diff --git a/coap/coap-request.html b/coap/coap-request.html
index f4650d7..2ad656b 100644
--- a/coap/coap-request.html
+++ b/coap/coap-request.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                 value: "GET",
                 validate: function (v) {
                     return (
-                        ["", "GET", "PUT", "POST", "DELETE"].indexOf(v) !== -1
+                        ["use", "GET", "PUT", "POST", "DELETE"].indexOf(v) !== -1
                     );
                 },
             },
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
             multicastTimeout: { value: 20000, required: false },
             url: { value: "" },
             "content-format": { value: "text/plain" },
-            "raw-buffer": { value: false, required: true },
             name: { value: "" },
+            paytoqs: {value: "ignore"},
         },
         inputs: 1,
         outputs: 1,
@@ -29,10 +29,48 @@
         labelStyle: function () {
             return this.name ? "node_label_italic" : "";
         },
+        oneditprepare: function () {
+            function updateMulticastOptions() {
+                if ($("#node-input-multicast").is(":checked")) {
+                    $("#node-input-multicast-row").show();
+                } else {
+                    $("#node-input-multicast-row").hide();
+                }
+            }
+            if (this.multicast) {
+                $("#node-input-multicast").prop("checked", true);
+            } else {
+                $("#node-input-multicast").prop("checked", false);
+            }
+            updateMulticastOptions();
+            $("#node-input-multicast").on("click", function() {
+                updateMulticastOptions();
+            });
+            $("#node-input-method").on("change", function() {
+                if ($(this).val() === "GET") {
+                    $(".node-input-paytoqs-row").show();
+                } else {
+                    $(".node-input-paytoqs-row").hide();
+                }
+            });
+            if (this.paytoqs === true || this.paytoqs === "query") {
+                $("#node-input-paytoqs").val("query");
+            } else {
+                $("#node-input-paytoqs").val("ignore");
+            }
+            $("#node-input-method").on("change", function() {
+                if ($(this).val() === "GET") {
+                    $(".form-row-coap-request-observe").show();
+                } else {
+                    $(".form-row-coap-request-observe").hide();
+                }
+            }).change();
+        }
     });
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/html" data-template-name="coap request">
+
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-url"> <i class="fa fa-globe"></i> <span data-i18n="coapRequest.inputURL.label"></span> </label>
         <input
@@ -41,55 +79,63 @@
             data-i18n="[placeholder]coapRequest.inputURL.placeholder"
         />
     </div>
+
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-method">
             <i class="fa fa-tasks"></i> <span data-i18n="coapRequest.inputMethod.label"></span>
         </label>
         <select id="node-input-method">
-            <option value=""></option>
             <option value="GET">GET</option>
             <option value="PUT">PUT</option>
             <option value="POST">POST</option>
             <option value="DELETE">DELETE</option>
+            <option value="use" data-i18n="coapRequest.setby.label"></option>
         </select>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-row">
-        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-observe" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
-        <label for="node-input-observe" style="width: auto" data-i18n="coapRequest.inputObserve.label"></label>
+
+    <div class="form-row node-input-paytoqs-row">
+        <label for="node-input-paytoqs"><span data-i18n="coapRequest.paytoqs.label"></span></label>
+        <select id="node-input-paytoqs" style="width: 70%;">
+            <option value="ignore" data-i18n="coapRequest.paytoqs.ignore"></option>
+            <option value="query" data-i18n="coapRequest.paytoqs.query"></option>
+        </select>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="form-row">
-        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-raw-buffer" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
-        <label for="node-input-raw-buffer" style="width: auto" data-i18n="coapRequest.inputRawBuffer.label"></label>
+    <div class="form-row form-row-coap-request-observe hide">
+        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-observe" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
+        <label for="node-input-observe" style="width: auto" data-i18n="coapRequest.inputObserve.label"></label>
     </div>
 
