diff --git a/SpotifyAPI/SpotifyAPI.csproj b/SpotifyAPI/SpotifyAPI.csproj
index faaaafb5..512ee587 100644
--- a/SpotifyAPI/SpotifyAPI.csproj
+++ b/SpotifyAPI/SpotifyAPI.csproj
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Web\Enums\SearchType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Web\SimpleHttpServer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Web\SpotifyWebAPI.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Web\SpotifyWebBuilder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Web\Util.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Web\SpotifyWebClient.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/SpotifyAPI/Web/IClient.cs b/SpotifyAPI/Web/IClient.cs
index 1ab1ae36..fd198287 100644
--- a/SpotifyAPI/Web/IClient.cs
+++ b/SpotifyAPI/Web/IClient.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
 {
@@ -15,6 +16,13 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
         /// <returns></returns>
         string Download(string url);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Downloads data async from an URL and returns it
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="url"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<string> DownloadAsync(string url);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Downloads data from an URL and returns it
         /// </summary>
@@ -22,6 +30,13 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
         /// <returns></returns>
         byte[] DownloadRaw(string url);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Downloads data async from an URL and returns it
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="url"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<byte[]> DownloadRawAsync(string url);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Downloads data from an URL and converts it to an object
         /// </summary>
@@ -30,6 +45,14 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
         /// <returns></returns>
         T DownloadJson<T>(string url);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Downloads data async from an URL and converts it to an object
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The Type which the object gets converted to</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="url">An URL</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<T> DownloadJsonAsync<T>(string url);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Uploads data from an URL and returns the response
         /// </summary>
@@ -39,6 +62,15 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
         /// <returns></returns>
         string Upload(string url, string body, string method);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Uploads data async from an URL and returns the response
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="url">An URL</param>
+        /// <param name="body">The Body-Data (most likely a JSON String)</param>
+        /// <param name="method">The Upload-method (POST,DELETE,PUT)</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<string> UploadAsync(string url, string body, string method);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Uploads data from an URL and returns the response
         /// </summary>
@@ -48,6 +80,15 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
         /// <returns></returns>
         byte[] UploadRaw(string url, string body, string method);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Uploads data async from an URL and returns the response
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="url">An URL</param>
+        /// <param name="body">The Body-Data (most likely a JSON String)</param>
+        /// <param name="method">The Upload-method (POST,DELETE,PUT)</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<byte[]> UploadRawAsync(string url, string body, string method);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Uploads data from an URL and converts the response to an object
         /// </summary>
@@ -58,6 +99,16 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
         /// <returns></returns>
         T UploadJson<T>(string url, string body, string method);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Uploads data async from an URL and converts the response to an object
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The Type which the object gets converted to</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="url">An URL</param>
+        /// <param name="body">The Body-Data (most likely a JSON String)</param>
+        /// <param name="method">The Upload-method (POST,DELETE,PUT)</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<T> UploadJsonAsync<T>(string url, string body, string method);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Sets a specific Header
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/SpotifyAPI/Web/SpotifyWebAPI.cs b/SpotifyAPI/Web/SpotifyWebAPI.cs
index 9d9f3168..2960d665 100644
--- a/SpotifyAPI/Web/SpotifyWebAPI.cs
+++ b/SpotifyAPI/Web/SpotifyWebAPI.cs
@@ -6,15 +6,20 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
 {
     public sealed class SpotifyWebAPI : IDisposable
     {
-        public const String APIBase = "https://api.spotify.com/v1";
+        [Obsolete("This Property will be removed soon. Please use SpotifyWebBuilder.APIBase")]
+        public const String APIBase = SpotifyWebBuilder.APIBase;
+
+        private readonly SpotifyWebBuilder _builder;
 
