diff --git a/bytes/bytes.go b/bytes/bytes.go
index a6a6b4a..16086b0 100644
--- a/bytes/bytes.go
+++ b/bytes/bytes.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
 package bytes
 
+func Empty() []byte {
+	return Monoid.Empty()
+}
+
 func ToString(a []byte) string {
 	return string(a)
 }
diff --git a/context/readerioeither/http/builder/builder_test.go b/context/readerioeither/http/builder/builder_test.go
index 256ff47..f0b6b00 100644
--- a/context/readerioeither/http/builder/builder_test.go
+++ b/context/readerioeither/http/builder/builder_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 func TestBuilderWithQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	// add some query
 	withLimit := R.WithQueryArg("limit")("10")
-	withURL := R.WithUrl("http://www.example.org?a=b")
+	withURL := R.WithURL("http://www.example.org?a=b")
 
 	b := F.Pipe2(
 		R.Default,
diff --git a/http/builder/builder.go b/http/builder/builder.go
index 5de6cb7..9214841 100644
--- a/http/builder/builder.go
+++ b/http/builder/builder.go
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@
 package builder
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 
+	A "github.com/IBM/fp-go/array"
+	B "github.com/IBM/fp-go/bytes"
 	E "github.com/IBM/fp-go/either"
 	ENDO "github.com/IBM/fp-go/endomorphism"
 	F "github.com/IBM/fp-go/function"
@@ -29,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	LZ "github.com/IBM/fp-go/lazy"
 	L "github.com/IBM/fp-go/optics/lens"
 	O "github.com/IBM/fp-go/option"
+	R "github.com/IBM/fp-go/record"
 	S "github.com/IBM/fp-go/string"
 	T "github.com/IBM/fp-go/tuple"
 )
@@ -138,6 +144,9 @@ var (
 		WithBytes,
 		ENDO.Chain(WithContentType(C.FormEncoded)),
 	)
+
+	// bodyAsBytes returns a []byte with a fallback to the empty array
+	bodyAsBytes = O.Fold(B.Empty, E.Fold(F.Ignore1of1[error](B.Empty), F.Identity[[]byte]))
 )
 
 func setRawQuery(u *url.URL, raw string) *url.URL {
@@ -272,6 +281,11 @@ func (builder *Builder) GetHeaderValues(name string) []string {
 	return builder.headers.Values(name)
 }
 
+// GetHash returns a hash value for the builder that can be used as a cache key
+func (builder *Builder) GetHash() string {
+	return MakeHash(builder)
+}
+
 // Header returns a [L.Lens] for a single header
 func Header(name string) L.Lens[*Builder, O.Option[string]] {
 	get := getHeader(name)
@@ -342,3 +356,32 @@ func WithQueryArg(name string) func(value string) Endomorphism {
 func WithoutQueryArg(name string) Endomorphism {
 	return QueryArg(name).Set(noQueryArg)
 }
+
+func hashWriteValue(buf *bytes.Buffer, value string) *bytes.Buffer {
+	buf.WriteString(value)
+	return buf
+}
+
+func hashWriteQuery(name string, buf *bytes.Buffer, values []string) *bytes.Buffer {
+	buf.WriteString(name)
+	return A.Reduce(hashWriteValue, buf)(values)
+}
+
+func makeBytes(b *Builder) []byte {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	buf.WriteString(b.GetMethod())
+	buf.WriteString(b.GetURL())
+	b.GetHeaders().Write(&buf) // #nosec: G104
+
+	R.ReduceOrdWithIndex[[]string, *bytes.Buffer](S.Ord)(hashWriteQuery, &buf)(b.GetQuery())
+
+	buf.Write(bodyAsBytes(b.GetBody()))
+
+	return buf.Bytes()
+}
+
+// MakeHash converts a [Builder] into a hash string, convenient to use as a cache key
+func MakeHash(b *Builder) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha256.Sum256(makeBytes(b)))
+}
diff --git a/http/builder/builder_test.go b/http/builder/builder_test.go
index 275a851..175c04d 100644
--- a/http/builder/builder_test.go
+++ b/http/builder/builder_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package builder
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	F "github.com/IBM/fp-go/function"
@@ -66,3 +67,27 @@ func TestWithFormData(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, C.FormEncoded, Headers.Get(res).Get(H.ContentType))
 }
+
+func TestHash(t *testing.T) {
+
+	b1 := F.Pipe4(
+		Default,
+		WithContentType(C.JSON),
+		WithHeader(H.Accept)(C.JSON),
+		WithURL("http://www.example.com"),
+		WithJSON(map[string]string{"a": "b"}),
+	)
+
+	b2 := F.Pipe4(
+		Default,
+		WithURL("http://www.example.com"),
+		WithHeader(H.Accept)(C.JSON),
+		WithContentType(C.JSON),
+		WithJSON(map[string]string{"a": "b"}),
+	)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, MakeHash(b1), MakeHash(b2))
+	assert.NotEqual(t, MakeHash(Default), MakeHash(b2))
+
+	fmt.Println(MakeHash(b1))
+}