diff --git a/openapi_core/__init__.py b/openapi_core/__init__.py
index ea1b642..524ed33 100644
--- a/openapi_core/__init__.py
+++ b/openapi_core/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """OpenAPI core module"""
-from openapi_core.shortcuts import create_spec
+from openapi_core.shortcuts import (
+    create_spec, validate_parameters, validate_body,
+)
 
 __author__ = 'Artur Maciąg'
 __email__ = 'maciag.artur@gmail.com'
@@ -7,4 +9,4 @@ __version__ = '0.2.2'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/p1c2u/openapi-core'
 __license__ = 'BSD 3-Clause License'
 
-__all__ = ['create_spec', ]
+__all__ = ['create_spec', 'validate_parameters', 'validate_body']
diff --git a/openapi_core/shortcuts.py b/openapi_core/shortcuts.py
index 34164cc..0c976e5 100644
--- a/openapi_core/shortcuts.py
+++ b/openapi_core/shortcuts.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ from jsonschema.validators import RefResolver
 from openapi_spec_validator.validators import Dereferencer
 from openapi_spec_validator import default_handlers
 
+from openapi_core.exceptions import OpenAPIParameterError, OpenAPIBodyError
 from openapi_core.specs import SpecFactory
+from openapi_core.validators import RequestValidator
 
 
 def create_spec(spec_dict, spec_url=''):
@@ -12,3 +14,25 @@ def create_spec(spec_dict, spec_url=''):
     dereferencer = Dereferencer(spec_resolver)
     spec_factory = SpecFactory(dereferencer)
     return spec_factory.create(spec_dict, spec_url=spec_url)
+
+
+def validate_parameters(spec, request):
+    validator = RequestValidator(spec)
+    result = validator.validate(request)
+    try:
+        result.validate()
+    except OpenAPIBodyError:
+        return result.parameters
+    else:
+        return result.parameters
+
+
+def validate_body(spec, request):
+    validator = RequestValidator(spec)
+    result = validator.validate(request)
+    try:
+        result.validate()
+    except OpenAPIParameterError:
+        return result.body
+    else:
+        return result.body
diff --git a/openapi_core/wrappers.py b/openapi_core/wrappers.py
index 21070b7..433c54b 100644
--- a/openapi_core/wrappers.py
+++ b/openapi_core/wrappers.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import warnings
 
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
 
-from openapi_core.exceptions import OpenAPIParameterError, OpenAPIBodyError
-from openapi_core.validators import RequestValidator
+from openapi_core.shortcuts import validate_parameters, validate_body
 
 
 class BaseOpenAPIRequest(object):
@@ -30,14 +29,7 @@ class BaseOpenAPIRequest(object):
             DeprecationWarning,
         )
         # backward compatibility
-        validator = RequestValidator(spec)
-        result = validator.validate(self)
-        try:
-            result.validate()
-        except OpenAPIParameterError:
-            return result.body
-        else:
-            return result.body
+        return validate_body(spec, self)
 
     def get_parameters(self, spec):
         warnings.warn(
@@ -46,14 +38,7 @@ class BaseOpenAPIRequest(object):
             DeprecationWarning,
         )
         # backward compatibility
-        validator = RequestValidator(spec)
-        result = validator.validate(self)
-        try:
-            result.validate()
-        except OpenAPIBodyError:
-            return result.parameters
-        else:
-            return result.parameters
+        return validate_parameters(spec, self)
 
 
 class MockRequest(BaseOpenAPIRequest):