diff -r 5b58389ab9dd -r a8f8cdbf85df libidav/utils.c
--- a/libidav/utils.c	Fri Oct 23 22:15:12 2015 +0200
+++ b/libidav/utils.c	Tue Jan 12 19:17:46 2016 +0100
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
     return url.ptr;
 }
 
-void util_set_url(DavSession *sn, char *href) {
+char* util_get_url(DavSession *sn, char *href) {
     sstr_t base = sstr(sn->base_url);
     sstr_t href_str = sstr(href);
     
@@ -385,9 +385,13 @@
     base.length -= strlen(base_path);
     
     sstr_t url = sstrcat(2, base, href_str);
-    
-    curl_easy_setopt(sn->handle, CURLOPT_URL, url.ptr);
-    free(url.ptr);
+    return url.ptr;
+}
+
+void util_set_url(DavSession *sn, char *href) {
+    char *url = util_get_url(sn, href);
+    curl_easy_setopt(sn->handle, CURLOPT_URL, url);
+    free(url);
 }
 
 char* util_path_to_url(DavSession *sn, char *path) {