diff --git a/internal/glance/widget-custom-api.go b/internal/glance/widget-custom-api.go
index 3c2ca755..610d8aec 100644
--- a/internal/glance/widget-custom-api.go
+++ b/internal/glance/widget-custom-api.go
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ var customAPITemplateFuncs = func() template.FuncMap {
 				URL: url,
 			}
 		},
+		"withMethod": func(method string, req *CustomAPIRequest) *CustomAPIRequest {
+			req.Method = method
+			return req
+		},
 		"withHeader": func(key, value string, req *CustomAPIRequest) *CustomAPIRequest {
 			if req.Headers == nil {
 				req.Headers = make(map[string]string)