diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClientOperations.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClientOperations.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc2ea689f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClientOperations.java
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ClientHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyInserter;
+import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriBuilderFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriBuilderFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of {@link WebClientOperations}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+class DefaultWebClientOperations implements WebClientOperations {
+
+	private final WebClient webClient;
+
+	private final UriBuilderFactory uriBuilderFactory;
+
+
+	DefaultWebClientOperations(WebClient webClient, UriBuilderFactory factory) {
+		this.webClient = webClient;
+		this.uriBuilderFactory = (factory != null ? factory : new DefaultUriBuilderFactory());
+	}
+
+
+	private WebClient getWebClient() {
+		return this.webClient;
+	}
+
+	private UriBuilderFactory getUriBuilderFactory() {
+		return this.uriBuilderFactory;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public UriSpec get() {
+		return method(HttpMethod.GET);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public UriSpec head() {
+		return method(HttpMethod.HEAD);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public UriSpec post() {
+		return method(HttpMethod.POST);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public UriSpec put() {
+		return method(HttpMethod.PUT);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public UriSpec patch() {
+		return method(HttpMethod.PATCH);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public UriSpec delete() {
+		return method(HttpMethod.DELETE);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public UriSpec options() {
+		return method(HttpMethod.OPTIONS);
+	}
+
+	@NotNull
+	private UriSpec method(HttpMethod httpMethod) {
+		return new DefaultUriSpec(httpMethod);
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public WebClientOperations filter(ExchangeFilterFunction filterFunction) {
+		WebClient filteredWebClient = this.webClient.filter(filterFunction);
+		return new DefaultWebClientOperations(filteredWebClient, this.uriBuilderFactory);
+	}
+
+
+	private class DefaultUriSpec implements UriSpec {
+
+		private final HttpMethod httpMethod;
+
+
+		DefaultUriSpec(HttpMethod httpMethod) {
+			this.httpMethod = httpMethod;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public HeaderSpec uri(URI uri) {
+			return new DefaultHeaderSpec(ClientRequest.method(this.httpMethod, uri));
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public HeaderSpec uri(String uriTemplate, Object... uriVariables) {
+			return uri(getUriBuilderFactory().expand(uriTemplate));
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public HeaderSpec uri(Function<UriBuilderFactory, URI> uriFunction) {
+			return uri(uriFunction.apply(getUriBuilderFactory()));
+		}
+	}
+
+	private class DefaultHeaderSpec implements HeaderSpec {
+
+		private ClientRequest.BodyBuilder requestBuilder;
+
+
+		DefaultHeaderSpec(ClientRequest.BodyBuilder requestBuilder) {
+			this.requestBuilder = requestBuilder;
+		}
+
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec header(String headerName, String... headerValues) {
+			this.requestBuilder.header(headerName, headerValues);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec headers(HttpHeaders headers) {
+			this.requestBuilder.headers(headers);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec accept(MediaType... acceptableMediaTypes) {
+			this.requestBuilder.accept(acceptableMediaTypes);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec acceptCharset(Charset... acceptableCharsets) {
+			this.requestBuilder.acceptCharset(acceptableCharsets);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec contentType(MediaType contentType) {
+			this.requestBuilder.contentType(contentType);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec contentLength(long contentLength) {
+			this.requestBuilder.contentLength(contentLength);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec cookie(String name, String value) {
+			this.requestBuilder.cookie(name, value);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec cookies(MultiValueMap<String, String> cookies) {
+			this.requestBuilder.cookies(cookies);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec ifModifiedSince(ZonedDateTime ifModifiedSince) {
+			this.requestBuilder.ifModifiedSince(ifModifiedSince);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DefaultHeaderSpec ifNoneMatch(String... ifNoneMatches) {
+			this.requestBuilder.ifNoneMatch(ifNoneMatches);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Mono<ClientResponse> exchange() {
+			ClientRequest<Void> request = this.requestBuilder.build();
+			return getWebClient().exchange(request);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public <T> Mono<ClientResponse> exchange(BodyInserter<T, ? super ClientHttpRequest> inserter) {
+			ClientRequest<T> request = this.requestBuilder.body(inserter);
+			return getWebClient().exchange(request);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public <T, S extends Publisher<T>> Mono<ClientResponse> exchange(S publisher, Class<T> elementClass) {
+			ClientRequest<S> request = this.requestBuilder.body(publisher, elementClass);