     <div class="form-row">
         <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-multicast" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
         <label for="node-input-multicast" style="width: auto" data-i18n="coapRequest.inputMulticast.label"></label>
+
+        <div id="node-input-multicast-row" class="hide">
+            <label style="width: auto; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px;" for="node-input-multicast-timeout">
+                <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>
+                <span data-i18n="coapRequest.inputMulticastTimeout.label"></span>
+            </label>
+            <input style="width: 270px" type="text" id="node-input-multicast-timeout" placeholder="20000" />
+        </div>
     </div>
+
     <div class="form-row">
-        <label for="node-input-multicast-timeout">
-            <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>
-            <span data-i18n="coapRequest.inputMulticastTimeout.label"></span>
-        </label>
-        <input type="text" id="node-input-multicast-timeout" placeholder="20000" />
-    </div>
-    <div class="form-row">
-        <label for="node-input-content-format">
-            <i class="fa fa-file"></i> <span data-i18n="coapRequest.inputContentFormat.label"></span>
-        </label>
-        <select id="node-input-content-format">
-            <option>text/plain</option>
-            <option>application/json</option>
-            <option>application/cbor</option>
+        <label for="node-input-content-format"><i class="fa fa-arrow-left"></i> <span data-i18n="coapRequest.return.label"></span></label>
+        <select type="text" id="node-input-content-format" style="width:70%;">
+        <option value="text/plain" data-i18n="coapRequest.return.utf8"></option>
+        <option value="raw-buffer" data-i18n="coapRequest.return.binary"></option>
+        <option value="application/json" data-i18n="coapRequest.return.json"></option>
         </select>
     </div>
+
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> <span data-i18n="coapRequest.inputName.label"></label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-name" data-i18n="[placeholder]coapRequest.inputName.placeholder" />
     </div>
+
     <div class="form-tips">
         <span data-i18n="[html]coapRequest.tip">
     </div>
+
 </script>
 
diff --git a/coap/coap-request.js b/coap/coap-request.js
index 0f7882b..6be474f 100644
--- a/coap/coap-request.js
+++ b/coap/coap-request.js
@@ -11,11 +11,40 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this, config);
         var node = this;
 
+        var paytoqs = config.paytoqs || "ignore";
+
+        function _stringifyParams(params) {
+            var paramList = [];
+            for (var [key, value] of Object.entries(params)) {
+                var dataType = typeof value;
+                if (["string", "number"].includes(dataType)) {
+                    paramList.push(`${key}=${value}`);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return paramList.join("&");
+        }
+
+        function _appendQueryParams(reqOpts, payload) {
+            if (typeof payload === "object") {
+                var newParams = _stringifyParams(payload);
+                if (newParams && reqOpts.query !== "") {
+                    newParams = "&" + newParams;
+                }
+
+                reqOpts.query = reqOpts.query + newParams;
+            } else {
+                throw new Error("Hallo");
+            }
+        }
+
         function _constructPayload(msg, contentFormat) {
             var payload = null;
 
-            if (contentFormat === "text/plain") {
-                payload = msg.payload;
+            if (!msg.payload) {
+                return null;
+            } else if (contentFormat === "text/plain") {
+                payload = msg.payload.toString();
             } else if (contentFormat === "application/json") {
                 payload = JSON.stringify(msg.payload);
             } else if (contentFormat === "application/cbor") {
@@ -61,18 +90,26 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
                 port,
                 query: url.search.substring(1),
             };
-            reqOpts.method = (
-                config.method ||
-                msg.method ||
-                "GET"
-            ).toUpperCase();
-            reqOpts.headers = {};
-            reqOpts.headers["Content-Format"] = config["content-format"];
+            reqOpts.method = config.method.toUpperCase() || "GET";
+            if (config.method === "use" && msg.method != null) {
+                reqOpts.method = msg.method.toUpperCase();
+            }
+
+            reqOpts.headers = msg.headers;
+            if (reqOpts.headers == null) {
+                reqOpts.headers = {};
+            }
+            if (reqOpts.headers["Content-Format"] == null) {
+                reqOpts.headers["Content-Format"] = "application/json";
+            }
             reqOpts.multicast = config.multicast;
             reqOpts.multicastTimeout = config.multicastTimeout;
 
