diff --git a/flask_discord/models/base.py b/flask_discord/models/base.py
index 58b0e7a..b9f785b 100644
--- a/flask_discord/models/base.py
+++ b/flask_discord/models/base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 from flask import current_app
-from abc import ABC
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 
 
-class DiscordModelsBase(ABC):
+class DiscordModelsMeta(ABCMeta):
+
+    ROUTE = str()
+
+    def __init__(cls, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not cls.ROUTE and name != "DiscordModelsBase":
+            raise NotImplementedError(f"ROUTE must be specified in a Discord model: {name}.")
+        super().__init__(name, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class DiscordModelsBase(metaclass=DiscordModelsMeta):
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def __init__(self, payload):
+        self._payload = payload
 
     @staticmethod
     def _request(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -12,6 +26,11 @@ class DiscordModelsBase(ABC):
         """
         return current_app.discord.request(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def fetch_from_api(cls):
+        """A class method which returns instance of this model by implicitly making an API call to Discord."""
+        return cls(cls._request(cls.ROUTE))
+
     def to_json(self):
         """A utility method which returns raw payload object as it was received from discord.
 
diff --git a/flask_discord/models/connections.py b/flask_discord/models/connections.py
index f6b4b40..a8b9788 100644
--- a/flask_discord/models/connections.py
+++ b/flask_discord/models/connections.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from .base import DiscordModelsBase
 from .user import User
 
 
-class Integration(DiscordModelsBase):
+class Integration(object):
     """"Class representing discord server integrations.
 
     Attributes
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Integration(DiscordModelsBase):
         self.synced_at = self._payload.get("synced_at")
 
 
-class UserConnection(object):
+class UserConnection(DiscordModelsBase):
     """Class representing connections in discord account of the user.
 
     Attributes
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ class UserConnection(object):
 
     """
 
+    ROUTE = "/users/@me/connections"
+
     def __init__(self, payload):
-        self._payload = payload
+        super().__init__(payload)
         self.id = self._payload["id"]
         self.name = self._payload.get("name")
         self.type = self._payload.get("type")
diff --git a/flask_discord/models/guild.py b/flask_discord/models/guild.py
index f8dc6f3..aa9c613 100644
--- a/flask_discord/models/guild.py
+++ b/flask_discord/models/guild.py
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ class Guild(DiscordModelsBase):
 
     """
 
+    ROUTE = "/users/@me/guilds"
+
     def __init__(self, payload):
-        self._payload = payload
+        super().__init__(payload)
         self.id = int(self._payload["id"])
         self.name = self._payload["name"]
         self.icon_hash = self._payload.get("icon")
diff --git a/flask_discord/models/user.py b/flask_discord/models/user.py
index c09d8ba..89295b3 100644
--- a/flask_discord/models/user.py
+++ b/flask_discord/models/user.py
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ class User(DiscordModelsBase):
 
     """
 
+    ROUTE = "/users/@me"
+
     def __init__(self, payload):
-        self._payload = payload
+        super().__init__(payload)
         self.id = int(self._payload["id"])
         self.username = self._payload["username"]
         self.discriminator = self._payload["discriminator"]
@@ -99,3 +101,4 @@ class User(DiscordModelsBase):
 
 class Bot(User):
     """Class representing the client user itself."""
+    # TODO: What is this?