+			return getWebClient().exchange(request);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClientOperationsBuilder.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClientOperationsBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8c7749837d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClientOperationsBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriBuilderFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of {@link WebClientOperations.Builder}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+class DefaultWebClientOperationsBuilder implements WebClientOperations.Builder {
+
+	private final WebClient webClient;
+
+	private UriBuilderFactory uriBuilderFactory;
+
+
+	public DefaultWebClientOperationsBuilder(WebClient webClient) {
+		Assert.notNull(webClient, "WebClient is required");
+		this.webClient = webClient;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public WebClientOperations.Builder uriBuilderFactory(UriBuilderFactory uriBuilderFactory) {
+		this.uriBuilderFactory = uriBuilderFactory;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public WebClientOperations build() {
+		return new DefaultWebClientOperations(this.webClient, this.uriBuilderFactory);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientOperations.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientOperations.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7200f8fb8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientOperations.java
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ClientHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyInserter;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriBuilderFactory;
+
+/**
+ * The main class for performing requests through a WebClient.
+ *
+ * <pre class="code">
+ *
+ * // Create WebClient (application-wide)
+ *
+ * ClientHttpConnector connector = new ReactorClientHttpConnector();
+ * WebClient webClient = WebClient.create(connector);
+ *
+ * // Create WebClientOperations (per base URI)
+ *
+ * String baseUri = "http://abc.com";
+ * UriBuilderFactory factory = new DefaultUriBuilderFactory(baseUri);
+ * WebClientOperations operations = WebClientOperations.create(webClient, factory);
+ *
+ * // Perform requests...
+ *
+ * Mono<String> result = operations.get()
+ *     .uri("/foo")
+ *     .exchange()
+ *     .then(response -> response.bodyToMono(String.class));
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+public interface WebClientOperations {
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare an HTTP GET request.
+	 * @return a spec for specifying the target URL
+	 */
+	UriSpec get();
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare an HTTP HEAD request.
+	 * @return a spec for specifying the target URL
+	 */
+	UriSpec head();
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare an HTTP POST request.
+	 * @return a spec for specifying the target URL
+	 */
+	UriSpec post();
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare an HTTP PUT request.
+	 * @return a spec for specifying the target URL
+	 */
+	UriSpec put();
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare an HTTP PATCH request.
+	 * @return a spec for specifying the target URL
+	 */
+	UriSpec patch();
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare an HTTP DELETE request.
+	 * @return a spec for specifying the target URL
+	 */
+	UriSpec delete();
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare an HTTP OPTIONS request.
+	 * @return a spec for specifying the target URL
+	 */
+	UriSpec options();
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Filter the client with the given {@code ExchangeFilterFunction}.
+	 * @param filterFunction the filter to apply to this client
+	 * @return the filtered client
+	 * @see ExchangeFilterFunction#apply(ExchangeFunction)
+	 */
+	WebClientOperations filter(ExchangeFilterFunction filterFunction);
+
+
+	// Static, factory methods
+
+	/**
+	 * Create {@link WebClientOperations} that wraps the given {@link WebClient}.
+	 * @param webClient the underlying client to use
+	 */
+	static WebClientOperations create(WebClient webClient) {
+		return builder(webClient).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create {@link WebClientOperations} with a builder for additional
+	 * configuration options.
+	 * @param webClient the underlying client to use
+	 */
+	static WebClientOperations.Builder builder(WebClient webClient) {
+		return new DefaultWebClientOperationsBuilder(webClient);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * A mutable builder for a {@link WebClientOperations}.
+	 */
+	interface Builder {
+
+		/**
+		 * Configure a {@code UriBuilderFactory} for use with this client for
+		 * example to define a common "base" URI.
+		 * @param uriBuilderFactory the URI builder factory
+		 */
+		Builder uriBuilderFactory(UriBuilderFactory uriBuilderFactory);
+
+		/**
+		 * Builder the {@link WebClient} instance.
+		 */
+		WebClientOperations build();
+
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Contract for specifying the URI for a request.
+	 */
+	interface UriSpec {
+
+		/**
+		 * Specify the URI using an absolute, fully constructed {@link URI}.
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec uri(URI uri);
+
+		/**
+		 * Specify the URI for the request using a URI template and URI variables.
+		 * If a {@link UriBuilderFactory} was configured for the client (e.g.
+		 * with a base URI) it will be used to expand the URI template.
+		 * @see Builder#uriBuilderFactory(UriBuilderFactory)
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec uri(String uri, Object... uriVariables);
