diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 35a0bd4..d642e95 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 group = org.xbib
 name = netty-http-client
-version = 4.1.22.0
+version = 4.1.19.0
 
-netty.version = 4.1.22.Final
+netty.version = 4.1.19.Final
 tcnative.version = 2.0.1.Final
 xbib-net-url.version = 1.1.0
 alpnagent.version = 2.0.7
diff --git a/gradle/publish.gradle b/gradle/publish.gradle
index ccafc9b..0935c6f 100644
--- a/gradle/publish.gradle
+++ b/gradle/publish.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 task xbibUpload(type: Upload) {
+    group = 'publish'
     configuration = configurations.archives
     uploadDescriptor = true
     repositories {
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ task xbibUpload(type: Upload) {
 }
 
 task sonaTypeUpload(type: Upload) {
+    group = 'publish'
     configuration = configurations.archives
     uploadDescriptor = true
     repositories {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/Client.java b/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/Client.java
index 593b289..2324f39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/Client.java
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ public final class Client {
         return new ClientBuilder();
     }
 
+    public ByteBufAllocator getByteBufAllocator() {
+        return byteBufAllocator;
+    }
+
     public void setTransportListener(TransportListener transportListener) {
         this.transportListener = transportListener;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/rest/RestClient.java b/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/rest/RestClient.java
index a8133e1..90ed4a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/rest/RestClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/rest/RestClient.java
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import org.xbib.net.URL;
 import org.xbib.netty.http.client.Client;
 import org.xbib.netty.http.client.HttpAddress;
 import org.xbib.netty.http.client.Request;
+import org.xbib.netty.http.client.RequestBuilder;
 import org.xbib.netty.http.client.transport.Transport;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.ConnectException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -39,6 +41,16 @@ public class RestClient {
     }
 
     public static RestClient get(String urlString) throws IOException {
+        return method(urlString, null, null, HttpMethod.GET);
+    }
+
+    public static RestClient post(String urlString, String body) throws IOException {
+        return method(urlString, body, null, HttpMethod.POST);
+    }
+
+    public static RestClient method(String urlString,
+                                    String body, Charset charset,
+                                    HttpMethod httpMethod) throws IOException {
         URL url = URL.create(urlString);
         Client client = new Client();
         Transport transport = client.newTransport(HttpAddress.http1(url));
@@ -50,8 +62,16 @@ public class RestClient {
             throw new ConnectException("unable to connect to " + url);
         }
         transport.awaitSettings();
-        transport.execute(Request.builder(HttpMethod.GET).setURL(url).build());
-        transport.get();
+        RequestBuilder requestBuilder = Request.builder(httpMethod);
+        requestBuilder.setURL(url);
+        if (body != null && charset != null) {
+            ByteBuf byteBuf = client.getByteBufAllocator().buffer();
+            byteBuf.writeCharSequence(body, charset);
+            requestBuilder.setContent(byteBuf);
+        }
+        transport.execute(requestBuilder.build()).get();
         return restClient;
     }
+
+
 }