diff --git a/webagg/inputrequest.py b/webagg/inputrequest.py
index f15de60b..207db397 100644
--- a/webagg/inputrequest.py
+++ b/webagg/inputrequest.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeadersParser
 
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit, quote
 from six import iteritems
-from io import BytesIO
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 
 
 #=============================================================================
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class DirectWSGIInputRequest(object):
     def get_req_method(self):
         return self.env['REQUEST_METHOD'].upper()
 
+    def get_req_protocol(self):
+        return self.env['SERVER_PROTOCOL']
+
     def get_req_headers(self):
         headers = {}
 
@@ -92,6 +95,38 @@ class DirectWSGIInputRequest(object):
 
         return req_uri
 
+    def reconstruct_request(self, url=None):
+        buff = StringIO()
+        buff.write(self.get_req_method())
+        buff.write(' ')
+        buff.write(self.get_full_request_uri())
+        buff.write(' ')
+        buff.write(self.get_req_protocol())
+        buff.write('\r\n')
+
+        headers = self.get_req_headers()
+
+        if url:
+            parts = urlsplit(url)
+            buff.write('Host: ')
+            buff.write(parts.netloc)
+            buff.write('\r\n')
+
+        for name, value in iteritems(headers):
+            buff.write(name)
+            buff.write(': ')
+            buff.write(value)
+            buff.write('\r\n')
+
+        buff.write('\r\n')
+        buff = buff.getvalue().encode('latin-1')
+
+        body = self.get_req_body()
+        if body:
+            buff += body.read()
+
+        return buff
+
 
 #=============================================================================
 class POSTInputRequest(DirectWSGIInputRequest):
@@ -112,6 +147,12 @@ class POSTInputRequest(DirectWSGIInputRequest):
 
         return headers
 
+    def get_full_request_uri(self):
+        return self.status_headers.statusline.split(' ', 1)[0]
+
+    def get_req_protocol(self):
+        return self.status_headers.statusline.split(' ', 1)[-1]
+
     def _get_content_type(self):
         return self.status_headers.get_header('Content-Type')
 
diff --git a/webagg/test/test_handlers.py b/webagg/test/test_handlers.py
index 5b9e510f..cefaa99d 100644
--- a/webagg/test/test_handlers.py
+++ b/webagg/test/test_handlers.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from pywb.utils.bufferedreaders import ChunkedDataReader
 from io import BytesIO
 
 import webtest
-import bottle
 
 from .testutils import to_path
 
diff --git a/webagg/test/test_inputreq.py b/webagg/test/test_inputreq.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7aca5b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webagg/test/test_inputreq.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+from webagg.inputrequest import DirectWSGIInputRequest, POSTInputRequest
+from bottle import Bottle, request, response
+import webtest
+import traceback
+
+
+#=============================================================================
+class InputReqApp(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.application = Bottle()
+        self.application.default_error_handler = self.err_handler
+
+        @self.application.route('/test/<url:re:.*>', 'ANY')
+        def direct_input_request(url=''):
+            inputreq = DirectWSGIInputRequest(request.environ)
+            response['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'
+            return inputreq.reconstruct_request(url)
+
+        @self.application.route('/test-postreq', 'POST')
+        def post_fullrequest():
+            params = dict(request.query)
+            inputreq = POSTInputRequest(request.environ)
+            response['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'
+            return inputreq.reconstruct_request(params.get('url'))
+
+    def err_handler(self, out):
+        print(out)
+        traceback.print_exc()
+
+
+#=============================================================================
+class TestInputReq(object):
+    def setup(self):
+        self.app = InputReqApp()
+        self.testapp = webtest.TestApp(self.app.application)
+
+    def test_get_direct(self):
+        res = self.testapp.get('/test/http://example.com/', headers={'Foo': 'Bar'})
+        assert res.text == '\
+GET /test/http://example.com/ HTTP/1.0\r\n\
+Host: example.com\r\n\
+Foo: Bar\r\n\
+\r\n\
+'
+
+    def test_post_direct(self):
+        res = self.testapp.post('/test/http://example.com/', headers={'Foo': 'Bar'}, params='ABC')
+        lines = res.text.split('\r\n')
+        assert lines[0] == 'POST /test/http://example.com/ HTTP/1.0'
+        assert 'Host: example.com' in lines
+        assert 'Content-Length: 3' in lines
+        assert 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' in lines
+        assert 'Foo: Bar' in lines
+
+        assert 'ABC' in lines
+
+    def test_post_req(self):
+        postdata = '\
+GET /example.html HTTP/1.0\r\n\
+Foo: Bar\r\n\
+\r\n\
+'
+        res = self.testapp.post('/test-postreq?url=http://example.com/', params=postdata)
+
+        assert res.text == '\
+GET /example.html HTTP/1.0\r\n\
+Host: example.com\r\n\
+Foo: Bar\r\n\
+\r\n\
+'
+