+
+		/**
+		 * Build the URI for the request using the {@link UriBuilderFactory}
+		 * configured for this client.
+		 * @see Builder#uriBuilderFactory(UriBuilderFactory)
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec uri(Function<UriBuilderFactory, URI> uriFunction);
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Contract for specifying request headers leading up to the exchange.
+	 */
+	interface HeaderSpec {
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the list of acceptable {@linkplain MediaType media types}, as
+		 * specified by the {@code Accept} header.
+		 * @param acceptableMediaTypes the acceptable media types
+		 * @return this builder
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec accept(MediaType... acceptableMediaTypes);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the list of acceptable {@linkplain Charset charsets}, as specified
+		 * by the {@code Accept-Charset} header.
+		 * @param acceptableCharsets the acceptable charsets
+		 * @return this builder
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec acceptCharset(Charset... acceptableCharsets);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the length of the body in bytes, as specified by the
+		 * {@code Content-Length} header.
+		 * @param contentLength the content length
+		 * @return this builder
+		 * @see HttpHeaders#setContentLength(long)
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec contentLength(long contentLength);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the {@linkplain MediaType media type} of the body, as specified
+		 * by the {@code Content-Type} header.
+		 * @param contentType the content type
+		 * @return this builder
+		 * @see HttpHeaders#setContentType(MediaType)
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec contentType(MediaType contentType);
+
+		/**
+		 * Add a cookie with the given name and value.
+		 * @param name the cookie name
+		 * @param value the cookie value
+		 * @return this builder
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec cookie(String name, String value);
+
+		/**
+		 * Copy the given cookies into the entity's cookies map.
+		 *
+		 * @param cookies the existing cookies to copy from
+		 * @return this builder
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec cookies(MultiValueMap<String, String> cookies);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the value of the {@code If-Modified-Since} header.
+		 * <p>The date should be specified as the number of milliseconds since
+		 * January 1, 1970 GMT.
+		 * @param ifModifiedSince the new value of the header
+		 * @return this builder
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec ifModifiedSince(ZonedDateTime ifModifiedSince);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the values of the {@code If-None-Match} header.
+		 * @param ifNoneMatches the new value of the header
+		 * @return this builder
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec ifNoneMatch(String... ifNoneMatches);
+
+		/**
+		 * Add the given, single header value under the given name.
+		 * @param headerName  the header name
+		 * @param headerValues the header value(s)
+		 * @return this builder
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec header(String headerName, String... headerValues);
+
+		/**
+		 * Copy the given headers into the entity's headers map.
+		 * @param headers the existing headers to copy from
+		 * @return this builder
+		 */
+		HeaderSpec headers(HttpHeaders headers);
+
+		/**
+		 * Perform the request without a request body.
+		 * @return a {@code Mono} with the response
+		 */
+		Mono<ClientResponse> exchange();
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the body of the request to the given {@code BodyInserter} and
+		 * perform the request.
+		 * @param inserter the {@code BodyInserter} that writes to the request
+		 * @param <T> the type contained in the body
+		 * @return a {@code Mono} with the response
+		 */
+		<T> Mono<ClientResponse> exchange(BodyInserter<T, ? super ClientHttpRequest> inserter);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the body of the request to the given {@code Publisher} and
+		 * perform the request.
+		 * @param publisher the {@code Publisher} to write to the request
+		 * @param elementClass the class of elements contained in the publisher
+		 * @param <T> the type of the elements contained in the publisher
+		 * @param <S> the type of the {@code Publisher}
+		 * @return a {@code Mono} with the response
+		 */
+		<T, S extends Publisher<T>> Mono<ClientResponse> exchange(S publisher, Class<T> elementClass);
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientIntegrationTests.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
index 8cfc60dab99..9d8a2c0b924 100644
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
@@ -38,37 +38,53 @@ import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorClientHttpConnector;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.Pojo;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyExtractors;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyInserters;
+import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriBuilderFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriBuilderFactory;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyExtractors.toFlux;
 import static org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyExtractors.toMono;
+import static org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyInserters.fromObject;
 