             function _onResponse(res) {
                 function _send(payload) {
+                    if (!reqOpts.observe) {
+                        node.status({});
+                    }
                     node.send(
                         Object.assign({}, msg, {
                             payload: payload,
@@ -83,31 +120,38 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
                 }
 
                 function _onResponseData(data) {
-                    if (config["raw-buffer"]) {
+                    var contentFormat = res.headers["Content-Format"];
+                    var configContentFormat = config["content-format"];
+
+                    if (config["raw-buffer"] === true || configContentFormat === "raw-buffer") {
                         _send(data);
-                    } else if (res.headers["Content-Format"] === "text/plain") {
+                    } else if (contentFormat === "text/plain" || configContentFormat === "text/plain") {
                         _send(data.toString());
-                    } else if (
-                        res.headers["Content-Format"] === "application/json"
-                    ) {
+                    } else if (contentFormat.startsWith("application/") && contentFormat.includes("json")) {
                         try {
                             _send(JSON.parse(data.toString()));
                         } catch (error) {
+                            node.status({
+                                fill: "red",
+                                shape: "ring",
+                                text: error.message,
+                            });
                             node.error(error.message);
                         }
-                    } else if (
-                        res.headers["Content-Format"] === "application/cbor"
-                    ) {
-                        cbor.decodeAll(data, function (err, data) {
-                            if (err) {
+                    } else if (contentFormat.startsWith("application/") && contentFormat.includes("cbor")) {
+                        cbor.decodeAll(data, function (error, data) {
+                            if (error) {
+                                node.error(error.message);
+                                node.status({
+                                    fill: "red",
+                                    shape: "ring",
+                                    text: error.message,
+                                });
                                 return false;
                             }
                             _send(data[0]);
                         });
-                    } else if (
-                        res.headers["Content-Format"] ===
-                        "application/link-format"
-                    ) {
+                    } else if (contentFormat === "application/link-format") {
                         _send(linkFormat.parse(data.toString()));
                     } else {
                         _send(data.toString());
@@ -116,12 +160,28 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
 
                 res.on("data", _onResponseData);
 
-                if (reqOpts.observe) {
+                if (reqOpts.observe === true) {
+                    node.status({
+                        fill: "blue",
+                        shape: "dot",
+                        text: "coapRequest.status.observing",
+                    });
                     node.stream = res;
                 }
             }
 
-            var payload = _constructPayload(msg, config["content-format"]);
+            var payload;
+
+            if (reqOpts.method !== "GET") {
+                payload = _constructPayload(msg, reqOpts.headers["Content-Format"]);
+            } else if (paytoqs === "query") {
+                try {
+                    _appendQueryParams(reqOpts, msg.payload);
+                } catch (error) {
+                    node.error("Coap request: Invalid payload format!");
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
 
             if (config.observe === true) {
                 reqOpts.observe = true;
@@ -129,27 +189,41 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
                 delete reqOpts.observe;
             }
 
-            //TODO: should revisit this block
+            // TODO: should revisit this block
             if (node.stream) {
                 node.stream.close();
             }
 
             var req = coap.request(reqOpts);
             req.on("response", _onResponse);
-            req.on("error", function (err) {
+            req.on("error", function (error) {
+                node.status({
+                    fill: "red",
+                    shape: "ring",
+                    text: error.message,
+                });
                 node.log("client error");
-                node.log(err);
+                node.log(error.message);
             });
 
