diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ab2fb1..ca3148f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ A utility for mocking out the Python [httpx](https://github.com/encode/httpx) li
 import httpx
 import respx
 
-with respx.activate():
-    respx.add("GET", "https://foo.bar/", content={"foo": "bar"})
-    response = httpx.get("https://foo.bar/")
-    assert response.json() == {"foo": "bar"}
-
 @respx.activate
 def test_something():
-    respx.add("POST", "https://foo.bar/baz/", status_code=201)
+    request = respx.post("https://foo.bar/baz/", status_code=201)
     response = httpx.post("https://foo.bar/baz/")
+    assert request.called
     assert response.status_code == 201
+
+with respx.activate():
+    request = respx.get("https://foo.bar/", content={"foo": "bar"})
+    response = httpx.get("https://foo.bar/")
+    assert request.called
+    assert response.json() == {"foo": "bar"}
 ```
diff --git a/respx/mock.py b/respx/mock.py
index f95eb94..b58b6f2 100644
--- a/respx/mock.py
+++ b/respx/mock.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import io
 import ssl
 import typing
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from functools import wraps
+from functools import partialmethod, wraps
 
 import asynctest
 from httpx.client import BaseClient
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ class HTTPXMock:
             patcher.stop()
         self.clear()
 
-    def add(
+    def add(self, pattern: RequestPattern, alias: typing.Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        self._patterns.append(pattern)
+        if alias:
+            self.aliases[alias] = pattern
+
+    def request(
         self,
         method: typing.Union[str, typing.Callable],
         url: typing.Optional[typing.Union[str, typing.Pattern]] = None,
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ class HTTPXMock:
         alias: typing.Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> RequestPattern:
         """
-        Adds a request pattern and given mocked response details.
+        Creates and adds a request pattern with given mocked response details.
         """
         headers = Headers(headers or {})
         if content_type:
@@ -103,12 +108,18 @@ class HTTPXMock:
         response = ResponseTemplate(status_code, headers, content)
         pattern = RequestPattern(method, url, response, alias=alias)
 
-        self._patterns.append(pattern)
-        if alias:
-            self.aliases[alias] = pattern
+        self.add(pattern, alias=alias)
 
         return pattern
 
+    get = partialmethod(request, "GET")
+    post = partialmethod(request, "POST")
+    put = partialmethod(request, "PUT")
+    patch = partialmethod(request, "PATCH")
+    delete = partialmethod(request, "DELETE")
+    head = partialmethod(request, "HEAD")
+    options = partialmethod(request, "OPTIONS")
+
     def __getitem__(self, alias: str) -> typing.Optional[RequestPattern]:
         return self.aliases.get(alias)
 
diff --git a/respx/models.py b/respx/models.py
index 38fcbb4..dc32211 100644
--- a/respx/models.py
+++ b/respx/models.py
@@ -76,12 +76,19 @@ class RequestPattern:
         response: ResponseTemplate,
         alias: typing.Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> None:
-        self.method = method
-        self.url = url
+        self._match_func: typing.Optional[typing.Callable] = None
+
+        if callable(method):
+            self.method = None
+            self.url = None
+            self._match_func = method
+        else:
+            self.method = method
+            self.url = url
+
         self.response = response
         self.alias = alias
 
-        self._match_func = method if callable(method) else None
         self._stats = mock.MagicMock()
 
     @property
@@ -116,7 +123,11 @@ class RequestPattern:
                     matches = True
                     url_params = match.groupdict()
             else:
-                raise ValueError("Request url pattern must be str or compiled regex")
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Request url pattern must be str or compiled regex, got {}.".format(
+                        type(self.url).__name__
+                    )
+                )
 
             if matches:
                 return self.response.clone(context={"request": request, **url_params})

Add http method shortcuts
It would be nice to have api shortcuts for each http method.

**Example:**
```py
request = responsex.get("https://foo/bar", status_code=202)
#                    ^
response = httpx.get("https://foo/bar")

assert request.called
assert response.status_code == 202
```

Also maybe rename `add()` to `request()` and refactor *add* to take a `RequestPattern` instance, used by *request*.

