diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33930c94e..2fa8aa3a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
   npm install request
 </pre>
 
+Or from source:
+
+<pre>
+  git clone git://github.com/mikeal/request.git 
+  cd request
+  npm link .
+</pre>
+
+Running specs:
+<pre>
+  node specs.js
+</pre>
+Note: `jasmine-node` package is required to run tests.
+
 ## Super simple to use
 
 Request is designed to be the simplest way possible to make http calls. It support HTTPS and follows redirects by default.
diff --git a/specs.js b/specs.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6f170804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+var jasmine = require('jasmine-node');
+var sys = require('sys'),
+    Path= require('path');
+
+var SPEC_FOLDER= Path.join(process.cwd(), 'specs'),
+    SPEC_MATCHER_REGEX= "spec\.js$",
+    HELPER_MATCHER_REGEX= "helper\.js$";
+
+for (var key in jasmine)
+  global[key] = jasmine[key];
+
+var isVerbose = false;
+var showColors = true;
+var spec = SPEC_MATCHER_REGEX;
+
+function escapeRegex(text) {
+  return text.replace(escapeRegex._escapeRegex, '\\$1');
+}
+
+/** The special characters in a string that need escaping for regular expressions. */
+escapeRegex.specialCharacters= ['/', '.', '*', '+', '?', '|',
+               '(', ')', '[', ']', '{', '}', '\\'];
+
+/** A regular expression that will match any special characters that need to be
+    escaped to create a valid regular expression. */
+escapeRegex._escapeRegex= new RegExp('(\\'+ escapeRegex.specialCharacters.join("|\\") + ')', 'g');
+
+process.argv.forEach(function(arg, index){
+  switch(arg){
+    case '--color':
+      showColors = true;
+      break;
+    case '--noColor':
+      showColors = false;
+      break;
+    case '--verbose':
+      isVerbose = true;
+      break;
+    
+    default:
+      if (index>1)
+        spec= "^.*/" + escapeRegex(arg) + "$";
+      break;
+  }
+});
+
+jasmine.loadHelpersInFolder(SPEC_FOLDER, HELPER_MATCHER_REGEX);
+jasmine.executeSpecsInFolder(SPEC_FOLDER, function(runner, log){
+  process.exit(runner.results().failedCount);
+}, isVerbose, showColors, spec);
diff --git a/specs/body-spec.js b/specs/body-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..528002f25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/body-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+var http = require('http');
+    request = require('../main');
+
+describe('raw body', function(){
+
+  var fakeClient = new http.Client();
+      fakeRequest = new http.ClientRequest({});
+
+  beforeEach(function(){
+    spyOn(http, 'createClient').andReturn(fakeClient);
+    spyOn(fakeClient, 'request').andReturn(fakeRequest);
+  });
+
+  it('should accept string', function(){
+
+    request({
+      method: 'POST',
+      uri: 'http://nodejs.org',
+      body: 'Oh hi.'
+    });
+
+    //expect(http.createClient).toHaveBeenCalledWith(80, 'nodejs.org', false); // TODO: move to basic-spec
+    expect(fakeClient.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('POST', '/', { host: 'nodejs.org', 'content-length': 'Oh hi.'.length });
+    expect(fakeRequest.output[1].toString()).toEqual('Oh hi.');
+  });
+
+  it('should accept buffer', function(){
+    request({
+      method: 'POST',
+      uri: 'http://nodejs.org',
+      body: new Buffer('Oh hi.')
+    });
+
+    expect(fakeClient.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('POST', '/', { host: 'nodejs.org', 'content-length': 'Oh hi.'.length });
+    expect(fakeRequest.output[1].toString()).toEqual('Oh hi.');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('json', function(){
+
+  it('should be converted to json string', function(){
+
+    var fakeClient = new http.Client();
+        fakeRequest = new http.ClientRequest({});
+
+    spyOn(http, 'createClient').andReturn(fakeClient);
+    spyOn(fakeClient, 'request').andReturn(fakeRequest);
+
+    request({
+      method: 'POST',
+      uri: 'http://nodejs.org',
+      json: {foo: 'bar'}
+    });
+
+    expect(fakeClient.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('POST', '/', {
+      'host': 'nodejs.org',
+      'content-length': JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar'}).length,
+      'content-type': 'application/json' });
+    expect(fakeRequest.output[1].toString()).toEqual('{"foo":"bar"}');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('multipart', function(){
+  it('should be joined', function(){
+
+    var fakeClient = new http.Client();
+        fakeRequest = new http.ClientRequest({});
+
+    spyOn(http, 'createClient').andReturn(fakeClient);
+    spyOn(fakeClient, 'request').andReturn(fakeRequest);
+
+    request({
+      method: 'POST',
+      uri: 'http://nodejs.org',
+      multipart: [{'content-type': 'text/html', 'body': '<html><body>Oh hi.</body></html>'}, {'body': 'Oh hi.'}]
+    });
+
+    var body = '--frontier\r\n' +
+      'content-type: text/html\r\n' +
+      '\r\n' +
+      '<html><body>Oh hi.</body></html>' +
+      '\r\n--frontier\r\n\r\n' +
+      'Oh hi.' +
+      '\r\n--frontier--'
+
+    expect(fakeClient.request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('POST', '/', {
+      'host': 'nodejs.org',
+      'content-length': new Buffer(body).length,
+      'content-type': 'multipart/related;boundary="frontier"' });
+    expect(fakeRequest.output[1].toString()).toEqual(body);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('exception', function(){
+  it('should be thrown on non PUT and POST requests with body, json or multipart')
+
+  it('should be thrown on non comaptibile body types', function(){
+    expect(function(){
+      request({
+        method: 'POST',
+        uri: 'http://nodejs.org',
+        body: {foo: 'bar'}
+      });
+    }).toThrow(new Error('Argument error'))
+
+    expect(function(){
+      request({
+        method: 'POST',
+        uri: 'http://nodejs.org',
+        multipart: 'foo'
+      });
+    }).toThrow(new Error('Argument error'))
+
+    expect(function(){
+      request({
+        method: 'POST',
+        uri: 'http://nodejs.org',
+        multipart: [{}]
+      });
+    }).toThrow(new Error('Body attribute missing'))
+  });
+})
diff --git a/tests/couch.js b/tests/couch.js
index 4540c8b09..689e9fdc8 100644
--- a/tests/couch.js
+++ b/tests/couch.js
@@ -29,24 +29,3 @@ function testportsStream (port) {
   })
 }
 testports();
-var randomnumber=Math.floor(Math.random()*100000000).toString();
-request({uri:'http://mikeal.couchone.com/testjs', method:'POST', headers: h, body:'{"_id":"'+randomnumber+'"}'}, 
-        function (error, response, body) {
-          if (error) {throw new Error(error)};
-          assert.equal(response.statusCode, 201, body);
-        });
-
-var randomnumber=Math.floor(Math.random()*100000000).toString();
-request({uri:'http://mikeal.couchone.com/testjs', method:'POST', body:{"_id": 'randomnumber'}}, 
-        function (error, response, body) {
-          if (error) {throw new Error(error)};
-          assert.equal(response.statusCode, 201, body);
-        });
-
-var options = {uri:'http://gmail.com'};
-request(options, function (error, response, body) {
-  if (error) throw error;
-  assert.equal(response.statusCode, 200);
-  assert.equal(options.uri.host, 'www.google.com');
-  assert.equal(response.socket.port, 443);
-})