diff --git a/src/utils/http.py b/src/utils/http.py
index 3cae97ea..7da44c87 100644
--- a/src/utils/http.py
+++ b/src/utils/http.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import asyncio, codecs, ipaddress, re, signal, socket, traceback, typing
-import urllib.error, urllib.parse, uuid
+import asyncio, codecs, dataclasses, ipaddress, re, signal, socket, traceback
+import typing, urllib.error, urllib.parse, uuid
 import json as _json
 import bs4, netifaces, requests, tornado.httpclient
 from src import IRCBot, utils
@@ -53,46 +53,37 @@ class HTTPWrongContentTypeException(HTTPException):
 def throw_timeout():
     raise HTTPTimeoutException()
 
+@dataclasses.dataclass
 class Request(object):
-    def __init__(self, url: str,
-            get_params: typing.Dict[str, str]={}, post_data: typing.Any=None,
-            headers: typing.Dict[str, str]={},
+    url: str
+    id: typing.Optional[str] = None
+    method: str = "GET"
 
-            json: bool=False, json_body: bool=False, allow_redirects: bool=True,
-            check_content_type: bool=True, parse: bool=False,
-            detect_encoding: bool=True,
+    get_params: typing.Dict[str, str] = dataclasses.field(
+        default_factory=dict)
+    post_data: typing.Any = None
+    headers: typing.Dict[str, str] = dataclasses.field(
+        default_factory=dict)
+    cookies: typing.Dict[str, str] = dataclasses.field(
+        default_factory=dict)
 
-            method: str="GET", parser: str="lxml", id: str=None,
-            fallback_encoding: str=None, content_type: str=None,
-            proxy: str=None, useragent: str=None,
+    json: bool = False
+    json_body: typing.Any = None
 
-            **kwargs):
-        self.id = id or str(uuid.uuid4())
+    allow_redirects: bool = True
+    check_content_type: bool = True
+    parse: bool = False
+    detect_encoding: bool = True
+    parser: str = "lxml"
+    fallback_encoding: typing.Optional[str] = None
+    content_type: typing.Optional[str] = None
+    proxy: typing.Optional[str] = None
+    useragent: typing.Optional[str] = None
 
-        self.set_url(url)
-        self.method = method.upper()
-        self.get_params = get_params
-        self.post_data = post_data
-        self.headers = headers
-
-        self.json = json
-        self.json_body = json_body
-        self.allow_redirects = allow_redirects
-        self.check_content_type = check_content_type
-        self.parse = parse
-        self.detect_encoding = detect_encoding
-
-        self.parser = parser
-        self.fallback_encoding = fallback_encoding
-        self.content_type = content_type
-        self.proxy = proxy
-        self.useragent = useragent
-
-        if kwargs:
-            if method == "POST":
-                self.post_data = kwargs
-            else:
-                self.get_params.update(kwargs)
+    def validate(self):
+        self.id = self.id or str(uuid.uuid4())
+        self.set_url(self.url)
+        self.method = self.method.upper()
 
     def set_url(self, url: str):
         parts = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
@@ -166,7 +157,7 @@ def request(request_obj: typing.Union[str, Request], **kwargs) -> Response:
     return _request(request_obj)
 
 def _request(request_obj: Request) -> Response:
-
+    request_obj.validate()
     def _wrap() -> Response:
         headers = request_obj.get_headers()
         response = requests.request(
@@ -241,6 +232,7 @@ def request_many(requests: typing.List[Request]) -> typing.Dict[str, Response]:
     responses = {}
 
     async def _request(request):
+        request.validate()
         client = tornado.httpclient.AsyncHTTPClient()
         url = request.url
         if request.get_params: