diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.cpp b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.cpp
index be8bef006e..3cde14365a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.cpp
@@ -20,5 +20,26 @@ void HttpRequestComponent::dump_config() {
   }
 }
 
+std::string HttpContainer::get_response_header(const std::string &header_name) {
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Entered get_response_header");
+  auto response_headers = this->get_response_headers();
+  auto header_name_lower_case = str_lower_case(header_name);
+  if (response_headers.count(header_name_lower_case) == 0) {
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "No header with name %s found", header_name_lower_case.c_str());
+    return "";
+  } else {
+    auto values = response_headers[header_name_lower_case];
+    if (values.empty()) {
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "header with name %s returned an empty list, this shouldn't happen",
+               header_name_lower_case.c_str());
+      return "";
+    } else {
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Header with name %s found", header_name_lower_case.c_str());
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Header with name %s found with value %s", header_name_lower_case.c_str(), values.front().c_str());
+      return values.front();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace http_request
 }  // namespace esphome
diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
index 02a0a010ac..5462900910 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
@@ -103,20 +103,7 @@ class HttpContainer : public Parented<HttpRequestComponent> {
    */
   const std::map<std::string, std::list<std::string>> &get_response_headers() const { return this->response_headers_; }
 
-  std::string get_response_header(const std::string &header_name) {
-    auto response_headers = this->get_response_headers();
-    auto header_name_lower_case = str_lower_case(header_name);
-    if (response_headers.count(header_name_lower_case) == 0) {
-      return "";
-    } else {
-      auto values = response_headers[header_name_lower_case];
-      if (values.empty()) {
-        return "";
-      } else {
-        return values.front();
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  std::string get_response_header(const std::string &header_name);
 
  protected:
   size_t bytes_read_{0};