 /**
- * {@link WebClient} integration tests with the {@code Flux} and {@code Mono} API.
+ * Integration tests using a {@link WebClient} through {@link WebClientOperations}.
  *
  * @author Brian Clozel
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  */
 public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	private MockWebServer server;
 
-	private WebClient webClient;
+	private WebClientOperations operations;
+
 
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
 		this.server = new MockWebServer();
-		this.webClient = WebClient.create(new ReactorClientHttpConnector());
+
+		WebClient webClient = WebClient.create(new ReactorClientHttpConnector());
+		UriBuilderFactory uriBuilderFactory = new DefaultUriBuilderFactory(this.server.url("/").toString());
+
+		this.operations = WebClientOperations.builder(webClient)
+				.uriBuilderFactory(uriBuilderFactory)
+				.build();
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+		this.server.shutdown();
 	}
 
+
 	@Test
 	public void headers() throws Exception {
-		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/greeting?name=Spring");
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain").setBody("Hello Spring!"));
 
-		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString()).build();
-		Mono<HttpHeaders> result = this.webClient
-				.exchange(request)
+		Mono<HttpHeaders> result = this.operations.get()
+				.uri("/greeting?name=Spring")
+				.exchange()
 				.map(response -> response.headers().asHttpHeaders());
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
@@ -88,16 +104,13 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void plainText() throws Exception {
-		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/greeting?name=Spring");
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setBody("Hello Spring!"));
 
-		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString())
+		Mono<String> result = this.operations.get()
+				.uri("/greeting?name=Spring")
 				.header("X-Test-Header", "testvalue")
-				.build();
-
-		Mono<String> result = this.webClient
-				.exchange(request)
-				.then(response -> response.body(toMono(String.class)));
+				.exchange()
+				.then(response -> response.bodyToMono(String.class));
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.expectNext("Hello Spring!")
@@ -113,18 +126,15 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void jsonString() throws Exception {
-		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/json");
 		String content = "{\"bar\":\"barbar\",\"foo\":\"foofoo\"}";
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
 				.setBody(content));
 
-		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString())
+		Mono<String> result = this.operations.get()
+				.uri("/json")
 				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-				.build();
-
-		Mono<String> result = this.webClient
-				.exchange(request)
-				.then(response -> response.body(toMono(String.class)));
+				.exchange()
+				.then(response -> response.bodyToMono(String.class));
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.expectNext(content)
@@ -139,17 +149,14 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void jsonPojoMono() throws Exception {
-		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/pojo");
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
 				.setBody("{\"bar\":\"barbar\",\"foo\":\"foofoo\"}"));
 
-		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString())
+		Mono<Pojo> result = this.operations.get()
+				.uri("/pojo")
 				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-				.build();
-
-		Mono<Pojo> result = this.webClient
-				.exchange(request)
-				.then(response -> response.body(toMono(Pojo.class)));
+				.exchange()
+				.then(response -> response.bodyToMono(Pojo.class));
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.consumeNextWith(p -> assertEquals("barbar", p.getBar()))
@@ -172,9 +179,11 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 				.build();
 
-		Flux<Pojo> result = this.webClient
-				.exchange(request)
-				.flatMap(response -> response.body(toFlux(Pojo.class)));
+		Flux<Pojo> result = this.operations.get()
+				.uri("/pojos")
+				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+				.exchange()
+				.flatMap(response -> response.bodyToFlux(Pojo.class));
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.consumeNextWith(p -> assertThat(p.getBar(), Matchers.is("bar1")))
@@ -195,15 +204,12 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 				.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
 				.setBody("{\"bar\":\"BARBAR\",\"foo\":\"FOOFOO\"}"));
 
