diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index aa0cf2d..7611ba7 100755
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: openrouteservice
 Title: Openrouteservice API Client
-Version: 0.2.7
+Version: 0.3.0
 Authors@R: person("Andrzej", "Oleś", email = "andrzej@openrouteservice.org", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0285-2787"), role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: The package streamlines access to the services provided by openrouteservice.org.
   It allows you to painlessly query for directions, geocoding, isochrones, time-distance matrices, and POIs.
diff --git a/R/api_call.R b/R/api_call.R
index 3ae0a14..e1eb8e4 100755
--- a/R/api_call.R
+++ b/R/api_call.R
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ors_path <- function(endpoint) {
 }
 
 #' @importFrom httr modify_url parse_url verbose
-api_call <- function(method, path, query, ...,
+api_call <- function(path, api_key, query = NULL, body = NULL, ...,
                      response_format = c("json", "geojson", "gpx"),
                      output, simplifyMatrix = TRUE) {
 
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ api_call <- function(method, path, query, ...,
   endpoint <- basename(path[1L])
   path[1L] <- ors_path(endpoint)
 
+  ## process query params
+  if (!is.null(query))
+    query <- api_query(api_key, query, collapse = ",")
+
   ## extract base path from url in order to retain it in modify_url(), see #46
   path <- paste0(parse_url(ors_url())$path, path, collapse="/")
 
@@ -117,6 +121,12 @@ api_call <- function(method, path, query, ...,
                ...,
                if (isTRUE(getOption('openrouteservice.verbose'))) verbose())
 
+  method = if (is.null(body)) "GET" else "POST"
+
+  ## add body and authorization header
+  if (method=="POST")
+    args = c(args, list(body = body, add_headers(Authorization = api_key)))
+
   res <- call_api(method, args)
 
   process_response(res, endpoint, output, simplifyMatrix)
diff --git a/R/directions.R b/R/directions.R
index 4eeff57..c3d243c 100755
--- a/R/directions.R
+++ b/R/directions.R
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ ors_directions <- function(coordinates,
 
   body <- list(coordinates = coordinates, ...)
 
-  api_call(method = "POST",
-           path = c("v2/directions", profile, format),
-           query = NULL,
-           add_headers(Authorization = api_key),
+  api_call(path = c("v2/directions", profile, format),
+           api_key = api_key,
            body = body,
            encode = "json",
            response_format = format,
diff --git a/R/elevation.R b/R/elevation.R
index afb438e..6f6d1f0 100644
--- a/R/elevation.R
+++ b/R/elevation.R
@@ -79,10 +79,8 @@ ors_elevation <- function(format_in = c("geojson", "point", "polyline", "encoded
                format_out = format_out,
                ...)
 
-  api_call(method = "POST",
-           path = c("elevation", endpoint),
-           query = NULL,
-           add_headers(Authorization = api_key),
+  api_call(path = c("elevation", endpoint),
+           api_key = api_key,
            body = body,
            encode = "json",
            output = output)
diff --git a/R/geocode.R b/R/geocode.R
index 37c6118..9466b59 100755
--- a/R/geocode.R
+++ b/R/geocode.R
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ ors_geocode <- function(query,
       }
     }
 
-  query <- api_query(api_key, params, collapse = ",")
-
   output <- match.arg(output)
 
-  api_call("GET", c("geocode", endpoint), query, output = output)
+  api_call(c("geocode", endpoint),
+           api_key = api_key,
+           query = params,
+           output = output)
 }
diff --git a/R/isochrones.R b/R/isochrones.R
index 40e2fe0..38d68e5 100755
--- a/R/isochrones.R
+++ b/R/isochrones.R
@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@ ors_isochrones <- function(locations,
 
   body <- list(locations = locations, range = range, ...)
 
-  api_call(method = "POST",
-           path = c("v2/isochrones", profile),
-           query = NULL,
-           add_headers(Authorization = api_key),
+  api_call(path = c("v2/isochrones", profile),
+           api_key = api_key,
            body = body,
            encode = "json",
            response_format = "geojson",
diff --git a/R/matrix.R b/R/matrix.R
index 9dc7cbb..863fe0e 100755
--- a/R/matrix.R
+++ b/R/matrix.R
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ ors_matrix <- function(locations,
   ## request parameters
   body = list(locations = locations, profile = profile, ...)
 
-  api_call(method = "POST",
-           path = c("v2/matrix", profile),
-           query = NULL,
-           add_headers(Authorization = api_key),
+  api_call(path = c("v2/matrix", profile),
+           api_key = api_key,
            body = body,
            encode = "json",
            output = output)
diff --git a/R/pois.R b/R/pois.R
index c0d4424..bd8d904 100755
--- a/R/pois.R
+++ b/R/pois.R
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ ors_pois <- function(request = c('pois', 'stats', 'list'),
   if (request!="pois" && output=="sf")
     stop('"sf" output available only for request type "pois"')
 
-  query = api_query(api_key)
-
   body = list(request = request, ...)
 
   if ( request!="list") {
@@ -77,5 +75,9 @@ ors_pois <- function(request = c('pois', 'stats', 'list'),
       body$geometry = geometry
   }
 
-  api_call("POST", "pois", query, body = body, encode = "json", output = output)
+  api_call("pois",
+           api_key = api_key,
+           body = body,
+           encode = "json",
+           output = output)
 }