just passed through as a normal data stream response
+      // ... and the user won't know what went wrong
+      try {
+        checkStatus(response);
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        // as it's a data marshal error, we get it's payload which is in JSON and send that thrown as text
+        const errorPayload = await (data as Blob).text();
+
+        throw new Error(
+          `${e.toString()}. Detailed error trace follows : ${errorPayload}`
+        );
+      }
+
       return {
         data: data,
         contentType: contentType || ''
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 4b39857..354e4b8 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export function validateSpecificParamsViewData(params: {
   mvxNativeAuthMaxExpirySeconds?: number | undefined;
   mvxNativeAuthOrigins?: string[] | undefined;
   fwdHeaderMapLookup?: any;
+  nestedIdxToStream?: number | undefined;
   _fwdHeaderMapLookupMustContainBearerAuthHeader?: boolean | undefined;
   _mandatoryParamsList: string[]; // a pure JS fallback way to validate mandatory params, as typescript rules for mandatory can be bypassed by client app
 }): {
@@ -301,6 +302,32 @@ export function validateSpecificParamsViewData(params: {
       }
     }
 
+    // nestedIdxToStream test
+    let nestedIdxToStreamValid = true;
+
+    if (
+      params.nestedIdxToStream !== undefined ||
+      params._mandatoryParamsList.includes('nestedIdxToStream')
+    ) {
+      nestedIdxToStreamValid = false;
+
+      const nestedIdxToStreamToInt =
+        params.nestedIdxToStream !== undefined
+          ? parseInt(params.nestedIdxToStream.toString(), 10)
+          : null;
+
+      if (
+        nestedIdxToStreamToInt !== null &&
+        !isNaN(nestedIdxToStreamToInt) &&
+        nestedIdxToStreamToInt >= 0
+      ) {
+        nestedIdxToStreamValid = true;
+      } else {
+        validationMessages +=
+          '[nestedIdxToStream needs to be a number more than 0]';
+      }
+    }
+
     if (
       !signedMessageValid ||
       !signableMessageValid ||
@@ -309,7 +336,8 @@ export function validateSpecificParamsViewData(params: {
       !fwdHeaderKeysIsValid ||
       !fwdHeaderMapLookupIsValid ||
       !mvxNativeAuthMaxExpirySecondsValid ||
-      !mvxNativeAuthOriginsIsValid
+      !mvxNativeAuthOriginsIsValid ||
+      !nestedIdxToStreamValid
     ) {
       allPassed = false;
     }
@@ -532,3 +560,11 @@ export async function checkUrlIsUp(url: string, expectedHttpCodes: number[]) {
     );
   }
 }
+
+export function checkStatus(response: Response) {
+  if (!(response.status >= 200 && response.status <= 299)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Response returned non-success HTTP code. status = ${response?.status} statusText = ${response?.statusText}`
+    );
+  }
+}