diff --git a/ox/api.py b/ox/api.py
index 141ffec..042d0be 100644
--- a/ox/api.py
+++ b/ox/api.py
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ class API(object):
             form.add_field('data', json.dumps(data))
         return self._json_request(self.url, form)
 
+    def get_url(self, url):
+        request = urllib.request.Request(url, method='GET')
+        f = self._opener.open(request)
+        result = f.read()
+        return result
+
     def save_url(self, url, filename, overwrite=False):
         chunk_size = 16 * 1024
         if not os.path.exists(filename) or overwrite: