diff --git a/source/handy_http_primitives/request.d b/source/handy_http_primitives/request.d
index f758c81..c5390a4 100644
--- a/source/handy_http_primitives/request.d
+++ b/source/handy_http_primitives/request.d
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ import handy_http_primitives.optional;
 struct ServerHttpRequest {
     /// The HTTP version of the request.
     const HttpVersion httpVersion = HttpVersion.V1_1;
+    /// The remote address of the client that sent this request.
+    const InternetAddress clientAddress;
     /// The HTTP verb used in the request.
-    const HttpMethod method = HttpMethod.GET;
+    const string method = HttpMethod.GET;
     /// The URL that was requested.
-    const(char[]) url = "";
+    const string url = "";
     /// A case-insensitive map of all request headers.
     const(CaseInsensitiveStringMultiValueMap) headers;
     /// A case-sensitive map of all URL query parameters.
@@ -36,21 +38,20 @@ public enum HttpVersion : ubyte {
 }
 
 /** 
- * Enumeration of all possible HTTP request methods as unsigned integer values
- * for efficient logic.
+ * Enumeration of all possible HTTP methods, excluding extensions like WebDAV.
  * 
  * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods
  */
-public enum HttpMethod : ushort {
-    GET     = 1 << 0,
-    HEAD    = 1 << 1,
-    POST    = 1 << 2,
-    PUT     = 1 << 3,
-    DELETE  = 1 << 4,
-    CONNECT = 1 << 5,
-    OPTIONS = 1 << 6,
-    TRACE   = 1 << 7,
-    PATCH   = 1 << 8
+public enum HttpMethod : string {
+    GET     = "GET",
+    HEAD    = "HEAD",
+    POST    = "POST",
+    PUT     = "PUT",
+    DELETE  = "DELETE",
+    CONNECT = "CONNECT",
+    OPTIONS = "OPTIONS",
+    TRACE   = "TRACE",
+    PATCH   = "PATCH"
 }
 
 /**
@@ -62,13 +63,12 @@ public enum HttpMethod : ushort {
 Optional!HttpMethod parseHttpMethod(S)(S s) if (isSomeString!S) {
     import std.uni : toUpper;
     import std.string : strip;
-    import std.conv : to;
     static foreach (m; EnumMembers!HttpMethod) {
-        if (s == to!string(m)) return Optional!HttpMethod.of(m);
+        if (s == m) return Optional!HttpMethod.of(m);
     }
     const cleanStr = strip(toUpper(s));
     static foreach (m; EnumMembers!HttpMethod) {
-        if (cleanStr == to!string(m)) return Optional!HttpMethod.of(m);
+        if (cleanStr == m) return Optional!HttpMethod.of(m);
     }
     return Optional!HttpMethod.empty;
 }
@@ -82,3 +82,26 @@ unittest {
     assert(parseHttpMethod(" not a method!") == R.empty);
     assert(parseHttpMethod("") == R.empty);
 }
+
+/// The data representing a remote IPv4 internet address, available as an int or bytes.
+union IPv4InternetAddress {
+    const uint intValue;
+    const ubyte[4] bytes;
+}
+
+/// The data representing a remote IPv6 internet address.
+struct IPv6InternetAddress {
+    const ubyte[16] bytes;
+}
+
+/// A remote internet address, which is either IPv4 or IPv6. Check `isIPv6`.
+struct InternetAddress {
+    /// True if this address is IPv6. False if this is an IPv4 address.
+    const bool isIPv6;
+    /// The port number assigned to the connecting client on this machine.
+    const ushort port;
+    union {
+        IPv4InternetAddress ipv4Address;
+        IPv6InternetAddress ipv6Address;
+    }
+}