diff --git a/Request.inc.php b/Request.inc.php
index 7e838ab..1501ed3 100644
--- a/Request.inc.php
+++ b/Request.inc.php
@@ -161,6 +161,21 @@ class Request {
         return $this->uri;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the method for the request.
+     *
+     * @param string $method
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function setMethod($method) {
+
+        if (!is_string($method)) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('method must be a string.');
+        }
+
+        $this->method = $method;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set the path and pathParts members.
      *
diff --git a/samples/client-side-request-and-response.php b/samples/client-side-request-and-response.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ea6149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client-side-request-and-response.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Client-side Request and Response
+ *
+ * This script will build a request to an external server, issue the request,
+ * then read the reponse returned by the server.
+ */
+
+// Include the Well RESTed Request and Response class files.
+require_once('../Request.inc.php');
+require_once('../Response.inc.php');
+
+// Create a new empty request.
+$rqst = new \wellrested\Request();
+
+// Set some of the information for it.
+$rqst->path = 'https://www.google.com/search';
+$rqst->query = array('q' => 'rest api');
+
+print $rqst->uri;
+
+
+?>
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