diff --git a/swift/Sources/OpenMeteoSdk/OpenMeteoSdk.swift b/swift/Sources/OpenMeteoSdk/OpenMeteoSdk.swift
index cd347cf..cff4e95 100644
--- a/swift/Sources/OpenMeteoSdk/OpenMeteoSdk.swift
+++ b/swift/Sources/OpenMeteoSdk/OpenMeteoSdk.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ extension WeatherApiResponse {
     @available(iOS 13.0.0, *)
     @available(macOS 12.0, *)
     public static func fetch(url: URL, session: URLSession = URLSession.shared) async throws -> [WeatherApiResponse] {
-        let (data, response) = try await session.data(from: url)
+        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
+        return try await fetch(request: request, session: session)
+    }
+
+    @available(iOS 13.0.0, *)
+    @available(macOS 12.0, *)
+    /// Fetch data using a given URLRequest and decode the Open-Meteo Weather API Flatbuffers structure
+    public static func fetch(request: URLRequest, session: URLSession = URLSession.shared) async throws -> [WeatherApiResponse] {
+        let (data, response) = try await session.data(for: request)
         guard let res = (response as? HTTPURLResponse) else {
             throw OpenMeteoSdkError.error(message: "response is not type HTTPURLResponse")
         }