diff --git a/article_scraper/src/images/mod.rs b/article_scraper/src/images/mod.rs
index 02933b5..14087c3 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/images/mod.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/images/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use self::pair::Pair;
 use self::request::ImageRequest;
 use crate::util::Util;
 use base64::Engine;
+use futures::StreamExt;
 use image::ImageOutputFormat;
 use libxml::parser::Parser;
 use libxml::tree::{Node, SaveOptions};
@@ -28,6 +29,45 @@ impl ImageDownloader {
         ImageDownloader { max_size }
     }
 
+    pub async fn single_from_url(
+        url: &str,
+        client: &Client,
+        progress: Option<Sender<Progress>>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ImageDownloadError> {
+        let response = client.get(url).send().await?;
+
+        let content_type = Util::get_content_type(&response)?;
+        let content_length = Util::get_content_length(&response)?;
+
+        if !content_type.contains("image") {
+            return Err(ImageDownloadError::ContentType);
+        }
+
+        let mut stream = response.bytes_stream();
+        let mut downloaded_bytes = 0;
+
+        let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(content_length);
+        while let Some(item) = stream.next().await {
+            let chunk = item?;
+            downloaded_bytes += chunk.len();
+
+            if let Some(sender) = progress.as_ref() {
+                _ = sender
+                    .send(Progress {
+                        total_size: content_length,
+                        downloaded: downloaded_bytes,
+                    })
+                    .await;
+            }
+
+            for byte in chunk {
+                result.push(byte);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+
     pub async fn download_images_from_string(
         &self,
         html: &str,
diff --git a/article_scraper/src/images/request.rs b/article_scraper/src/images/request.rs
index c145598..b7086ce 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/images/request.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/images/request.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use futures::StreamExt;
-use reqwest::{header::CONTENT_TYPE, Client, Response};
+use reqwest::{Client, Response};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 
+use crate::util::Util;
+
 use super::{image_data::ImageData, ImageDownloadError};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ impl ImageRequest {
     pub async fn new(url: String, client: &Client) -> Result<Self, ImageDownloadError> {
         let response = client.get(&url).send().await?;
 
-        let content_type = Self::get_content_type(&response)?;
-        let content_length = Self::get_content_length(&response)?;
+        let content_type = Util::get_content_type(&response)?;
+        let content_length = Util::get_content_length(&response)?;
 
         if !content_type.contains("image") {
             return Err(ImageDownloadError::ContentType);
@@ -58,33 +60,4 @@ impl ImageRequest {
     pub fn content_length(&self) -> usize {
         self.content_length
     }
-
-    fn get_content_length(response: &Response) -> Result<usize, ImageDownloadError> {
-        let status_code = response.status();
-
-        if !status_code.is_success() {
-            log::warn!("response: {status_code}");
-            return Err(ImageDownloadError::Http);
-        }
-
-        response
-            .headers()
-            .get(reqwest::header::CONTENT_LENGTH)
-            .and_then(|content_length| content_length.to_str().ok())
-            .and_then(|content_length| content_length.parse::<usize>().ok())
-            .ok_or(ImageDownloadError::ContentLength)
-    }
-
-    fn get_content_type(response: &Response) -> Result<String, ImageDownloadError> {
-        if response.status().is_success() {
-            response
-                .headers()
-                .get(CONTENT_TYPE)
-                .and_then(|val| val.to_str().ok())
-                .map(|val| val.to_string())
-                .ok_or(ImageDownloadError::ContentType)
-        } else {
-            Err(ImageDownloadError::ContentType)
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/article_scraper/src/util.rs b/article_scraper/src/util.rs
index 57cd1b2..73adee8 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/util.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/util.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use libxml::{
     xpath::Context,
 };
 use reqwest::{
-    header::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue},
+    header::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue, CONTENT_LENGTH, CONTENT_TYPE},
     Response,
 };
 use tokio::fs::DirEntry;
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::{
     constants::{self, NEGATIVE_LEAD_IMAGE_URL_HINTS_REGEX},
     full_text_parser::{config::ConfigEntry, error::FullTextParserError},
     image_object::ImageObject,
+    images::ImageDownloadError,
     video_object::VideoObject,
 };
 
@@ -1191,6 +1192,35 @@ impl Util {
     pub fn score_by_position(len: usize, index: usize) -> i32 {
         ((len as f32 / 2.0) - index as f32) as i32
     }
+
+    pub fn get_content_length(response: &Response) -> Result<usize, ImageDownloadError> {
+        let status_code = response.status();
+
+        if !status_code.is_success() {
+            log::warn!("response: {status_code}");
+            return Err(ImageDownloadError::Http);
+        }
+
+        response
+            .headers()
+            .get(CONTENT_LENGTH)
+            .and_then(|content_length| content_length.to_str().ok())
+            .and_then(|content_length| content_length.parse::<usize>().ok())
+            .ok_or(ImageDownloadError::ContentLength)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_content_type(response: &Response) -> Result<String, ImageDownloadError> {
+        if response.status().is_success() {
+            response
+                .headers()
+                .get(CONTENT_TYPE)
+                .and_then(|val| val.to_str().ok())
+                .map(|val| val.to_string())
+                .ok_or(ImageDownloadError::ContentType)
+        } else {
+            Err(ImageDownloadError::ContentType)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]