diff --git a/src/Data.Tuple.Containing.purs b/src/Data.Tuple.Containing.purs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e9d632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data.Tuple.Containing.purs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module Data.Tuple.Containing where
+
+import Prelude
+
+import Data.Tuple (Tuple, fst, snd)
+import Data.Tuple.Nested (type (/\), (/\))
+
+-- | given a tuple of any size with at least 1 value
+-- | of type `a`, `extract` the first occurence of `a`
+-- | from the tuple
+class TupleContaining a tup where
+  extract :: tup -> a
+
+instance TupleContaining a a where
+  extract = identity
+else instance TupleContaining a (a /\ b) where
+  extract = fst
+else instance TupleContaining b (a /\ b) where
+  extract = snd
+else instance TupleContaining b (a /\ b /\ Unit) where
+  extract (_ /\ b /\ _) = b
+else instance TupleContaining a tail => TupleContaining a (Tuple head tail) where
+  extract (_ /\ tail) = extract tail
+
diff --git a/src/HTTP/Request.purs b/src/HTTP/Request.purs
index 3c97bc8..d618d9c 100644
--- a/src/HTTP/Request.purs
+++ b/src/HTTP/Request.purs
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import Data.Map (Map)
 import Data.Map as Map
 import Data.Maybe (Maybe(..))
 import Data.Newtype (unwrap)
-import Data.Tuple (Tuple, fst, snd)
-import Data.Tuple.Nested (type (/\), (/\))
+import Data.Tuple.Containing (class TupleContaining, extract)
 import Effect (Effect)
 import Effect.Aff.Class (class MonadAff, liftAff)
 import Effect.Class (class MonadEffect, liftEffect)
@@ -102,23 +101,6 @@ data Method
   | DELETE
   | PATCH
 
--- | given a tuple of any size with at least 1 value
--- | of type `a`, `extract` the first occurence of `a`
--- | from the tuple
-class TupleContaining a tup where
-  extract :: tup -> a
-
-instance TupleContaining a a where
-  extract = identity
-else instance TupleContaining a (a /\ b) where
-  extract = fst
-else instance TupleContaining b (a /\ b) where
-  extract = snd
-else instance TupleContaining b (a /\ b /\ Unit) where
-  extract (_ /\ b /\ _) = b
-else instance TupleContaining a tail => TupleContaining a (Tuple head tail) where
-  extract (_ /\ tail) = extract tail
-
 class Request :: Type -> Constraint
 class Request a where
   requestUrl :: forall m. MonadAff m => a -> m URL