diff --git a/inc/ctorm.h b/inc/ctorm.h
index ea94d26..556dd78 100644
--- a/inc/ctorm.h
+++ b/inc/ctorm.h
@@ -263,6 +263,15 @@
 */
 #define REQ_PARAM(param) ctorm_req_param(req, param)
 
+/*!
+
+ * Get or set a local
+ * @param[in] name Local name
+ * @param[in] ...  Local value
+
+*/
+#define REQ_LOCAL(local, ...) ctorm_req_local(req, local, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 /*!
 
  * Parse URL form encoded request body
@@ -348,7 +357,7 @@
 
  * Set response body to a formatted string
  * @param[in] fmt Format string
- * @return Format string arguments
+ * @param[in] ... Arguments for the format string
 
 */
 #define RES_FMT(fmt, ...) ctorm_res_fmt(res, fmt, __VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/inc/errors.h b/inc/errors.h
index c15c785..4590f38 100644
--- a/inc/errors.h
+++ b/inc/errors.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ typedef enum {
   PortTooLarge        = 9937,
   NameTooLarge        = 9938,
   BadName             = 9939,
+  BadLocalPointer     = 9940,
+  BadQueryPointer     = 9941,
+  BadParamPointer     = 9942,
 } ctorm_error_t;
 
 /*!
diff --git a/inc/log.h b/inc/log.h
index be0b62b..d799688 100644
--- a/inc/log.h
+++ b/inc/log.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ void ctorm_debug(const char *fmt, ...);
  * Print messages marked as "info", you can use this
  * to print informative messages
 
- * @param[in] fmt Message format string
- * @param[in] ... Arguments for the formatted string
+ * @param[in] fmt Format string
+ * @param[in] ... Arguments for the format string
 
 */
 void ctorm_info(const char *fmt, ...);
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ void ctorm_info(const char *fmt, ...);
  * Print messages marked as "warn", you can use this
  * to print warnings
 
- * @param[in] fmt Message format string
- * @param[in] ... Arguments for the formatted string
+ * @param[in] fmt Format string
+ * @param[in] ... Arguments for the format string
 
 */
 void ctorm_warn(const char *fmt, ...);
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ void ctorm_warn(const char *fmt, ...);
  * Print messages marked as "fail", you can use this
  * to print failures
 
- * @param[in] fmt Message format string
- * @param[in] ... Arguments for the formatted string
+ * @param[in] fmt Format string
+ * @param[in] ... Arguments for the format string
 
 */
 void ctorm_fail(const char *fmt, ...);
diff --git a/inc/req.h b/inc/req.h
index d512722..b6d7bc5 100644
--- a/inc/req.h
+++ b/inc/req.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct {
   bool            received_headers; /// did we receive all the HTTP headers
   ctorm_url_t    *queries;          /// HTTP queries (for example "?key=1")
   ctorm_pair_t   *params;           /// HTTP path params (for example "/blog/:slug")
+  ctorm_pair_t   *locals;           /// Local variables to pass along with the request
   int64_t         bodysize;         /// size of the HTTP body
 } ctorm_req_t;
 
@@ -40,23 +41,25 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #define ctorm_req_is_valid(req)                                                                                        \
   (NULL != (req)->version && NULL != (req)->encpath && NULL != (req)->path) // check if the request is valid
-void ctorm_req_init(ctorm_req_t *, connection_t *);                         // setup a request
-void ctorm_req_free(ctorm_req_t *);                                         // cleanup a request
-bool ctorm_req_start(ctorm_req_t *); // receive the (at least the first part) of the HTTP request
-void ctorm_req_end(ctorm_req_t *);   // completely receive the HTTP request
+void ctorm_req_init(ctorm_req_t *req, connection_t *con);                   // setup a request
+void ctorm_req_free(ctorm_req_t *req);                                      // cleanup a request
+bool ctorm_req_start(ctorm_req_t *req); // receive the (at least the first part) of the HTTP request
+void ctorm_req_end(ctorm_req_t *req);   // completely receive the HTTP request
 
 #endif
 
-const char *ctorm_req_method(ctorm_req_t *);            // get the request method (GET, POST, PUT etc.)
-char       *ctorm_req_query(ctorm_req_t *, char *name); // get a request URL query
-char       *ctorm_req_param(ctorm_req_t *, char *name); // get a request URL param
-char       *ctorm_req_get(ctorm_req_t *, char *header); // get a request header
+const char *ctorm_req_method(ctorm_req_t *req);                 // get the request method (GET, POST, PUT etc.)
+char       *ctorm_req_query(ctorm_req_t *req, char *name);      // get a request URL query
+char       *ctorm_req_param(ctorm_req_t *req, char *name);      // get a request URL param
+void       *ctorm_req_local(ctorm_req_t *req, char *name, ...); // get or set a local by name
+char       *ctorm_req_get(ctorm_req_t *req, char *header);      // get a request header
 
-uint64_t ctorm_req_body(ctorm_req_t *, char *buf, uint64_t size); // copy given amount of bytes from body to the buffer
-uint64_t ctorm_req_body_size(ctorm_req_t *);                      // get the body size
+uint64_t ctorm_req_body(
+    ctorm_req_t *req, char *buf, uint64_t size); // copy given amount of bytes from body to the buffer
+uint64_t ctorm_req_body_size(ctorm_req_t *req);  // get the body size
 
