     return Manager.sharedInstance.upload(URLRequest(method, URLString), data: data)
 }
 
+/**
+    Creates an upload request using the shared manager instance for the specified URL request and data.
+
+    :param: URLRequest The URL request.
+    :param: data The data to upload.
+
+    :returns: The created upload request.
+*/
+public func upload(URLRequest: URLRequestConvertible, data: NSData) -> Request {
+    return Manager.sharedInstance.upload(URLRequest, data: data)
+}
+
 // MARK: Stream
 
 /**

    return Manager.sharedInstance.upload(URLRequest(method, URLString), file: file)
}

// MARK: Data

/**

    return Manager.sharedInstance.download(URLRequest(method, URLString), destination: destination)
}

/**
    Creates a download request using the shared manager instance for the specified URL request.

    :param: URLRequest The URL request.
    :param: destination The closure used to determine the destination of the downloaded file.

    :returns: The created download request.
*/
public func download(URLRequest: URLRequestConvertible, destination: Request.DownloadFileDestination) -> Request {
    return Manager.sharedInstance.download(URLRequest, destination: destination)
}

// MARK: Resume Data

/**
