diff --git a/src/examples/client/client.rs b/src/examples/client/client.rs
index 49670e4..5571c31 100644
--- a/src/examples/client/client.rs
+++ b/src/examples/client/client.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 extern mod http;
-use http::client::RequestWriter;
-use http::method::Get;
+use http::client::api::get;
 use http::headers::HeaderEnum;
 use std::str;
 use std::rt::io::Reader;
-use std::rt::io::net::ip::{SocketAddr, Ipv4Addr};
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut request = ~RequestWriter::new(Get, FromStr::from_str("http://localhost/example")
-                                                .expect("Uh oh, that's *really* badly broken!"));
-    // Temporary measure, as hostname lookup is not yet supported in std::rt::io.
-    request.remote_addr = Some(SocketAddr { ip: Ipv4Addr(127, 0, 0, 1), port: 8001 });
-    let mut response = match request.read_response() {
+    let response = get(~"http://localhost/example");
+    let mut response = match response {
         Ok(response) => response,
         Err(_request) => fail!("This example can progress no further with no response :-("),
     };
+
     println("Yay! Started to get the response.");
     printfln!("Status: %s", response.status.to_str());
     println("Headers:");
diff --git a/src/libhttp/client/api.rs b/src/libhttp/client/api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d386d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libhttp/client/api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use std::rt::io::net::tcp::TcpStream;
+use std::rt::io::net::ip::{SocketAddr, Ipv4Addr};
+
+use method;
+use client::request::RequestWriter;
+use client::response::ResponseReader;
+
+// TODO: Implement a Response trait
+
+pub fn request(method: method::Method, url: ~str) 
+    -> Result<ResponseReader<TcpStream>, ~RequestWriter<TcpStream>>{
+
+    let url = FromStr::from_str(url).expect("Uh oh, that's *really* badly broken!");
+    let mut request = ~RequestWriter::new(method, url);
+
+    // TODO: https://github.com/chris-morgan/rust-http/issues/10
+    // Temporary measure, as hostname lookup is not yet supported in std::rt::io.
+    request.remote_addr = Some(SocketAddr { ip: Ipv4Addr(127, 0, 0, 1), port: 8001 });
+    request.read_response()
+}
+
+pub fn get(url: ~str)
+    -> Result<ResponseReader<TcpStream>, ~RequestWriter<TcpStream>> {
+
+    request(method::Get, url)
+}
+
+// TODO: Add body
+pub fn post(url: ~str)
+    -> Result<ResponseReader<TcpStream>, ~RequestWriter<TcpStream>> {
+
+    request(method::Post, url)
+}
+
+// TODO: Add body
+pub fn patch(url: ~str)
+    -> Result<ResponseReader<TcpStream>, ~RequestWriter<TcpStream>> {
+
+    request(method::Patch, url)
+}
+
+// TODO: Add body
+pub fn put(url: ~str)
+    -> Result<ResponseReader<TcpStream>, ~RequestWriter<TcpStream>> {
+
+    request(method::Put, url)
+}
+
+pub fn delete(url: ~str)
+    -> Result<ResponseReader<TcpStream>, ~RequestWriter<TcpStream>> {
+
+    request(method::Delete, url)
+}
diff --git a/src/libhttp/client/mod.rs b/src/libhttp/client/mod.rs
index 9cec5b5..a675e4a 100644
--- a/src/libhttp/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libhttp/client/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub use self::request::RequestWriter;
 pub use self::response::ResponseReader;
 
+pub mod api;
 pub mod request;
 pub mod response;