-		Pojo spring = new Pojo("foofoo", "barbar");
-		ClientRequest<Pojo> request = ClientRequest.POST(baseUrl.toString())
+		Mono<Pojo> result = this.operations.post()
+				.uri("/pojo/capitalize")
 				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 				.contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-				.body(BodyInserters.fromObject(spring));
-
-		Mono<Pojo> result = this.webClient
-				.exchange(request)
-				.then(response -> response.body(BodyExtractors.toMono(Pojo.class)));
+				.exchange(fromObject(new Pojo("foofoo", "barbar")))
+				.then(response -> response.bodyToMono(Pojo.class));
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.consumeNextWith(p -> assertEquals("BARBAR", p.getBar()))
@@ -221,17 +227,14 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void cookies() throws Exception {
-		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/test");
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse()
 				.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain").setBody("test"));
 
-		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString())
+		Mono<String> result = this.operations.get()
+				.uri("/test")
 				.cookie("testkey", "testvalue")
-				.build();
-
-		Mono<String> result = this.webClient
-				.exchange(request)
-				.then(response -> response.body(toMono(String.class)));
+				.exchange()
+				.then(response -> response.bodyToMono(String.class));
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.expectNext("test")
@@ -246,19 +249,13 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void notFound() throws Exception {
-		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/greeting?name=Spring");
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(404)
 				.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain").setBody("Not Found"));
 
-		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString()).build();
-
-		Mono<ClientResponse> result = this.webClient
-				.exchange(request);
+		Mono<ClientResponse> result = this.operations.get().uri("/greeting?name=Spring").exchange();
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
-				.consumeNextWith(response -> {
-					assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND, response.statusCode());
-				})
+				.consumeNextWith(response -> assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND, response.statusCode()))
 				.expectComplete()
 				.verify(Duration.ofSeconds(3));
 
@@ -270,21 +267,18 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void buildFilter() throws Exception {
-		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/greeting?name=Spring");
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain").setBody("Hello Spring!"));
 
-		ExchangeFilterFunction filter = (request, next) -> {
-			ClientRequest<?> filteredRequest = ClientRequest.from(request)
-					.header("foo", "bar").build();
-			return next.exchange(filteredRequest);
-		};
-		WebClient filteredClient = WebClient.builder(new ReactorClientHttpConnector())
-				.filter(filter).build();
-
-		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString()).build();
+		WebClientOperations filteredClient = this.operations.filter(
+				(request, next) -> {
+					ClientRequest<?> filteredRequest = ClientRequest.from(request).header("foo", "bar").build();
+					return next.exchange(filteredRequest);
+				});
 
-		Mono<String> result = filteredClient.exchange(request)
-				.then(response -> response.body(toMono(String.class)));
+		Mono<String> result = filteredClient.get()
+				.uri("/greeting?name=Spring")
+				.exchange()
+				.then(response -> response.bodyToMono(String.class));
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.expectNext("Hello Spring!")
@@ -299,21 +293,18 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void filter() throws Exception {
-		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/greeting?name=Spring");
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain").setBody("Hello Spring!"));
 
-		ExchangeFilterFunction filter = (request, next) -> {
-			ClientRequest<?> filteredRequest = ClientRequest.from(request)
-					.header("foo", "bar").build();
-			return next.exchange(filteredRequest);
-		};
-		WebClient client = WebClient.create(new ReactorClientHttpConnector());
-		WebClient filteredClient = client.filter(filter);
+		WebClientOperations filteredClient = this.operations.filter(
+				(request, next) -> {
+					ClientRequest<?> filteredRequest = ClientRequest.from(request).header("foo", "bar").build();
+					return next.exchange(filteredRequest);
+				});
 
-		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString()).build();
-
-		Mono<String> result = filteredClient.exchange(request)
-				.then(response -> response.body(toMono(String.class)));
+		Mono<String> result = filteredClient.get()
+				.uri("/greeting?name=Spring")
+				.exchange()
+				.then(response -> response.bodyToMono(String.class));
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.expectNext("Hello Spring!")
@@ -326,8 +317,4 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	}
 
-	@After
-	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-		this.server.shutdown();
-	}
 }
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