diff --git a/example/coap_discovery.dart b/example/coap_discovery.dart
index 10e63882..b9b06023 100644
--- a/example/coap_discovery.dart
+++ b/example/coap_discovery.dart
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
   final wot = await servient.start();
   final uri = Uri.parse('coap://plugfest.thingweb.io:5683/testthing');
 
+  final thingDescription = await wot.requestThingDescription(uri);
+
+  await handleThingDescription(wot, thingDescription);
+
   // Example using for-await-loop
   try {
     await for (final thingDescription in wot.discover(uri)) {
diff --git a/lib/src/binding_coap/coap_client.dart b/lib/src/binding_coap/coap_client.dart
index a8b38630..ed57912c 100644
--- a/lib/src/binding_coap/coap_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/binding_coap/coap_client.dart
@@ -538,4 +538,14 @@ final class CoapClient implements ProtocolClient {
       yield content;
     }
   }
+
+  @override
+  Future<Content> requestThingDescription(Uri url) async =>
+      // TODO(JKRhb): Implement a different method here.
+      _sendDiscoveryRequest(
+        url,
+        coap.RequestMethod.get,
+        form: null,
+        format: coap.CoapMediaType.applicationTdJson,
+      );
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/binding_http/http_client.dart b/lib/src/binding_http/http_client.dart
index 67cea18b..5d83289a 100644
--- a/lib/src/binding_http/http_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/binding_http/http_client.dart
@@ -332,4 +332,10 @@ final class HttpClient implements ProtocolClient {
 
     yield encodedLinks;
   }
+
+  @override
+  Future<Content> requestThingDescription(Uri url) {
+    // TODO: implement requestThingDescription
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/binding_mqtt/mqtt_client.dart b/lib/src/binding_mqtt/mqtt_client.dart
index 756634e5..e0ce0f26 100644
--- a/lib/src/binding_mqtt/mqtt_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/binding_mqtt/mqtt_client.dart
@@ -251,4 +251,10 @@ final class MqttClient implements ProtocolClient {
     // TODO: implement discoverWithCoreLinkFormat
     throw UnimplementedError();
   }
+
+  @override
+  Future<Content> requestThingDescription(Uri url) {
+    // TODO: implement requestThingDescription
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/core/protocol_interfaces/protocol_client.dart b/lib/src/core/protocol_interfaces/protocol_client.dart
index 06298c26..38d91b5f 100644
--- a/lib/src/core/protocol_interfaces/protocol_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/core/protocol_interfaces/protocol_client.dart
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@ abstract interface class ProtocolClient {
     void Function(Exception error)? error,
     required void Function() complete,
   });
+
+  /// Requests a Thing Description as [Content] from a [url].
+  Future<Content> requestThingDescription(Uri url);
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/core/servient.dart b/lib/src/core/servient.dart
index 40544724..fc9580bc 100644
--- a/lib/src/core/servient.dart
+++ b/lib/src/core/servient.dart
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import 'exposed_thing.dart';
 import 'protocol_interfaces/protocol_client.dart';
 import 'protocol_interfaces/protocol_client_factory.dart';
 import 'protocol_interfaces/protocol_server.dart';
+import 'thing_discovery.dart';
 import 'wot.dart';
 
 /// Exception that is thrown by a [Servient].
@@ -225,4 +226,20 @@ class Servient {
 
     return clientFactory.createClient();
   }
+
+  /// Requests a [ThingDescription] from a [url].
+  Future<ThingDescription> requestThingDescription(Uri url) async {
+    final client = clientFor(url.scheme);
+    final content = await client.requestThingDescription(url);
+
+    final value = await contentSerdes.contentToValue(content, null);
+
+    if (value is! Map<String, dynamic>) {
+      throw DiscoveryException(
+        'Could not parse Thing Description obtained from $url',
+      );
+    }
+
+    return ThingDescription.fromJson(value);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/core/wot.dart b/lib/src/core/wot.dart
index 7408e17e..1bdf8fc0 100644
--- a/lib/src/core/wot.dart
+++ b/lib/src/core/wot.dart
@@ -90,4 +90,9 @@ class WoT implements scripting_api.WoT {
   }) {
     return ThingDiscovery(url, thingFilter, _servient, method: method);
   }
+
+  @override
+  Future<ThingDescription> requestThingDescription(Uri url) {
+    return _servient.requestThingDescription(url);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/scripting_api/wot.dart b/lib/src/scripting_api/wot.dart
index 5efc82eb..207e0723 100644
--- a/lib/src/scripting_api/wot.dart
+++ b/lib/src/scripting_api/wot.dart
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ abstract interface class WoT {
   /// based on the underlying impementation.
   Future<ExposedThing> produce(ExposedThingInit exposedThingInit);
 
+  /// Requests a [ThingDescription] from the given [url].
+  Future<ThingDescription> requestThingDescription(Uri url);
+
   /// Discovers [ThingDescription]s from a given [url] using the specified
   /// [method].
   ///