diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index fafe36b..ac034fb 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
+import requests
 from flask import Flask, request, Response, render_template, jsonify
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -82,5 +83,28 @@ def log_view():
     return Response(data)
 
 
+@app.route("/http_request", methods=["POST"])
+def http_request_view():
+    """
+    Performs an http request.
+    The view is just a passthrough to the requests library:
+    - `method` parameter to set the request method
+    - Every other parameter will be sent directly to the requests request method
+    """
+    params = request.json
+    method = params.pop("method", "GET")
+    response = requests.request(method, **params)
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "method": method,
+        "params": params,
+        "response": {
+            "content": response.text,
+            "json": response.json(),
+            "headers": {key: value for key, value in response.headers.items()}
+        }
+    })
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(debug=True, port=8080, host="0.0.0.0")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2ec18e9..30692b7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-flask==1.1.1
+flask
+requests