diff --git a/vlib/net/http/http.v b/vlib/net/http/http.v
index ca09236882..b5a749d52a 100644
--- a/vlib/net/http/http.v
+++ b/vlib/net/http/http.v
@@ -14,19 +14,6 @@ const (
 	bufsize = 1536
 )
 
-pub enum Method {
-	get
-	post
-	put
-	header
-	delete
-	options
-	head
-	trace
-	connect
-	patch
-}
-
 pub struct Request {
 pub mut:
 	method     Method
@@ -84,28 +71,6 @@ fn (methods []Method) contains(m Method) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-fn (m Method) str() string {
-	return match m {
-		.get { 'GET' }
-		.post { 'POST' }
-		.header { 'HEADER' }
-		.put { 'PUT' }
-		.connect { 'CONNECT' }
-		else { '' }
-	}
-}
-
-pub fn method_from_str(m string) Method {
-	return match m {
-		'GET' { Method.get }
-		'POST' { Method.post }
-		'HEADER' { Method.header }
-		'PUT' { Method.put }
-		'CONNECT' { Method.connect }
-		else { Method.get } // should we default to GET?
-	}
-}
-
 pub fn get(url string) ?Response {
 	return fetch_with_method(.get, url, FetchConfig{})
 }
diff --git a/vlib/net/http/method.v b/vlib/net/http/method.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8353a4a0ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/net/http/method.v
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+module http
+
+// The methods listed here are some of the most used ones, ordered by
+// commonality. A comprehensive list is available at:
+// https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-methods/http-methods.xhtml
+pub enum Method {
+	get
+	post
+	put
+	head
+	delete
+	options
+	trace
+	connect
+	patch
+}
+
+fn (m Method) str() string {
+	return match m {
+		.get { 'GET' }
+		.post { 'POST' }
+		.put { 'PUT' }
+		.head { 'HEAD' }
+		.delete { 'DELETE' }
+		.options { 'OPTIONS' }
+		.trace { 'TRACE' }
+		.connect { 'CONNECT' }
+		.patch { 'PATCH' }
+	}
+}
+
+pub fn method_from_str(m string) Method {
+	return match m {
+		'GET' { Method.get }
+		'POST' { Method.post }
+		'PUT' { Method.put }
+		'HEAD' { Method.head }
+		'DELETE' { Method.delete }
+		'OPTIONS' { Method.options }
+		'TRACE' { Method.trace }
+		'CONNECT' { Method.connect }
+		'PATCH' { Method.patch }
+		else { Method.get } // should we default to GET?
+	}
+}