diff --git a/src/Vimeo/Vimeo.php b/src/Vimeo/Vimeo.php
index 48bdebc..7d252d4 100644
--- a/src/Vimeo/Vimeo.php
+++ b/src/Vimeo/Vimeo.php
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ public function __construct(string $client_id, string $client_secret, string $ac
      * @param string $method The HTTP Method of the request
      * @param bool $json_body
      * @param array $headers An array of HTTP headers to pass along with the request.
+     * @param bool $absoluteUrl
      * @return array This array contains three keys, 'status' is the status code, 'body' is an object representation of the json response body, and headers are an associated array of response headers
      * @throws VimeoRequestException
      */
-    public function request($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(), bool $absoluteUrl = false): array
     {
         $headers = array_merge(array(
             'Accept' => self::VERSION_STRING,
@@ -120,7 +121,10 @@ public function request($url, $params = array(), $method = 'GET', $json_body = t
                     $query_component = '';
                 }
 
-                $curl_url = self::ROOT_ENDPOINT . $url . $query_component;
+                $curl_url = (!$absoluteUrl ? self::ROOT_ENDPOINT : '') . $url . $query_component;
+                $curl_opts = array(
+                    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => $method,
+                );
                 break;
 
             case 'POST':
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ public function request($url, $params = array(), $method = 'GET', $json_body = t
                     $body = http_build_query($params, '', '&');
                 }
 
-                $curl_url = self::ROOT_ENDPOINT . $url;
+                $curl_url = (!$absoluteUrl ? self::ROOT_ENDPOINT : '') . $url;
                 $curl_opts = array(
                     CURLOPT_POST => true,
                     CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => $method,
@@ -579,7 +583,7 @@ private function _authHeader(): string
      * @return string
      * @throws VimeoUploadException
      */
-    private function perform_upload_tus(string $file_path, $file_size, array $attempt): string
+    public function perform_upload_tus(string $file_path, $file_size, array $attempt): string
     {
         $default_chunk_size = (100 * 1024 * 1024); // 100 MB