diff --git a/lnm/include/lnm/http/consts.h b/lnm/include/lnm/http/consts.h
index 4b6bc92..37f3239 100644
--- a/lnm/include/lnm/http/consts.h
+++ b/lnm/include/lnm/http/consts.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ typedef enum lnm_http_method {
   http_method_put,
   http_method_patch,
   http_method_delete
-} http_method;
+} lnm_http_method;
 
 extern const char *lnm_http_status_names[][32];
 
diff --git a/lnm/include/lnm/http/loop.h b/lnm/include/lnm/http/loop.h
index 9b6f0d3..f84a1ea 100644
--- a/lnm/include/lnm/http/loop.h
+++ b/lnm/include/lnm/http/loop.h
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 
 #include "lnm/common.h"
 
+#define LNM_HTTP_MAX_REQ_HEADERS 32
+
 typedef struct lnm_loop lnm_http_loop;
 
-typedef struct lnm_http_conn lnm_http_conn;
+typedef struct lnm_conn lnm_http_conn;
 
 typedef struct lnm_http_step lnm_http_step;
 
@@ -20,14 +22,6 @@ typedef lnm_err (*lnm_http_step_fn)(lnm_http_conn *conn);
  */
 lnm_err lnm_http_loop_init(lnm_http_loop **out);
 
-/**
- * Initialize a first step
- *
- * @param out where to store pointer to new `lnm_http_step`
- * @param fn step function associated with the step
- */
-lnm_err lnm_http_step_init(lnm_http_step **out, lnm_http_step_fn fn);
-
 /**
  * Append the given step fn to the step.
  *
@@ -67,4 +61,15 @@ lnm_err lnm_http_route_init_regex(lnm_http_route **out, const char *pattern,
  */
 void lnm_http_loop_route_add(lnm_http_loop *hl, lnm_http_route *route);
 
+/**
+ * Represents what state an HTTP loop request is currently in.
+ */
+typedef enum lnm_http_loop_state {
+  lnm_http_loop_state_parse_req = 0,
+} lnm_http_loop_state;
+
+typedef struct lnm_http_loop_ctx {
+  lnm_http_loop_state state;
+} lnm_http_loop_ctx;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/lnm/include/lnm/http/req.h b/lnm/include/lnm/http/req.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4741f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lnm/include/lnm/http/req.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#ifndef LNM_HTTP_REQ
+#define LNM_HTTP_REQ
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "picohttpparser.h"
+
+#include "lnm/http/consts.h"
+#include "lnm/http/loop.h"
+
+/**
+ * Represents the parsed HTTP request
+ */
+typedef struct lnm_http_req {
+  size_t len;
+  int minor_version;
+  lnm_http_method method;
+  struct {
+    const char *s;
+    size_t len;
+  } path;
+  struct {
+    const char *s;
+    size_t len;
+  } query;
+  struct {
+    struct phr_header arr[LNM_HTTP_MAX_REQ_HEADERS];
+    size_t len;
+  } headers;
+} lnm_http_req;
+
+typedef enum lnm_http_parse_err {
+  lnm_http_parse_err_ok = 0,
+  lnm_http_parse_err_incomplete,
+  lnm_http_parse_err_invalid,
+  lnm_http_parse_err_unknown_method,
+} lnm_http_parse_err;
+
+/**
+ * Try to parse the given buffer into an HTTP request.
+ *
+ * @param req request to store parsed data in
+ * @param buf buffer to parse; might be modified
+ * @param len length of buf
+ */
+lnm_http_parse_err lnm_http_req_parse(lnm_http_req *req, char *buf, size_t len);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lnm/src/_include/lnm/http/loop_internal.h b/lnm/src/_include/lnm/http/loop_internal.h
index 5d86a03..7410ade 100644
--- a/lnm/src/_include/lnm/http/loop_internal.h
+++ b/lnm/src/_include/lnm/http/loop_internal.h
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 
 #include "lnm/http/loop.h"
 
-typedef struct lnm_http_conn {
-
-} lnm_http_conn;
-
 typedef struct lnm_http_step {
   lnm_http_step_fn fn;
   struct lnm_http_step *next;
@@ -29,6 +25,19 @@ typedef struct lnm_http_route {
   lnm_http_step *step;
 } lnm_http_route;
 
+/**
+ * Initialize a new empty route.
+ *
+ * @param out where to store pointer to new `lnm_http_route`
+ */
 lnm_err lnm_http_route_init(lnm_http_route **out);
 
+/**
+ * Initialize a first step.
+ *
+ * @param out where to store pointer to new `lnm_http_step`
+ * @param fn step function associated with the step
+ */
+lnm_err lnm_http_step_init(lnm_http_step **out, lnm_http_step_fn fn);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/lnm/src/http/req.c b/lnm/src/http/req.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2327ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lnm/src/http/req.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "lnm/http/consts.h"
+#include "lnm/http/loop.h"
+#include "lnm/http/req.h"
+
+lnm_http_parse_err lnm_http_req_parse(lnm_http_req *req, char *buf,
+                                      size_t len) {
+  const char *method;
+  char *path;
+  size_t method_len, path_len;
+
+  req->headers.len = LNM_HTTP_MAX_REQ_HEADERS;
+
+  int req_len = phr_parse_request(
+      buf, len, &method, &method_len, (const char **)&path, &path_len,
+      &req->minor_version, req->headers.arr, &req->headers.len, 0);
+
+  if (req_len == -1) {
+    return lnm_http_parse_err_invalid;
+  } else if (req_len == -2) {
+    return lnm_http_parse_err_incomplete;
+  }
+
+  bool known_method = false;
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < lnm_http_method_names_len && !known_method; i++) {
+    if (strncmp(method, lnm_http_method_names[i], method_len) == 0) {
+      req->method = i;
+      known_method = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!known_method) {
+    return lnm_http_parse_err_unknown_method;
+  }
+
+  char *question_mark = strchr(path, '?');
+
+  // Only store query if the path doesn't simply end with a question mark
+  if ((question_mark != NULL) && (path_len - (question_mark + 1 - path) > 0)) {
+    req->query.s = question_mark + 1;
+    req->query.len = path_len - (question_mark + 1 - path);
+
+    path_len = question_mark - path;
+  }
+
+  // All parsed strings should be null-terminated. This character is either a
+  // newline (if at the end of the path), or a question mark (if a query is
+  // present).
+  path[path_len] = '\0';
+  req->path.len = path_len;
+  req->path.s = path;
+  req->len = req_len;
+
+  return lnm_http_parse_err_ok;
+}