diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleActionHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleActionHandler.java
index 57ab49f8..56317e1a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleActionHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/internal/handler/JRuleActionHandler.java
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
  */
 package org.openhab.automation.jrule.internal.handler;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -86,12 +85,11 @@ public String sendHttpGetRequest(String url, @Nullable Map<String, String> heade
      * @param timeout Time after the request will be canceled
      * @return Result as String
      */
-    public String sendHttpPutRequest(String url, String contentType, @Nullable String content,
+    public String sendHttpPutRequest(String url, String contentType, @Nullable InputStream content,
             Map<String, String> headers, @Nullable Duration timeout) {
         try {
-            return HttpUtil.executeUrl(HttpMethod.PUT, url, mapToProperties(headers),
-                    content != null ? new ByteArrayInputStream(content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) : null,
-                    contentType, getTimeoutAsInt(timeout));
+            return HttpUtil.executeUrl(HttpMethod.PUT, url, mapToProperties(headers), content, contentType,
+                    getTimeoutAsInt(timeout));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new JRuleRuntimeException("Error executing Http action", e);
         }
@@ -109,12 +107,11 @@ public String sendHttpPutRequest(String url, String contentType, @Nullable Strin
      * @param timeout Time after the request will be canceled
      * @return Result as String
      */
-    public String sendHttpPostRequest(String url, String contentType, @Nullable String content,
+    public String sendHttpPostRequest(String url, String contentType, @Nullable InputStream content,
             Map<String, String> headers, @Nullable Duration timeout) {
         try {
-            return HttpUtil.executeUrl(HttpMethod.POST, url, mapToProperties(headers),
-                    content != null ? new ByteArrayInputStream(content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) : null,
-                    contentType, getTimeoutAsInt(timeout));
+            return HttpUtil.executeUrl(HttpMethod.POST, url, mapToProperties(headers), content, contentType,
+                    getTimeoutAsInt(timeout));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new JRuleRuntimeException("Error executing Http action", e);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/rules/JRule.java b/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/rules/JRule.java
index 6283dfbb..c0fbf031 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/rules/JRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/rules/JRule.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  */
 package org.openhab.automation.jrule.rules;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
@@ -136,7 +138,26 @@ protected String sendHttpPutRequest(String url, @Nullable Duration timeout) {
      */
     protected String sendHttpPutRequest(String url, String contentType, String content, Map<String, String> headers,
             @Nullable Duration timeout) {
-        return JRuleActionHandler.get().sendHttpPutRequest(url, contentType, content, headers, timeout);
+        return JRuleActionHandler.get().sendHttpPutRequest(url, contentType,
+                content != null ? new ByteArrayInputStream(content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) : null, headers,
+                timeout);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a PUT-HTTP request with the given content, request headers, and timeout in ms, and returns the result as a
+     * String
+     *
+     * @param url Target URL
+     * @param contentType @see javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType
+     * @param content Request content
+     * @param headers Header parameters for the request
+     * @param timeout Time after the request will be canceled, or null then it will never be canceled
+     * @return Result as String
+     */
+    protected String sendHttpPutRequest(String url, String contentType, byte[] content, Map<String, String> headers,
+            @Nullable Duration timeout) {
+        return JRuleActionHandler.get().sendHttpPutRequest(url, contentType,
+                content != null ? new ByteArrayInputStream(content) : null, headers, timeout);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -164,7 +185,27 @@ protected String sendHttpPostRequest(String url, @Nullable Duration timeout) {
      */
     protected String sendHttpPostRequest(String url, String contentType, String content, Map<String, String> headers,
             @Nullable Duration timeout) {
-        return JRuleActionHandler.get().sendHttpPostRequest(url, contentType, content, headers, timeout);
+        return JRuleActionHandler.get().sendHttpPostRequest(url, contentType,
+                content != null ? new ByteArrayInputStream(content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) : null, headers,
+                timeout);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a POST-HTTP request with the given content, request headers, and timeout in ms, and returns the result as a
+     * String
+     * <br/>
+     *
+     * @param url Target URL
+     * @param contentType @see javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType
+     * @param content Request content
+     * @param headers Header parameters for the request
+     * @param timeout Time after the request will be canceled, or null then it will never be canceled
+     * @return Result as String
+     */
+    protected String sendHttpPostRequest(String url, String contentType, byte[] content, Map<String, String> headers,
+            @Nullable Duration timeout) {
+        return JRuleActionHandler.get().sendHttpPostRequest(url, contentType,
+                content != null ? new ByteArrayInputStream(content) : null, headers, timeout);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/rules/JRuleHttpTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/rules/JRuleHttpTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82ed7e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openhab/automation/jrule/rules/JRuleHttpTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package org.openhab.automation.jrule.rules;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.HttpMethod;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.openhab.core.io.net.http.HttpUtil;
+
+class JRuleHttpTest {
+    private final JRule jRule = new JRule();
+
+    @Test
+    void testSendHttpGetRequest() {
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.GET), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.isNull(),
+                    Mockito.isNull(), Mockito.isNull(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo",
+                    jRule.sendHttpGetRequest("http://notexistingurl/service", Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.GET), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(),
+                    Mockito.isNull(), Mockito.isNull(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo",
+                    jRule.sendHttpGetRequest("http://notexistingurl/service", new HashMap<>(), Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSendHttpPutRequest() {
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.PUT), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.isNull(),
+                    Mockito.isNull(), Mockito.isNull(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo",
+                    jRule.sendHttpPutRequest("http://notexistingurl/service", Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.PUT), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(),
+                    Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo", jRule.sendHttpPutRequest("http://notexistingurl/service",
+                    MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, "string-content", new HashMap<>(), Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.PUT), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(),
+                    Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo",
+                    jRule.sendHttpPutRequest("http://notexistingurl/service", MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM,
+                            "binary-content".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), new HashMap<>(), Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSendHttpPostRequest() {
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.POST), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(),
+                    Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo",
+                    jRule.sendHttpPostRequest("http://notexistingurl/service", Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.POST), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(),
+                    Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo", jRule.sendHttpPostRequest("http://notexistingurl/service",
+                    MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, "string-content", new HashMap<>(), Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.POST), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(),
+                    Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo",
+                    jRule.sendHttpPostRequest("http://notexistingurl/service", MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM,
+                            "binary-content".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), new HashMap<>(), Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSendHttpDeleteRequest() {
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.DELETE), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(),
+                    Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo",
+                    jRule.sendHttpDeleteRequest("http://notexistingurl/service", Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+
+        try (MockedStatic<HttpUtil> mocked = Mockito.mockStatic(HttpUtil.class)) {
+            mocked.when(() -> HttpUtil.executeUrl(Mockito.eq(HttpMethod.DELETE), Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(),
+                    Mockito.any(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyInt())).thenReturn("foo");
+            Assertions.assertEquals("foo", jRule.sendHttpDeleteRequest("http://notexistingurl/service", new HashMap<>(),
+                    Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
+        }
+    }
+}