diff --git a/containers.v b/containers.v
index 7b0af3a..14d295f 100644
--- a/containers.v
+++ b/containers.v
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module docker
 
 import time
-import net.http { Method }
+import net.http
 import types { ContainerListItem }
 
 [params]
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub struct ContainerListConfig {
 }
 
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) container_list(c ContainerListConfig) ![]ContainerListItem {
-	d.get('/containers/json')
+	d.request(.get, '/containers/json', {})
 	d.params(c)
 	d.send()!
 
@@ -36,14 +36,17 @@ pub:
 }
 
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) container_create(c NewContainer) !CreatedContainer {
-	d.send_request_with_json(Method.post, '/containers/create', c)!
+	d.request(.post, '/containers/create', {})
+	d.body_json(c)
+	d.send()!
 
 	return d.read_json_response<CreatedContainer>()
 }
 
 // start_container starts the container with the given id.
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) container_start(id string) ! {
-	d.send_request(Method.post, '/containers/$id/start')!
+	d.request(.post, '/containers/$id/start', {})
+	d.send()!
 	d.read_response()!
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +69,8 @@ pub mut:
 }
 
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) container_inspect(id string) !ContainerInspect {
-	d.send_request(Method.get, '/containers/$id/json')!
+	d.request(.get, '/containers/$id/json', {})
+	d.send()!
 
 	mut data := d.read_json_response<ContainerInspect>()!
 
@@ -81,12 +85,17 @@ pub fn (mut d DockerConn) container_inspect(id string) !ContainerInspect {
 }
 
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) container_remove(id string) ! {
-	d.send_request(Method.delete, '/containers/$id')!
+	d.request(.delete, '/containers/$id', {})
+	d.send()!
 	d.read_response()!
 }
 
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) container_get_logs(id string) !&StreamFormatReader {
-	d.send_request(Method.get, '/containers/$id/logs?stdout=true&stderr=true')!
+	d.request(.get, '/containers/$id/logs', {
+		'stdout': 'true'
+		'stderr': 'true'
+	})
+	d.send()!
 	d.read_response_head()!
 	d.check_error()!
 
diff --git a/docker.v b/docker.v
index 8e6fdac..093e657 100644
--- a/docker.v
+++ b/docker.v
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import net.unix
 import io
 import net.http
 import strings
-import net.urllib
 import json
 import util
 
@@ -27,8 +26,11 @@ mut:
 	url          string
 	params       map[string]string
 	content_type string
-	head         http.Response
-	body         string
+	// Before send: body of the request
+	// After send: body of response
+	body string
+	// HTTP head of the response
+	head http.Response
 }
 
 // new_conn creates a new connection to the Docker daemon.
@@ -48,36 +50,6 @@ pub fn (mut d DockerConn) close() ! {
 	d.socket.close()!
 }
 
-// send_request sends an HTTP request without body.
-fn (mut d DockerConn) send_request(method http.Method, url_str string) ! {
-	url := urllib.parse('/$docker.api_version$url_str')!
-	req := '$method $url.request_uri() HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost\n\n'
-
-	d.socket.write_string(req)!
-
-	// When starting a new request, the reader needs to be reset.
-	d.reader = io.new_buffered_reader(reader: d.socket)
-}
-
-// send_request_with_body sends an HTTP request with the given body.
-fn (mut d DockerConn) send_request_with_body(method http.Method, url_str string, content_type string, body string) ! {
-	url := urllib.parse('/$docker.api_version$url_str')!
-	req := '$method $url.request_uri() HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost\nContent-Type: $content_type\nContent-Length: $body.len\n\n$body\n\n'
-
-	d.socket.write_string(req)!
-
-	// When starting a new request, the reader needs to be reset.
-	d.reader = io.new_buffered_reader(reader: d.socket)
-}
-
-// send_request_with_json<T> is a convenience wrapper around
-// send_request_with_body that encodes the input as JSON.
-fn (mut d DockerConn) send_request_with_json<T>(method http.Method, url_str string, data &T) ! {
-	body := json.encode(data)
-
-	return d.send_request_with_body(method, url_str, 'application/json', body)
-}
-
 // read_response_head consumes the socket's contents until it encounters
 // '\r\n\r\n', after which it parses the response as an HTTP response.
 // Importantly, this function never consumes the reader past the HTTP
@@ -91,34 +63,31 @@ fn (mut d DockerConn) read_response_head() ! {
 }
 
 fn (mut d DockerConn) read_response_body() ! {
-    if d.head.status() == .no_content {
-        return
-    }
-
-	if d.head.header.get(http.CommonHeader.transfer_encoding) or { '' } == 'chunked' {
-		mut builder := strings.new_builder(1024)
-		mut body := d.get_chunked_response_reader()
-
-		util.reader_to_writer(mut body, mut builder)!
-		d.body = builder.str()
-
-        return
-	}
-
-	content_length := d.head.header.get(.content_length)!.int()
-
-	if content_length == 0 {
+	if d.head.status() == .no_content {
 		return
 	}
 
