2 files changed, 44 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ee8997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# http
+
+A rust http parsing library
+
+### Example
+
+```rs
+use http::{request::Request, parse::TryParse, error::HTTPError, response::Response, status, header::HeaderName};
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), HTTPError> {
+
+    // http request as a string
+    let request_str =   "GET / HTTP/1.1\n\
+                         Host: www.example.com\n\
+                         User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0\n\
+                         Accept-language: en\n\
+                         \n\
+                        ";
+
+                            // here we set what we want the body to be parsed into if it exists
+                            // the body type must implement FromStr and ToString
+    let request = Request::<String>::try_parse(request_str)?; // try parse since it can fail
+
+    let mut response = Response::<String>::new(); // create a new response
+    response
+            .set_body("hello world!") // add a body that is Into<T>
+            .set_status(status::SUCCESS) // set the status
+            .add_header((HeaderName::try_from("Content-Type")?, "text/plain")); // set content-type header
+
+    let response_str = response.to_string(); // get http response in text form
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+```
+
+### License
+
+This project is licensed under the [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index 7f6f326..dd25d6e 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -18,25 +18,26 @@ impl<T: ToString + FromStr> Response<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn set_version(mut self, version: impl Into<Version>) -> Self {
+    pub fn set_version(&mut self, version: impl Into<Version>) -> &mut Self {
         self.version = version.into();
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn set_status(mut self, status: impl Into<Status>) -> Self {
+    pub fn set_status(&mut self, status: impl Into<Status>) -> &mut Self {
         self.status = status.into();
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn add_header(mut self, header: impl Into<Header>) -> Self {
+    pub fn add_header(&mut self, header: impl Into<Header>) -> &mut Self {
         self.headers.insert(header.into());
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn set_body(mut self, body: T) -> Self {
-        self.body = Some(body);
+    pub fn set_body(&mut self, body: impl Into<T>) -> &mut Self {
+        self.body = Some(body.into());
         self
     }
+
 }
 
 impl<T: ToString + FromStr> TryParse for Response<T> {