-char *ctorm_req_ip(ctorm_req_t *, char *); // get the requester IPv4/IPv6 address as string
-#define ctorm_req_addr(r) ((r)->con->addr) // get the requester address as sockaddr
+char *ctorm_req_ip(ctorm_req_t *req, char *);  // get the requester IPv4/IPv6 address as string
+#define ctorm_req_addr(req) ((req)->con->addr) // get the requester address as sockaddr
 
-ctorm_url_t *ctorm_req_form(ctorm_req_t *); // parse URL encoded form body
-cJSON       *ctorm_req_json(ctorm_req_t *); // parse JSON encoded form body
+ctorm_url_t *ctorm_req_form(ctorm_req_t *req); // parse URL encoded form body
+cJSON       *ctorm_req_json(ctorm_req_t *req); // parse JSON encoded form body
diff --git a/src/errors.c b/src/errors.c
index 16eb464..0916af0 100644
--- a/src/errors.c
+++ b/src/errors.c
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include "errors.h"
-
 #include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 
 struct ctorm_error_desc descs[] = {
     {BadTcpTimeout,       "invalid TCP timeout"                         },
@@ -24,6 +22,9 @@ struct ctorm_error_desc descs[] = {
     {BadFmtPointer,       "invalid string format pointer"               },
     {BadPathPointer,      "invalid path pointer"                        },
     {BadDataPointer,      "invalid data pointer"                        },
+    {BadLocalPointer,     "invalid local name pointer"                  },
+    {BadParamPointer,     "invalid URL parameter name pointer"          },
+    {BadQueryPointer,     "invalid URL query name pointer"              },
     {BadHeaderPointer,    "invalid header name/value pointer"           },
     {BadMaxConnCount,     "invalid max connection count"                },
     {NoJSONSupport,       "library not compiled with JSON support"      },
diff --git a/src/pair.c b/src/pair.c
index eea9f3a..dee80a3 100644
--- a/src/pair.c
+++ b/src/pair.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "pair.h"
+#include "errors.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@ ctorm_pair_t *ctorm_pair_add(ctorm_pair_t **head, char *key, char *value) {
   }
 
   ctorm_pair_t *new = malloc(sizeof(ctorm_pair_t));
+
+  if (NULL == new) {
+    errno = AllocFailed;
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   bzero(new, sizeof(ctorm_pair_t));
 
   if (NULL != head) {
diff --git a/src/req.c b/src/req.c
index 1d19caf..2ebd1d7 100644
--- a/src/req.c
+++ b/src/req.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "errors.h"
 
 #include "http.h"
+#include "pair.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include "req.h"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
+#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -92,22 +94,16 @@ void ctorm_req_init(ctorm_req_t *req, connection_t *con) {
 
   ctorm_headers_init(&req->headers);
   req->received_headers = false;
-
-  req->queries  = NULL;
-  req->params   = NULL;
-  req->bodysize = -1;
-
-  req->con     = con;
-  req->cancel  = false;
-  req->version = NULL;
-  req->encpath = NULL;
-  req->path    = NULL;
+  req->con              = con;
+  req->cancel           = false;
+  req->bodysize         = -1;
 }
 
 void ctorm_req_free(ctorm_req_t *req) {
   ctorm_headers_free(req->headers);
   ctorm_url_free(req->queries);
   ctorm_pair_free(req->params);
+  ctorm_pair_free(req->locals);
 
   free(req->encpath);
   free(req->path);
@@ -194,21 +190,43 @@ void ctorm_req_end(ctorm_req_t *req) {
 }
 
 char *ctorm_req_query(ctorm_req_t *req, char *name) {
-  if (NULL == name)
+  if (NULL == name) {
+    errno = BadQueryPointer;
     return NULL;
+  }
+
   return ctorm_url_get(req->queries, name);
 }
 
 char *ctorm_req_param(ctorm_req_t *req, char *name) {
-  if (NULL == name)
+  if (NULL == name) {
+    errno = BadParamPointer;
     return NULL;
+  }
 
-  ctorm_pair_t *pair = ctorm_pair_find(req->params, name);
+  ctorm_pair_t *param = ctorm_pair_find(req->params, name);
+  return NULL == param ? NULL : param->value;
+}
 
-  if (NULL == pair)
+void *ctorm_req_local(ctorm_req_t *req, char *name, ...) {
+  if (NULL == name) {
+    errno = BadLocalPointer;
     return NULL;
+  }
+
+  ctorm_pair_t *local = NULL;
+  void         *value = NULL;
+  va_list       args;
+
+  va_start(args, name);
+
+  if (NULL == (value = va_arg(args, void *)))
+    local = ctorm_pair_find(req->locals, name);
+  else
+    local = ctorm_pair_add(&req->locals, name, value);
 
-  return pair->value;
+  va_end(args);
+  return NULL == local ? NULL : local->value;
 }
 
 ctorm_url_t *ctorm_req_form(ctorm_req_t *req) {