diff --git a/example/src/main/scala/example/RequestStreaming.scala b/example/src/main/scala/example/RequestStreaming.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e662fe4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/main/scala/example/RequestStreaming.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package example
+
+import zhttp.http._
+import zhttp.service.Server
+import zio._
+object RequestStreaming extends App {
+
+  // Create HTTP route which echos back the request body
+  val app = Http.collect[Request] { case req @ Method.POST -> !! / "echo" =>
+    // Returns a stream of bytes from the request
+    // The stream supports back-pressure
+    val stream = req.bodyAsStream
+
+    // Creating HttpData from the stream
+    // This works for file of any size
+    val data = HttpData.fromStream(stream)
+
+    Response(data = data)
+  }
+
+  // Run it like any simple app
+  override def run(args: List[String]): URIO[zio.ZEnv, ExitCode] =
+    Server.start(8090, app).exitCode
+}
diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/HttpDataExtension.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/HttpDataExtension.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d631659d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/HttpDataExtension.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package zhttp.http
+
+import io.netty.buffer.{ByteBuf, ByteBufUtil}
+import zhttp.http.headers.HeaderExtension
+import zio.stream.ZStream
+import zio.{Chunk, Task, UIO}
+
+private[zhttp] trait HttpDataExtension[+A] extends HeaderExtension[A] { self: A =>
+  def data: HttpData
+
+  private[zhttp] final def bodyAsByteBuf: Task[ByteBuf] = data.toByteBuf
+
+  final def bodyAsByteArray: Task[Array[Byte]] =
+    bodyAsByteBuf.flatMap(buf => Task(ByteBufUtil.getBytes(buf)).ensuring(UIO(buf.release(buf.refCnt()))))
+
+  /**
+   * Decodes the content of request as a Chunk of Bytes
+   */
+  final def body: Task[Chunk[Byte]] =
+    bodyAsByteArray.map(Chunk.fromArray)
+
+  /**
+   * Decodes the content of request as string
+   */
+  final def bodyAsString: Task[String] =
+    bodyAsByteArray.map(new String(_, charset))
+
+  /**
+   * Decodes the content of request as stream of bytes
+   */
+  final def bodyAsStream: ZStream[Any, Throwable, Byte] = data.toByteBufStream
+    .mapM[Any, Throwable, Chunk[Byte]] { buf =>
+      Task {
+        val bytes = Chunk.fromArray(ByteBufUtil.getBytes(buf))
+        buf.release(buf.refCnt())
+        bytes
+      }
+    }
+    .flattenChunks
+}
diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Request.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Request.scala
index dbc9449395..6bf4736bff 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Request.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Request.scala
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 package zhttp.http
 
-import io.netty.buffer.{ByteBuf, ByteBufUtil}
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.{DefaultFullHttpRequest, HttpRequest}
 import zhttp.http.headers.HeaderExtension
-import zio.stream.ZStream
-import zio.{Chunk, Task, UIO}
 
 import java.net.InetAddress
 
-trait Request extends HeaderExtension[Request] { self =>
+trait Request extends HeaderExtension[Request] with HttpDataExtension[Request] { self =>
 
   /**
    * Updates the headers using the provided function
@@ -41,34 +38,6 @@ trait Request extends HeaderExtension[Request] { self =>
    */
   def data: HttpData
 
-  final def bodyAsByteArray: Task[Array[Byte]] =
-    bodyAsByteBuf.flatMap(buf => Task(ByteBufUtil.getBytes(buf)).ensuring(UIO(buf.release(buf.refCnt()))))
-
-  /**
-   * Decodes the content of request as a Chunk of Bytes
-   */
-  final def body: Task[Chunk[Byte]] =
-    bodyAsByteArray.map(Chunk.fromArray)
-
-  /**
-   * Decodes the content of request as string
-   */
-  final def bodyAsString: Task[String] =
-    bodyAsByteArray.map(new String(_, charset))
-
-  /**
-   * Decodes the content of request as stream of bytes
-   */
-  final def bodyAsStream: ZStream[Any, Throwable, Byte] = data.toByteBufStream
-    .mapM[Any, Throwable, Chunk[Byte]] { buf =>
-      Task {
-        val bytes = Chunk.fromArray(ByteBufUtil.getBytes(buf))
-        buf.release(buf.refCnt())
-        bytes
-      }
-    }
-    .flattenChunks
-
   /**
    * Gets all the headers in the Request
    */
@@ -124,7 +93,6 @@ trait Request extends HeaderExtension[Request] { self =>
    */
   def version: Version
 
-  private[zhttp] final def bodyAsByteBuf: Task[ByteBuf] = data.toByteBuf
 }
 
 object Request {
diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Response.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Response.scala
index ed18bd924d..40faed27a2 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Response.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Response.scala
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package zhttp.http
 
-import io.netty.buffer.{ByteBuf, ByteBufUtil, Unpooled}
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.{FullHttpResponse, HttpHeaderNames, HttpResponse}
 import zhttp.html._
 import zhttp.http.headers.HeaderExtension
 import zhttp.socket.{IsWebSocket, Socket, SocketApp}
-import zio.{Chunk, Task, UIO, ZIO}
+import zio.{Chunk, UIO, ZIO}
 
 import java.io.{PrintWriter, StringWriter}
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ final case class Response private (
   headers: Headers,
   data: HttpData,
   private[zhttp] val attribute: Response.Attribute,
-) extends HeaderExtension[Response] { self =>
+) extends HeaderExtension[Response]
+    with HttpDataExtension[Response] { self =>
 
   /**
    * Adds cookies in the response headers.
@@ -59,16 +60,6 @@ final case class Response private (
    */
   def withServerTime: Response = self.copy(attribute = self.attribute.withServerTime)
 
-  final def bodyAsByteArray: Task[Array[Byte]] =
-    bodyAsByteBuf.flatMap(buf => Task(ByteBufUtil.getBytes(buf)))
-
-  /**
-   * Extracts the body as ByteBuf
-   */
-  private[zhttp] def bodyAsByteBuf: Task[ByteBuf] = self.data.toByteBuf
-
-  def bodyAsString: Task[String] = bodyAsByteArray.map(new String(_, charset))
-
   /**
    * Encodes the Response into a Netty HttpResponse. Sets default headers such
    * as `content-length`. For performance reasons, it is possible that it uses a