```py
request = responsex.request("GET", "https://foo/bar", status_code=202)
```
diff --git a/tests/test_mock.py b/tests/test_mock.py
index b80d4ab..ef34a4c 100644
--- a/tests/test_mock.py
+++ b/tests/test_mock.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import respx
 class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_api(self):
         url = "https://foo/bar/"
-        foobar = respx.add("GET", url, status_code=202)
+        request = respx.request("GET", url, status_code=202)
 
         self.assertEqual(len(respx.calls), 0)
 
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(len(respx.calls), 0)
 
-        self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
+        self.assertTrue(request.called)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 202)
         self.assertEqual(response.text, "")
 
     @respx.activate
     def test_activate_decorator(self):
-        respx.add("GET", "https://foo/bar/", status_code=202)
+        respx.get("https://foo/bar/", status_code=202)
         response = httpx.get("https://foo/bar/")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 202)
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(respx.calls), 0)
 
         with respx.activate():
-            respx.add("GET", "https://foo/bar/", status_code=202)
+            respx.get("https://foo/bar/", status_code=202)
             response = httpx.get("https://foo/bar/")
 
             self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 202)
@@ -46,10 +46,39 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(len(respx.calls), 0)
 
+    def test_http_methods(self):
+        with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
+            url = "https://foo/bar/"
+            m = httpx_mock.get(url, status_code=404)
+            httpx_mock.post(url, status_code=201)
+            httpx_mock.put(url, status_code=202)
+            httpx_mock.patch(url, status_code=500)
+            httpx_mock.delete(url, status_code=204)
+            httpx_mock.head(url, status_code=405)
+            httpx_mock.options(url, status_code=501)
+
+            response = httpx.get(url)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
+            response = httpx.post(url)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
+            response = httpx.put(url)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 202)
+            response = httpx.patch(url)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 500)
+            response = httpx.delete(url)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 204)
+            response = httpx.head(url)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 405)
+            response = httpx.options(url)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 501)
+
+            self.assertTrue(m.called)
+            self.assertEqual(len(httpx_mock.calls), 7)
+
     def test_string_url_pattern(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, content="foobar")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, content="foobar")
             response = httpx.get(url)
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -59,7 +88,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_regex_url_pattern(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url_pattern = re.compile("^https://foo/.*$")
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url_pattern, content="whatever")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url_pattern, content="whatever")
             response = httpx.get("https://foo/bar/")
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -68,7 +97,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
 
     def test_invalid_url_pattern(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", ["invalid"], content="whatever")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(["invalid"], content="whatever")
             with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
                 httpx.get("https://foo/bar/")
 
@@ -77,7 +106,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_unknown_url(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("POST", url)  # Non-matching method
+            foobar = httpx_mock.post(url)  # Non-matching method
             response = httpx.get(url)
 
             self.assertFalse(foobar.called)
@@ -95,8 +124,8 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_repeated_pattern(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/baz/"
-            one = httpx_mock.add("POST", url, status_code=201)
-            two = httpx_mock.add("POST", url, status_code=409)
+            one = httpx_mock.post(url, status_code=201)
+            two = httpx_mock.post(url, status_code=409)
             response1 = httpx.post(url, json={})
             response2 = httpx.post(url, json={})
             response3 = httpx.post(url, json={})
@@ -119,7 +148,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_status_code(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, status_code=404)
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, status_code=404)
             response = httpx.get(url)
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -128,7 +157,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_content_type(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, content_type="foo/bar")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, content_type="foo/bar")
             response = httpx.get(url)
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -138,7 +167,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
             headers = {"Content-Type": "foo/bar", "X-Foo": "bar; baz"}
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, headers=headers)
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, headers=headers)
             response = httpx.get(url)
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -148,9 +177,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
             headers = {"Content-Type": "foo/bar", "X-Foo": "bar; baz"}
             content_type = "ham/spam"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add(
-                "GET", url, content_type=content_type, headers=headers
-            )
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, content_type=content_type, headers=headers)
             response = httpx.get(url)
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -161,7 +188,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_raw_content(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("POST", url, content=b"raw content")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.post(url, content=b"raw content")
             response = httpx.post(url)
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -172,7 +199,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
             headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
             content = {"foo": "bar"}
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, content=content)  # Headers not passed
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, content=content)  # Headers not passed
             response = httpx.get(url)
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -183,7 +210,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
             headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"}
             content = ["foo", "bar"]
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, headers=headers, content=content)