-            if (payload) {
+            if (payload != null) {
                 req.write(payload);
             }
             req.end();
         }
 
         this.on("input", function (msg) {
+            node.status({
+                fill: "blue",
+                shape: "dot",
+                text: "coapRequest.status.requesting",
+            });
             _makeRequest(msg);
         });
+
+        this.on("close", function () {
+            node.status({});
+        });
     }
     RED.nodes.registerType("coap request", CoapRequestNode);
 };
diff --git a/coap/locales/de/coap-request.json b/coap/locales/de/coap-request.json
index f9df1c5..2929920 100644
--- a/coap/locales/de/coap-request.json
+++ b/coap/locales/de/coap-request.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             "label": "Multicast erzwingen"
         },
         "inputMulticastTimeout": {
-            "label": "Multicast-Timeout (in ms)"
+            "label": "Timeout (in ms)"
         },
         "inputObserve": {
             "label": "Observe?"
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@
         "inputContentFormat": {
             "label": "Content-Format"
         },
+        "return": {
+            "label": "Rückgabe",
+            "utf8": "Eine UTF-8-Zeichenfolge",
+            "binary": "Einen binären Buffer",
+            "json": "Ein geparstes JSON- oder CBOR-Objekt"
+        },
+        "status": {
+            "observing": "beobachten",
+            "requesting": "anfordern",
+            "no-response": "Keine Antwort vom Server"
+        },
         "tip": "Tipp: Lassen Sie den URL oder die Methode leer, wenn Sie diese über msg-Eigenschaften definieren wollen."
     }
 }
diff --git a/coap/locales/en-US/coap-request.json b/coap/locales/en-US/coap-request.json
index f622dbb..2fcb03e 100644
--- a/coap/locales/en-US/coap-request.json
+++ b/coap/locales/en-US/coap-request.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             "label": "Force multicast"
         },
         "inputMulticastTimeout": {
-            "label": "Multicast timeout (in ms)"
+            "label": "Timeout (in ms)"
         },
         "inputObserve": {
             "label": "Observe?"
@@ -27,6 +27,26 @@
         "inputContentFormat": {
             "label": "Content format"
         },
+        "return": {
+            "label": "Return",
+            "utf8": "a UTF-8 string",
+            "binary": "a binary buffer",
+            "json": "a parsed JSON or CBOR object"
+        },
+        "setby": {
+            "label": "- set by msg.method -"
+        },
+        "paytoqs": {
+            "label": "Payload",
+            "ignore": "Ignore",
+            "query": "Append to query-string parameters",
+            "body": "Send as request body"
+        },
+        "status": {
+            "observing": "observing",
+            "requesting": "requesting",
+            "no-response": "no response from server"
+        },
         "tip": "Tip: Leave url or method blank if you want to set them via msg properties."
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/coap-request_spec.js b/test/coap-request_spec.js
index baec74b..ece0120 100644
--- a/test/coap-request_spec.js
+++ b/test/coap-request_spec.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ describe("CoapRequestNode", function () {
                     id: "n3",
                     type: "coap request",
                     "content-format": "text/plain",
-                    method: "",
+                    method: "use",
                     name: "coapRequest",
                     observe: false,
                     url: "coap://localhost:" + port + "/test-resource",
@@ -712,8 +712,18 @@ describe("CoapRequestNode", function () {
                                 id: "n1",
                                 type: "inject",
                                 name: "Fire once",
-                                payload: test.message,
-                                payloadType: "string",
+                                props: [
+                                    {
+                                        "p": "payload",
+                                        "vt": "string",
+                                        "v": test.message
+                                    },
+                                    {
+                                        "p": "headers",
+                                        "v": {"Content-Format": test.format},
+                                        "vt": "object"
+                                    }
+                                ],
                                 repeat: "",
                                 crontab: "",
                                 once: true,
@@ -722,7 +732,6 @@ describe("CoapRequestNode", function () {
                             {
                                 id: "n2",
                                 type: "coap request",
-                                "content-format": test.format,
                                 method: "POST",
                                 name: "coapRequestPost",
                                 observe: false,