diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index b1b043e..8f66fe9 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 2.18
+------------
+* Download URL computation has its own method
+
 Version 2.17
 -----------
 * Added Conda-Forge repository
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 8e76962..f9c8471 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 copyright = "2023, ECMWF"
 author = "ECMWF"
 
-release = "2.17"
-version = "2.17"
+release = "2.18"
+version = "2.18"
 
 # -- General configuration
 
diff --git a/hda/api.py b/hda/api.py
index 4835f4a..973c651 100644
--- a/hda/api.py
+++ b/hda/api.py
@@ -269,19 +269,38 @@ def __getitem__(self, index):
     def _download(self, result, download_dir: str = "."):
         logger.debug(result)
         self.client.accept_tac(self.dataset)
+        download_id = self._get_download_id(result)
+        self.stream(
+            download_id,
+            result["properties"]["size"],
+            download_dir,
+        )
 
+    def _get_download_id(self, result):
         query = {
             "dataset_id": self.dataset,
             "product_id": result["id"],
             "location": result["properties"]["location"],
         }
-        download_id = DataOrderRequest(self.client).run(query)
+        return DataOrderRequest(self.client).run(query)
 
-        self.stream(
-            download_id,
-            result["properties"]["size"],
-            download_dir,
-        )
+    def get_download_urls(self, limit: int = None):
+        """Utility function to return the list of final download URLs.
+        Useful in the context of the Serverless Functions service.
+        If the list of results is long, it might take a long time.
+        In that case, either subset the results or set a value for `limit`.
+        """
+
+        def build_url(result):
+            download_id = self._get_download_id(result)
+            return self.client.full_url(*[f"dataaccess/download/{download_id}"])
+
+        if limit is not None:
+            results = self.results[:limit]
+        else:
+            results = self.results
+
+        return [build_url(r) for r in results]
 
     def download(self, download_dir: str = "."):
         """Downloads the results into the given download directory.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 294c698..310381d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def read(fname):
     return io.open(file_path, encoding="utf-8").read()
 
 
-version = "2.17"
+version = "2.18"
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="hda",