diff --git a/restapi.go b/restapi.go
index 589185c..6286b65 100644
--- a/restapi.go
+++ b/restapi.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ import (
 	"image"
 	_ "image/jpeg" // For JPEG decoding
 	_ "image/png"  // For PNG decoding
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"mime/multipart"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
@@ -28,12 +30,11 @@ import (
 // ErrJSONUnmarshal is returned for JSON Unmarshall errors.
 var ErrJSONUnmarshal = errors.New("json unmarshal")
 
-// Request makes a (GET/POST/...) Requests to Discord REST API.
+// Request makes a (GET/POST/...) Requests to Discord REST API with JSON data.
 // All the other Discord REST Calls in this file use this function.
 func (s *Session) Request(method, urlStr string, data interface{}) (response []byte, err error) {
 
 	if s.Debug {
-		fmt.Printf("API REQUEST %8s :: %s\n", method, urlStr)
 		fmt.Println("API REQUEST  PAYLOAD :: [" + fmt.Sprintf("%+v", data) + "]")
 	}
 
@@ -45,7 +46,17 @@ func (s *Session) Request(method, urlStr string, data interface{}) (response []b
 		}
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, urlStr, bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+	return s.request(method, urlStr, "application/json", body)
+}
+
+// request makes a (GET/POST/...) Requests to Discord REST API.
+func (s *Session) request(method, urlStr, contentType string, b []byte) (response []byte, err error) {
+
+	if s.Debug {
+		fmt.Printf("API REQUEST %8s :: %s\n", method, urlStr)
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, urlStr, bytes.NewBuffer(b))
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@ func (s *Session) Request(method, urlStr string, data interface{}) (response []b
 		req.Header.Set("authorization", s.Token)
 	}
 
-	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
 	// TODO: Make a configurable static variable.
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", fmt.Sprintf("DiscordBot (https://github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo, v%s)", VERSION))
 
@@ -112,7 +123,7 @@ func (s *Session) Request(method, urlStr string, data interface{}) (response []b
 			return
 		}
 		time.Sleep(rl.RetryAfter)
-		response, err = s.Request(method, urlStr, data)
+		response, err = s.request(method, urlStr, contentType, b)
 
 	default: // Error condition
 		err = fmt.Errorf("HTTP %s, %s", resp.Status, response)
@@ -796,6 +807,36 @@ func (s *Session) ChannelMessageDelete(channelID, messageID string) (err error)
 	return
 }
 
+// ChannelFileSend sends a file to the given channel.
+// channelID : The ID of a Channel.
+// io.Reader : A reader for the file contents.
+func (s *Session) ChannelFileSend(channelID, name string, r io.Reader) (st *Message, err error) {
+
+	body := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	bodywriter := multipart.NewWriter(body)
+
+	writer, err := bodywriter.CreateFormFile("file", name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	io.Copy(writer, r)
+
+	bodywriter.Close()
+
+	se := body.String()
+	fmt.Println(se)
+
+	// Send the message to the given channel
+	response, err := s.request("POST", CHANNEL_MESSAGES(channelID), bodywriter.FormDataContentType(), body.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = unmarshal(response, &st)
+	return
+}
+
 // ChannelInvites returns an array of Invite structures for the given channel
 // channelID   : The ID of a Channel
 func (s *Session) ChannelInvites(channelID string) (st []*Invite, err error) {