         public SpotifyWebAPI()
         {
+            _builder = new SpotifyWebBuilder();
             UseAuth = true;
             WebClient = new SpotifyWebClient
             {
@@ -51,15 +56,21 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
         /// <returns></returns>
         public SearchItem SearchItems(String q, SearchType type, int limit = 20, int offset = 0, String market = "")
         {
-            limit = Math.Min(50, limit);
-            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(APIBase + "/search");
-            builder.Append("?q=" + q);
-            builder.Append("&type=" + type.GetStringAttribute(","));
-            builder.Append("&limit=" + limit);
-            builder.Append("&offset=" + offset);
-            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(market))
-                builder.Append("&market=" + market);
-            return DownloadData<SearchItem>(builder.ToString());
+            return DownloadData<SearchItem>(_builder.SearchItems(q, type, limit, offset, market));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Get Spotify catalog information about artists, albums, tracks or playlists that match a keyword string asynchronously.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="q">The search query's keywords (and optional field filters and operators), for example q=roadhouse+blues.</param>
+        /// <param name="type">A list of item types to search across.</param>
+        /// <param name="limit">The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.</param>
+        /// <param name="offset">The index of the first result to return. Default: 0</param>
+        /// <param name="market">An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code or the string from_token.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public Task<SearchItem> SearchItemsAsync(String q, SearchType type, int limit = 20, int offset = 0, String market = "")
+        {
+            return DownloadDataAsync<SearchItem>(_builder.SearchItems(q, type, limit, offset, market));
         }
 
         #endregion Search
@@ -860,6 +871,15 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
             return WebClient.UploadJson<T>(url, uploadData, method);
         }
 
+        public Task<T> UploadDataAsync<T>(String url, String uploadData, String method = "POST")
+        {
+            if (!UseAuth)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Auth is required for all Upload-Actions");
+            WebClient.SetHeader("Authorization", TokenType + " " + AccessToken);
+            WebClient.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
+            return WebClient.UploadJsonAsync<T>(url, uploadData, method);
+        }
+
         public T DownloadData<T>(String url)
         {
             if (UseAuth)
@@ -869,6 +889,15 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
             return WebClient.DownloadJson<T>(url);
         }
 
+        public Task<T> DownloadDataAsync<T>(String url)
+        {
+            if (UseAuth)
+                WebClient.SetHeader("Authorization", TokenType + " " + AccessToken);
+            else
+                WebClient.RemoveHeader("Authorization");
+            return WebClient.DownloadJsonAsync<T>(url);
+        }
+
         #endregion Util
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SpotifyAPI/Web/SpotifyWebClient.cs b/SpotifyAPI/Web/SpotifyWebClient.cs
index ea9769d7..40533088 100644
--- a/SpotifyAPI/Web/SpotifyWebClient.cs
+++ b/SpotifyAPI/Web/SpotifyWebClient.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
 {
@@ -46,17 +47,45 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
             return response;
         }
 
+        public async Task<string> DownloadAsync(string url)
+        {
+            String response;
+            try
+            {
+                response = _encoding.GetString(await DownloadRawAsync(url));
+            }
+            catch (WebException e)
+            {
+                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(e.Response.GetResponseStream()))
+                {
+                    response = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                }
+            }
+            return response;
+        }
+
         public byte[] DownloadRaw(string url)
         {
             return _webClient.DownloadData(url);
         }
 
+        public async Task<byte[]> DownloadRawAsync(string url)
+        {
+            return await _webClient.DownloadDataTaskAsync(url);
+        }
+
         public T DownloadJson<T>(string url)
         {
             String response = Download(url);
             return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(response, JsonSettings);
         }
 
+        public async Task<T> DownloadJsonAsync<T>(string url)
+        {
+            String response = await DownloadAsync(url);
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(response, JsonSettings);
+        }
+
         public string Upload(string url, string body, string method)
         {
             String response;
@@ -75,17 +104,46 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Web
             return response;
         }
 
+        public async Task<string> UploadAsync(string url, string body, string method)
+        {
+            String response;
+            try
+            {
+                byte[] data = await UploadRawAsync(url, body, method);
+                response = _encoding.GetString(data);
+            }
+            catch (WebException e)
+            {
+                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(e.Response.GetResponseStream()))
+                {
+                    response = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                }
+            }
+            return response;
+        }
+
         public byte[] UploadRaw(string url, string body, string method)
         {
             return _webClient.UploadData(url, method, _encoding.GetBytes(body));
         }
 
+        public async Task<byte[]> UploadRawAsync(string url, string body, string method)
+        {
+            return await _webClient.UploadDataTaskAsync(url, method, _encoding.GetBytes(body));
+        }
+
         public T UploadJson<T>(string url, string body, string method)
         {
             String response = Upload(url, body, method);
             return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(response, JsonSettings);
         }
 
+        public async Task<T> UploadJsonAsync<T>(string url, string body, string method)
+        {
+            String response = await UploadAsync(url, body, method);
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(response, JsonSettings);
+        }
+
         public void SetHeader(string header, string value)
         {
             _webClient.Headers[header] = value;