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, headers=headers, content=content)
             response = httpx.get(url)
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -193,7 +220,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_raising_content(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, content=ConnectTimeout())
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, content=ConnectTimeout())
             with self.assertRaises(ConnectTimeout):
                 httpx.get(url)
 
@@ -206,7 +233,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url_pattern = re.compile(r"https://foo/bar/(?P<id>\d+)/")
             content = lambda request, id: f"foobar #{id}"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url_pattern, content=content)
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url_pattern, content=content)
             response = httpx.get("https://foo/bar/123/")
 
         self.assertTrue(foobar.called)
@@ -216,7 +243,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_sync_client(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, content="foobar")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, content="foobar")
             with httpx.Client() as client:
                 response = client.get(url)
 
@@ -227,7 +254,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     async def test_async_client(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, content="foobar")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, content="foobar")
             async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
                 response = await client.get(url)
 
@@ -242,7 +269,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     async def test_uds(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, content="foobar")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, content="foobar")
             async with httpx.AsyncClient(uds="/var/run/foobar.sock") as client:
                 response = await client.get(url)
 
@@ -253,7 +280,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     def test_alias(self):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/"
-            foobar = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, alias="foobar")
+            foobar = httpx_mock.get(url, alias="foobar")
             self.assertIn("foobar", httpx_mock.aliases)
             self.assertEqual(httpx_mock.aliases["foobar"].url, foobar.url)
 
@@ -280,7 +307,7 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
                 return response
 
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
-            httpx_mock.add(matcher, status_code=202, headers={"X-Ham": "Spam"})
+            httpx_mock.request(matcher, status_code=202, headers={"X-Ham": "Spam"})
             response = httpx.get("https://foo/bar/")
 
             self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 202)
@@ -293,11 +320,11 @@ class HTTPXMockTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     async def test_stats(self, backend=None):
         with respx.HTTPXMock() as httpx_mock:
             url = "https://foo/bar/1/"
-            httpx_mock.add("GET", re.compile("http://some/url"))
-            httpx_mock.add("DELETE", "http://some/url")
+            httpx_mock.get(re.compile("http://some/url"))
+            httpx_mock.delete("http://some/url")
 
-            foobar1 = httpx_mock.add("GET", url, status_code=202, alias="get_foobar")
-            foobar2 = httpx_mock.add("DELETE", url, status_code=200, alias="del_foobar")
+            foobar1 = httpx_mock.get(url, status_code=202, alias="get_foobar")
+            foobar2 = httpx_mock.delete(url, status_code=200, alias="del_foobar")
 
             self.assertFalse(foobar1.called)
             self.assertEqual(len(foobar1.calls), 0)

pip install -e .
parse_log_pytest
pytest
pytest pytest-asyncio pytest-cov trio
3.8
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
asynctest==0.13.0
attrs==25.3.0
certifi==2025.1.31
chardet==3.0.4
coverage==7.6.1
exceptiongroup @ file:///croot/exceptiongroup_1706031385326/work
h11==0.8.1
h2==3.2.0
hpack==3.0.0
hstspreload==2025.1.1
httpx==0.7.6
hyperframe==5.2.0
idna==2.10
iniconfig @ file:///home/linux1/recipes/ci/iniconfig_1610983019677/work
outcome==1.3.0.post0
packaging @ file:///croot/packaging_1720101850331/work
pluggy==1.5.0
pytest==8.3.5
pytest-asyncio==0.24.0
pytest-cov==5.0.0
-e git+https://github.com/lundberg/respx.git@4581904f2f03eed9ed9b5980d24dbb4408e66e6b#egg=respx
rfc3986==1.5.0
sniffio==1.3.1
sortedcontainers==2.4.0
tomli @ file:///opt/conda/conda-bld/tomli_1657175507142/work
trio==0.27.0

name: respx
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - exceptiongroup=1.2.0=py38h06a4308_0
  - iniconfig=1.1.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.4.4=h6a678d5_1
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=3.0.16=h5eee18b_0
  - packaging=24.1=py38h06a4308_0
  - pip=24.2=py38h06a4308_0
  - python=3.8.20=he870216_0
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=75.1.0=py38h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - tomli=2.0.1=py38h06a4308_0
  - wheel=0.44.0=py38h06a4308_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - asynctest==0.13.0
      - attrs==25.3.0
      - certifi==2025.1.31
      - chardet==3.0.4
      - coverage==7.6.1
      - h11==0.8.1
      - h2==3.2.0
      - hpack==3.0.0
      - hstspreload==2025.1.1
      - httpx==0.7.6
      - hyperframe==5.2.0
      - idna==2.10
      - outcome==1.3.0.post0
      - pluggy==1.5.0
      - pytest==8.3.5
      - pytest-asyncio==0.24.0
      - pytest-cov==5.0.0
      - rfc3986==1.5.0
      - sniffio==1.3.1
      - sortedcontainers==2.4.0
      - trio==0.27.0
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/respx

tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_activate_contextmanager tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_activate_decorator tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_alias tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_api tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_async_client tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_callable_content tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_content_type tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_custom_matcher tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_headers tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_http_methods tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_invalid_url_pattern tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_json_content tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_raising_content tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_raw_content tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_regex_url_pattern tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_repeated_pattern tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_stats tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_status_code tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_string_url_pattern tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_sync_client tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_trio_backend tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_unknown_url
tests/test_mock.py::HTTPXMockTestCase::test_exception
respx/models.py README.md respx/mock.py
respx/models.py README.md respx/mock.py