diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/basic/exposed-function.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/basic/exposed-function.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08cf588
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+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/basic/exposed-function.js
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/* eslint no-return-assign: 0 */
+import React from 'react';
+
+import BootstrapTable from 'react-bootstrap-table-next';
+import paginationFactory from 'react-bootstrap-table2-paginator';
+import filterFactory, { textFilter } from 'react-bootstrap-table2-filter';
+import Code from 'components/common/code-block';
+import { productsGenerator } from 'utils/common';
+
+const products = productsGenerator(63);
+
+const columns = [{
+  dataField: 'id',
+  text: 'Product ID',
+  sort: true
+}, {
+  dataField: 'name',
+  text: 'Product Name',
+  sort: true,
+  filter: textFilter()
+}, {
+  dataField: 'price',
+  text: 'Product Price',
+  sort: true,
+  filter: textFilter()
+}];
+
+const sourceCode = `\
+import BootstrapTable from 'react-bootstrap-table-next';
+
+const columns = [{
+  dataField: 'id',
+  text: 'Product ID'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'name',
+  text: 'Product Name'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'price',
+  text: 'Product Price'
+}];
+
+class ExposedFunctionTable extends React.Component {
+  handleGetCurrentData = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.table.props.data);
+  }
+
+  handleGetSelectedData = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.selectionContext.state.selected);
+  }
+
+  handleGetExpandedData = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.rowExpandContext.state.expanded);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentPage = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.paginationContext.currPage);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentSizePerPage = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.paginationContext.currSizePerPage);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentSortColumn = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.sortContext.state.sortColumn);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentSortOrder = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.sortContext.state.sortOrder);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentFilter = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.filterContext.currFilters);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const expandRow = {
+      renderer: row => (
+        <div>
+          <p>.....</p>
+          <p>You can render anything here, also you can add additional data on every row object</p>
+          <p>expandRow.renderer callback will pass the origin row object to you</p>
+        </div>
+      ),
+      showExpandColumn: true
+    };
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentData }>Get Current Display Rows</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetSelectedData }>Get Current Selected Rows</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetExpandedData }>Get Current Expanded Rows</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentPage }>Get Current Page</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentSizePerPage }>Get Current Size Per Page</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentSortColumn }>Get Current Sort Column</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentSortOrder }>Get Current Sort Order</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentFilter }>Get Current Filter Information</button>
+        <BootstrapTable
+          ref={ n => this.node = n }
+          keyField="id"
+          data={ products }
+          columns={ columns }
+          filter={ filterFactory() }
+          pagination={ paginationFactory() }
+          selectRow={ { mode: 'checkbox', clickToSelect: true } }
+          expandRow={ expandRow }
+        />
+        <Code>{ sourceCode }</Code>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+`;
+
+export default class ExposedFunctionTable extends React.Component {
+  handleGetCurrentData = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.table.props.data);
+  }
+
+  handleGetSelectedData = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.selectionContext.state.selected);
+  }
+
+  handleGetExpandedData = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.rowExpandContext.state.expanded);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentPage = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.paginationContext.currPage);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentSizePerPage = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.paginationContext.currSizePerPage);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentSortColumn = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.sortContext.state.sortColumn);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentSortOrder = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.sortContext.state.sortOrder);
+  }
+
+  handleGetCurrentFilter = () => {
+    console.log(this.node.filterContext.currFilters);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const expandRow = {
+      renderer: row => (
+        <div>
+          <p>{ `This Expand row is belong to rowKey ${row.id}` }</p>
+          <p>You can render anything here, also you can add additional data on every row object</p>
+          <p>expandRow.renderer callback will pass the origin row object to you</p>
+        </div>
+      ),
+      showExpandColumn: true
+    };
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentData }>Get Current Display Rows</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetSelectedData }>Get Current Selected Rows</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetExpandedData }>Get Current Expanded Rows</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentPage }>Get Current Page</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentSizePerPage }>Get Current Size Per Page</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentSortColumn }>Get Current Sort Column</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentSortOrder }>Get Current Sort Order</button>
+        <button className="btn btn-default" onClick={ this.handleGetCurrentFilter }>Get Current Filter Information</button>
+        <BootstrapTable
+          ref={ n => this.node = n }
+          keyField="id"
+          data={ products }
+          columns={ columns }
+          filter={ filterFactory() }
+          pagination={ paginationFactory() }
+          selectRow={ { mode: 'checkbox', clickToSelect: true } }
+          expandRow={ expandRow }
+        />
+        <Code>{ sourceCode }</Code>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
index 771655f..d254bb2 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import NoDataTable from 'examples/basic/no-data-table';
 import CustomizedIdClassesTable from 'examples/basic/customized-id-classes';
 import CaptionTable from 'examples/basic/caption-table';
 import LargeTable from 'examples/basic/large-table';
+import ExposedAPITable from 'examples/basic/exposed-function';
 
 // bootstrap 4
 import Bootstrap4DefaultSortTable from 'examples/bootstrap4/sort';
@@ -189,7 +190,8 @@ storiesOf('Basic Table', module)
   .add('Indication For Empty Table', () => <NoDataTable />)
   .add('Customized id and class table', () => <CustomizedIdClassesTable />)
   .add('Table with caption', () => <CaptionTable />)
-  .add('Large Table', () => <LargeTable />);
+  .add('Large Table', () => <LargeTable />)
+  .add('Exposed API', () => <ExposedAPITable />);
 
 storiesOf('Bootstrap 4', module)
   .addDecorator(bootstrapStyle(BOOTSTRAP_VERSION.FOUR))
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/index.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/index.js
index 60c3a55..72436ce 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/index.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const withContext = Base =>
         selectionProps
       ) => (
         <Base
+          ref={ n => this.table = n }
           { ...this.props }
           { ...selectionProps }
           { ...sortProps }
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ const withContext = Base =>
       ) => (
         <this.SelectionContext.Provider
           { ...baseProps }
+          ref={ n => this.selectionContext = n }
           selectRow={ this.props.selectRow }
           data={ rootProps.getData(filterProps, searchProps, sortProps, paginationProps) }
         >
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ const withContext = Base =>
       ) => (
         <this.RowExpandContext.Provider
           { ...baseProps }
+          ref={ n => this.rowExpandContext = n }
           expandRow={ this.props.expandRow }
           data={ rootProps.getData(filterProps, searchProps, sortProps, paginationProps) }
         >