diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/Message.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/Message.java
index 5aa5f04..1376f92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/Message.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/Message.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package dev.toad.msg;
 
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Path;
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Host;
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Query;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -17,6 +20,22 @@ public interface Message {
 
   public List<Option> options();
 
+  default public Optional<Option> getOption(long number) {
+    return this.options().stream().filter(o -> o.number() == number).findAny();
+  }
+
+  default public Optional<Path> getPath() {
+    return this.getOption(Path.number).map(o -> new Path(o));
+  }
+
+  default public Optional<Host> getHost() {
+    return this.getOption(Host.number).map(o -> new Host(o));
+  }
+
+  default public Optional<Query> getQuery() {
+    return this.getOption(Query.number).map(o -> new Query(o));
+  }
+
   public byte[] payloadBytes();
 
   public String payloadString();
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/build/Message.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/build/Message.java
index a7f22d4..03f11e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/build/Message.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/build/Message.java
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ import dev.toad.msg.Code;
 import dev.toad.msg.Id;
 import dev.toad.msg.Token;
 import dev.toad.msg.Type;
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Path;
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Query;
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Host;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -30,6 +37,18 @@ public final class Message
     return new Message();
   }
 
+  public MessageNeeds.Type uri(String uriStr) throws URISyntaxException, UnknownHostException {
+    var uri = new URI(uriStr);
+    var addr = InetAddress.getByName(uri.getHost());
+    var port = uri.getPort() > 0 ? uri.getPort() : uri.getScheme().equals("coaps") ? 5684 : 5683;
+    this.addr = Optional.of(new InetSocketAddress(addr, port));
+
+    return this
+      .option(new Host(uri.getHost()))
+      .option(new Query(uri.getQuery()))
+      .option(new Path(uri.getPath()));
+  }
+
   public MessageNeeds.Type addr(InetSocketAddress addr) {
     this.addr = Optional.of(addr);
     return this;
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/build/MessageNeeds.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/build/MessageNeeds.java
index b5bdc76..14628d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/build/MessageNeeds.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/build/MessageNeeds.java
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package dev.toad.msg.build;
 
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 
 public final class MessageNeeds {
 
   public interface Destination {
+    MessageNeeds.Type uri(String uri) throws URISyntaxException, UnknownHostException;
     MessageNeeds.Type addr(InetSocketAddress addr);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Accept.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Accept.java
index 8215227..0ba9dbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Accept.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Accept.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public final class Accept extends ContentFormat implements Option {
 
+  public static final long number = 17;
+
   public static final Accept TEXT = new Accept(ContentFormat.TEXT);
   public static final Accept LINK_FORMAT = new Accept(
     ContentFormat.LINK_FORMAT
@@ -23,6 +25,10 @@ public final class Accept extends ContentFormat implements Option {
     super(value);
   }
 
+  public long number() {
+    return Accept.number;
+  }
+
   public Accept(ContentFormat format) {
     this(format.value());
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/ContentFormat.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/ContentFormat.java
index 70a2ccf..6ebfa63 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/ContentFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/ContentFormat.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ public sealed class ContentFormat implements Option permits Accept {
 
   final u16 value;
 
+  public static final long number = 12;
+
   ContentFormat(int value) {
     this.value = new u16(value);
   }
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ public sealed class ContentFormat implements Option permits Accept {
   }
 
