diff --git a/src/rooms.jl b/src/rooms.jl
index e831f6f..70f7e73 100644
--- a/src/rooms.jl
+++ b/src/rooms.jl
@@ -82,3 +82,10 @@ function history(u::MatrixUser, room_id::String; limit = 15)
         end
         , res["chunk"])
 end
+
+function sendtyping(u::MatrixUser, room_id::String; typing = true, timeout = 30000)
+    path = join([u.server.instance, API_PATH,
+             string("rooms/", escapeuri(room_id), "/typing/", u.userid)], "/")
+    data = Dict{String,Any}("typing" => typing, "timeout" => timeout)
+    put(u, path, data)
+end
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 1e229cb..ab2d18a 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function post(u::MatrixUser, path::String,
 end
 
 function request(request::String, u::MatrixUser, path::String,
-                 data::Dict{String,String};
+                 data::Dict{String,Any};
                  mime = "application/json")
     HTTP.request(request,
                  join([u.server.instance, API_PATH, path], "/"),
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function request(request::String, u::MatrixUser, path::String,
 end
 
 function put(u::MatrixUser, path::String,
-              data::Dict{String,String};
+              data::Dict{String,Any};
              mime = "application/json")
     request("PUT", u, path, data, mime = mime)
 end