-	mut buf := []u8{len: docker.buf_len}
-	mut c := 0
 	mut builder := strings.new_builder(docker.buf_len)
 
-	for builder.len < content_length {
-		c = d.reader.read(mut buf)!
+	if d.head.header.get(.transfer_encoding) or { '' } == 'chunked' {
+		mut body_stream := d.get_chunked_response_reader()
 
-		builder.write(buf[..c])!
+		util.reader_to_writer(mut body_stream, mut builder)!
+	} else {
+		content_length := d.head.header.get(.content_length)!.int()
+
+		if content_length == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+
+		mut buf := []u8{len: docker.buf_len}
+		mut c := 0
+
+		for builder.len < content_length {
+			c = d.reader.read(mut buf)!
+
+			builder.write(buf[..c])!
+		}
 	}
 
 	d.body = builder.str()
@@ -131,7 +100,7 @@ fn (mut d DockerConn) read_response_body() ! {
 fn (mut d DockerConn) read_response() ! {
 	d.read_response_head()!
 	d.check_error()!
-    d.read_response_body()!
+	d.read_response_body()!
 }
 
 // read_json_response<T> is a convenience function that runs read_response
diff --git a/images.v b/images.v
index 03f9387..d879cd9 100644
--- a/images.v
+++ b/images.v
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module docker
 
-import net.http { Method }
+import net.http
 import types { Image }
 
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) image_inspect(image string) !Image {
-	d.send_request(.get, '/images/$image/json')!
+	d.request(.get, '/images/$image/json', {})
+	d.send()!
 
 	data := d.read_json_response<Image>()!
 
@@ -13,7 +14,11 @@ pub fn (mut d DockerConn) image_inspect(image string) !Image {
 
 // pull_image pulls the given image:tag.
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) pull_image(image string, tag string) ! {
-	d.send_request(Method.post, '/images/create?fromImage=$image&tag=$tag')!
+	d.request(.post, '/images/create', {
+		'fromImage': image
+		'tag':       tag
+	})
+	d.send()!
 	d.read_response_head()!
 	d.check_error()!
 
@@ -29,14 +34,19 @@ pub fn (mut d DockerConn) pull_image(image string, tag string) ! {
 
 // create_image_from_container creates a new image from a container.
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) create_image_from_container(id string, repo string, tag string) !Image {
-	d.send_request(.post, '/commit?container=$id&repo=$repo&tag=$tag')!
-	data := d.read_json_response<Image>()!
+	d.request(.post, '/commit', {
+		'container': id
+		'repo':      repo
+		'tag':       tag
+	})
+	d.send()!
 
-	return data
+	return d.read_json_response<Image>()!
 }
 
 // remove_image removes the image with the given id.
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) remove_image(id string) ! {
-	d.send_request(.delete, '/images/$id')!
+	d.request(.delete, '/images/$id', {})
+	d.send()!
 	d.read_response()!
 }
diff --git a/request.v b/request.v
index fdee0d4..f844717 100644
--- a/request.v
+++ b/request.v
@@ -3,17 +3,29 @@ module docker
 import net.http
 import net.urllib
 import io
+import json
 
-fn (mut d DockerConn) request(method http.Method, url_str string) {
+fn (mut d DockerConn) request(method http.Method, url string, params map[string]string) {
 	d.method = method
-	d.url = url_str
-	d.params.clear()
+	d.url = url
 	d.content_type = ''
 	d.body = ''
+
+	d.params.clear()
+
+	for key, value in params {
+		d.params[key] = urllib.query_escape(value.replace("'", '"'))
+	}
 }
 
-fn (mut d DockerConn) get(url_str string) {
-	d.request(http.Method.get, url_str)
+fn (mut d DockerConn) body(content_type string, body string) {
+	d.content_type = content_type
+	d.body = body
+}
+
+fn (mut d DockerConn) body_json<T>(data T) {
+	d.content_type = 'application/json'
+	d.body = json.encode(data)
 }
 
 fn (mut d DockerConn) params<T>(o T) {
diff --git a/volumes.v b/volumes.v
index 5bd9936..6ce9905 100644
--- a/volumes.v
+++ b/volumes.v
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module docker
 
-import net.http { Method }
+import net.http
 import time
 
 struct UsageData {
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ struct VolumeListResponse {
 }
 
 pub fn (mut d DockerConn) volume_list() !VolumeListResponse {
-	d.send_request(Method.get, '/volumes')!
+	d.request(.get, '/volumes', {})
+	d.send()!
 
 	mut data := d.read_json_response<VolumeListResponse>()!