diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 283eed0..b6450fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -591,6 +597,8 @@ name = "workerns"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async_static",
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "domain-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 956467e..52d67e5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ target = "wasm32-unknown-unknown"
 
 [dependencies]
 async_static = "0.1"
+base64 = "0.13"
+bytes = "0.4"
 cfg-if = "1.0"
 console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1.6", optional = true }
 domain-core = "0.4"
@@ -30,5 +32,7 @@ web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = [
     "Headers",
     "Request",
     "Response",
-    "ResponseInit"
+    "ResponseInit",
+    "Url",
+    "UrlSearchParams"
 ]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 6ce89b6..39fb62b 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::borrow::Borrow;
 
 use async_static::async_static;
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use domain_core::bits::message::Message;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ impl Server {
                 .unwrap()
             }
         };
-        return Response::new_with_opt_str_and_init(Some("hello"), ResponseInit::new().status(200))
+        return Response::new_with_opt_str_and_init(Some(&format!("{:?}", body)), ResponseInit::new().status(200))
             .unwrap();
     }
 
@@ -58,6 +59,36 @@ impl Server {
         // if we have URL param "name" in GET, then it's dns-json
         // Note that the return type can be different from the request type
         // e.g. a dns-message request can accept dns-json return
-        todo!()
+        let method = req.method();
+        if method == "GET" {
+            // GET request -- DNS wireformat or JSON
+            // TODO: implement JSON
+            let url = Url::new(&req.url()).map_err(|_| "Invalid url")?;
+            let params = url.search_params();
+            if params.has("dns") {
+                // base64-encoded DNS wireformat via GET
+                let decoded = base64::decode(params.get("dns").unwrap())
+                    .map_err(|_| "Failed to decode base64 DNS request")?;
+                return Self::parse_dns_wireformat(&decoded);
+            } else {
+                return Err("Missing supported GET parameters".to_string());
+            }
+        } else if method == "POST" {
+            // POST request -- DNS wireformat
+            let headers = req.headers();
+            if !headers.has("Content-Type").unwrap() {
+                return Err("Missing Content-Type header".to_string());
+            }
+
+            todo!()
+        } else {
+            return Err(format!("Unsupported method {}", method))
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_dns_wireformat(msg: &[u8]) -> Result<Message, String> {
+        let bytes = Bytes::from(msg);
+        Message::from_bytes(bytes)
+            .map_err(|_| "Failed to parse DNS wireformat message".to_string())
     }
 }