   public long number() {
-    return 12;
+    return ContentFormat.number;
   }
 
   public int value() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Host.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Host.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09c2d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Host.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package dev.toad.msg.option;
+
+import dev.toad.msg.Option;
+import dev.toad.msg.OptionValue;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public final class Host implements Option {
+  final String host;
+
+  public static final long number = 3;
+
+  public Host(Option o) {
+    if (o.number() != Host.number) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("%d != Host number %d", o.number(), Path.number));
+    }
+
+    if (o.values().size() > 1) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Host is not repeatable, %s", o.values().stream().map(v -> v.asString()).collect(Collectors.toList())));
+    }
+
+    this.host = o.values().get(0).asString();
+  }
+
+  public Host(String host) {
+    this.host = host;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public long number() {
+    return Host.number;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return this.host;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object other) {
+    return switch(other) {
+      case Host h -> this.toString().equals(h.toString());
+      default -> false;
+    };
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<OptionValue> values() {
+    var list = new ArrayList<OptionValue>();
+    list.add(new dev.toad.msg.owned.OptionValue(this.host));
+    return list;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Path.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Path.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5c8c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Path.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package dev.toad.msg.option;
+
+import dev.toad.msg.Option;
+import dev.toad.msg.OptionValue;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public final class Path implements Option {
+  final ArrayList<String> segments;
+
+  public static final long number = 11;
+
+  public Path(Option o) {
+    if (o.number() != Path.number) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("%d != Path number %d", o.number(), Path.number));
+    }
+
+    this.segments = o.values().stream().map(v -> v.asString()).collect(Collectors.toCollection(() -> new ArrayList<>()));
+  }
+
+  public Path(String path) {
+    if (path.startsWith("/")) {
+      path = path.substring(1);
+    }
+
+    this.segments = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(path.trim().split("/")));
+  }
+
+  public boolean equals(Path other) {
+    return this.segments == other.segments;
+  }
+
+  public List<String> segments() {
+    return this.segments;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public long number() {
+    return Path.number;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return String.join("/", this.segments);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<OptionValue> values() {
+    return this.segments.stream().map(s -> new dev.toad.msg.owned.OptionValue(s)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Query.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Query.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7812e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/option/Query.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package dev.toad.msg.option;
+
+import dev.toad.msg.Option;
+import dev.toad.msg.OptionValue;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public final class Query implements Option {
+
+  final ArrayList<String> query;
+  public static final long number = 15;
+
+  public Query(Option o) {
+    if (o.number() != Query.number) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("%d != Query number %d", o.number(), Query.number));
+    }
+
+    this.query = o.values().stream().map(v -> v.asString()).collect(Collectors.toCollection(() -> new ArrayList<>()));
+  }
+
+  public Query(String query) {
+    this.query = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(query.split("&")));
+  }
+
+  public Query(List<String> query) {
+    this.query = new ArrayList<>(query);
+  }
+
+  public Map<String, List<Value>> toMap() {
+    Function<String[], String> key = segs -> segs[0];
+    Function<String[], List<Value>> value = segs -> {
+      var vals = new ArrayList<Value>();
+      if (segs.length == 2) {
+        vals.add(new Value(segs[1]));
+      } else {
+        vals.add(new Value(null));
+      }
+
+      return vals;
+    };
+
+    BinaryOperator<List<Value>> merge = (a, b) -> {
+      a.addAll(b);
+      return a;
+    };
+
+    return this.query.stream()
+      .map(v -> v.split("=", 2))
+      .collect(Collectors.toMap(key, value, merge, () -> new HashMap<>()));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public long number() {
+    return Query.number;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return String.join("&", this.query);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<OptionValue> values() {
+    return this.query.stream()
+      .map(q -> new dev.toad.msg.owned.OptionValue(q))
+      .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  public static final class Value {
+    final Optional<String> val;
+
+    public Value(String val) {
+      if (val == null || val == "") {
+        this.val = Optional.empty();
+      } else {
+        this.val = Optional.of(val);
+      }
+    }
+
+    public static Value empty() {
+      return new Value(null);
+    }
+
+    public Optional<String> value() {
+      return this.val;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      if (!this.value().isEmpty()) {
+        return "Query.Value(\""+this.value().get()+"\")";
+      } else {
+        return "Query.Value.empty()";
+      }
+    }
+
+    public boolean equals(Value other) {
+      return this.toString().equals(other.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+      return switch(other) {
+        case Value v -> this.equals(v);
+        default -> false;
+      };
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/owned/OptionValue.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/owned/OptionValue.java
index ce4f0f7..46c9391 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/owned/OptionValue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/owned/OptionValue.java
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 package dev.toad.msg.owned;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
 public class OptionValue implements dev.toad.msg.OptionValue {
 
   public final byte[] bytes;
 
+  public OptionValue(String str) {
+    this.bytes = str.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+  }
+
   public OptionValue(byte[] bytes) {
     this.bytes = bytes;
   }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/Message.scala b/src/test/scala/Message.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb53e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/Message.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.*
+import dev.toad.msg.*
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Host
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Path
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Query
+
+class Message extends munit.FunSuite {
+  test("Message.uri (coap://)") {
+    val msg = dev.toad.msg.build.Message
+      .builder()
+      .uri("coap://google.com/cheese/gruyere?foo=bar&bingus")
+      .`type`(Type.NON)
+      .code(Code.GET)
+      .build
+
+    val a = msg.addr.get
+    val h = msg.getHost.get
+    val p = msg.getPath.get
+    val q = msg.getQuery.get.toMap.asScala
+
+    assertEquals(a.getPort, 5683)
+    assertEquals(h.toString, "google.com")
+    assertEquals(p.toString, "cheese/gruyere")
+    assertEquals(Seq.from(q.get("foo").get.asScala), Seq(Query.Value("bar")))
+    assertEquals(Seq.from(q.get("bingus").get.asScala), Seq(Query.Value.empty))
+  }
+
+  test("Message.uri (coaps://)") {
+    val msg = dev.toad.msg.build.Message
+      .builder()
+      .uri("coaps://google.com/cheese/gruyere?foo=bar&bingus")
+      .`type`(Type.NON)
+      .code(Code.GET)
+      .build
+
+    val a = msg.addr.get
+    assertEquals(a.getPort, 5684)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/Options.scala b/src/test/scala/Options.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aee0a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/Options.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import scala.collection.immutable.HashMap
+import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.*
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Host
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Path
+import dev.toad.msg.option.Query
+
+class Options extends munit.FunSuite {
+  test("Path.toString") {
+    val p = Path("foo/bar/baz")
+    assertEquals(p.toString, "foo/bar/baz")
+  }
+
+  test("Path.segments") {
+    val p = Path("foo/bar/baz")
+    assertEquals(Seq.from(p.segments.asScala), Seq("foo", "bar", "baz"))
+  }
+
+  test("Host.toString") {
+    val h = Host("cheese.com")
+    assertEquals(h.toString, "cheese.com")
+  }
+
+  test("Query.equals") {
+    val q = Query(
+      Seq("foo=test", "bar", "quux=a", "bar", "quux=b", "bar=third").asJava
+    )
+
+    assertEquals(q.toString, "foo=test&bar&quux=a&bar&quux=b&bar=third")
+  }
+
+  test("Query.toMap") {
+    val q = Query(
+      Seq("foo=test", "bar", "quux=a", "bar", "quux=b", "bar=third").asJava
+    )
+
+    val actual = q.toMap.asScala
+
+    assertEquals(
+      Map.from(
+        actual.map { case (k, vs) => (k, Seq.from(vs.asScala)) }
+      ),
+      Map(
+        "foo" -> Seq(Query.Value("test")),
+        "bar" -> Seq(Query.Value.empty, Query.Value.empty, Query.Value("third")),
+        "quux" -> Seq(Query.Value("a"), Query.Value("b")),
+      )
+    )
+  }
+}