diff --git a/include/libwebsockets/lws-http.h b/include/libwebsockets/lws-http.h
index c6733a7ae..913e04cac 100644
--- a/include/libwebsockets/lws-http.h
+++ b/include/libwebsockets/lws-http.h
@@ -606,6 +606,32 @@ lws_add_http_common_headers(struct lws *wsi, unsigned int code,
 			    const char *content_type, lws_filepos_t content_len,
 			    unsigned char **p, unsigned char *end);
 
+/**
+ * lws_http_get_uri_and_method() - Get information on method and url
+ *
+ * \param wsi: the connection to get information on
+ * \param puri_ptr: points to pointer to set to url
+ * \param puri_len: points to int to set to uri length
+ *
+ * Returns -1 or method index
+ *
+ * GET      0
+ * POST     1
+ * OPTIONS  2
+ * PUT      3
+ * PATCH    4
+ * DELETE   5
+ * CONNECT  6
+ * HEAD     7
+ * :path    8
+ *
+ * If returns method, *puri_ptr is set to the method's URI string and *puri_len
+ * to its length
+ */
+
+LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int LWS_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+lws_http_get_uri_and_method(struct lws *wsi, char **puri_ptr, int *puri_len);
+
 ///@}
 
 /*! \defgroup urlendec Urlencode and Urldecode
diff --git a/lib/roles/http/private.h b/lib/roles/http/private.h
index a81a24e77..2d5fdce39 100644
--- a/lib/roles/http/private.h
+++ b/lib/roles/http/private.h
@@ -298,9 +298,6 @@ _lws_header_table_reset(struct allocated_headers *ah);
 LWS_EXTERN int
 _lws_destroy_ah(struct lws_context_per_thread *pt, struct allocated_headers *ah);
 
-int
-lws_http_get_uri_and_method(struct lws *wsi, char **puri_ptr, int *puri_len);
-
 int
 lws_http_proxy_start(struct lws *wsi, const struct lws_http_mount *hit,
 		     char *uri_ptr, char ws);