diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/BaseJellyfinApiController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/BaseJellyfinApiController.cs
index 6a9e48f8dd..22b9c3fd67 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/BaseJellyfinApiController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/BaseJellyfinApiController.cs
@@ -10,23 +10,5 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api
     [Route("[controller]")]
     public class BaseJellyfinApiController : ControllerBase
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Splits a string at a seperating character into an array of substrings.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="value">The string to split.</param>
-        /// <param name="separator">The char that seperates the substrings.</param>
-        /// <param name="removeEmpty">Option to remove empty substrings from the array.</param>
-        /// <returns>An array of the substrings.</returns>
-        internal static string[] Split(string value, char separator, bool removeEmpty)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
-            {
-                return Array.Empty<string>();
-            }
-
-            return removeEmpty
-                ? value.Split(new[] { separator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
-                : value.Split(separator);
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SearchController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SearchController.cs
index 2ee3ef25b3..b6178e121d 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SearchController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SearchController.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
+using Jellyfin.Api.Helpers;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Drawing;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
@@ -105,9 +106,9 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
                 IncludeStudios = includeStudios,
                 StartIndex = startIndex,
                 UserId = userId,
-                IncludeItemTypes = Split(includeItemTypes, ',', true),
-                ExcludeItemTypes = Split(excludeItemTypes, ',', true),
-                MediaTypes = Split(mediaTypes, ',', true),
+                IncludeItemTypes = RequestHelpers.Split(includeItemTypes, ',', true),
+                ExcludeItemTypes = RequestHelpers.Split(excludeItemTypes, ',', true),
+                MediaTypes = RequestHelpers.Split(mediaTypes, ',', true),
                 ParentId = parentId,
 
                 IsKids = isKids,
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/RequestHelpers.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/RequestHelpers.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c661e2d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/RequestHelpers.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Api.Helpers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Request Extensions.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class RequestHelpers
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Splits a string at a seperating character into an array of substrings.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The string to split.</param>
+        /// <param name="separator">The char that seperates the substrings.</param>
+        /// <param name="removeEmpty">Option to remove empty substrings from the array.</param>
+        /// <returns>An array of the substrings.</returns>
+        internal static string[] Split(string value, char separator, bool removeEmpty)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+            {
+                return Array.Empty<string>();
+            }
+
+            return removeEmpty
+                ? value.Split(new[] { separator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
+                : value.Split(separator);
+        }
+    }
+}