diff --git a/src/Vimeo/Vimeo.php b/src/Vimeo/Vimeo.php
index 8a71941..09d96d7 100644
--- a/src/Vimeo/Vimeo.php
+++ b/src/Vimeo/Vimeo.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public function __construct(string $client_id, string $client_secret, string $ac
      * @return array This array contains three keys, 'status' is the status code, 'body' is an object representation of the json response body, and headers are an associated array of response headers
      * @throws VimeoRequestException
      */
-    public function request($url, $params = array(), $method = 'GET', $json_body = true, array $headers = array()): array
+    public function request($url, $params = array(), $method = 'GET', $json_body = true, array $headers = array(), $absolute_url = FALSE): array
     {
         $headers = array_merge(array(
             'Accept' => self::VERSION_STRING,
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ public function request($url, $params = array(), $method = 'GET', $json_body = t
                     $query_component = '';
                 }
 
-                $curl_url = self::ROOT_ENDPOINT . $url . $query_component;
+                if (!$absolute_url) {
+                  $curl_url = self::ROOT_ENDPOINT . $url . $query_component;
+                }
+                else {
+                  $curl_url = $url . $query_component;
+                }
                 break;
 
             case 'POST':
@@ -125,11 +130,19 @@ public function request($url, $params = array(), $method = 'GET', $json_body = t
                 if ($json_body && !empty($params)) {
                     $headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json';
                     $body = json_encode($params);
+                } else if ($absolute_url) {
+                  // i.e. for putting a thumbnail image.
+                  $body = $params[0];
                 } else {
                     $body = http_build_query($params, '', '&');
                 }
 
-                $curl_url = self::ROOT_ENDPOINT . $url;
+                if (!$absolute_url) {
+                  $curl_url = self::ROOT_ENDPOINT . $url;
+                }
+                else {
+                  $curl_url = $url;
+                }
                 $curl_opts = array(
                     CURLOPT_POST => true,
                     CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => $method,