diff --git a/httpRequest.proto b/httpRequest.proto
index 5b3d2c7..e2ad1a7 100644
--- a/httpRequest.proto
+++ b/httpRequest.proto
@@ -4,25 +4,30 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 
 package httppb;
 
+// todo: try this
+// import "google/rpc/status.proto";
+//    google.rpc.Status           error            = 13;
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
 
-message HttpRequest {                                      // HttpRequest represents the essential fields of an incoming HTTP request.
-        string                      method           = 1;  // The request method, e.g., "GET", "POST".
-        string                      URL              = 2;  // The full URL of the request, including scheme, host, path, and query string.
-        string                      route            = 3;  // just the route: "/add/" or "/find/"
-        string                      proto            = 4;  // The protocol version, e.g., "HTTP/1.1", "HTTP/2.0".
-        map<string, string>         headers          = 5;  // The map of request headers. Header names are case-insensitive,
-        string                      IP               = 6;  // The remote IP address of the client, after resolving proxies.
-        string                      host             = 7;  // The host on which the URL is sought (www.wit.com)
-        string                      hostname         = 8;  // The hostname of the client if passed from the client (mylaptop.fun.me)
-        bytes                       body             = 9;  // The request body as raw bytes.
-        string                      namespace        = 10; // When the body is a pb (always!). This is the pb namespace ("go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtpb")
-        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime            = 11; // create time of the patch
-        repeated string             errors           = 12; // When the body is a pb (always!). This is the pb namespace ("go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtpb")
+message HttpRequest {                                       // HttpRequest represents the essential fields of an incoming HTTP request.
+        string                      method            = 1;  // The request method, e.g., "GET", "POST".
+        string                      URL               = 2;  // The full URL of the request, including scheme, host, path, and query string.
+        string                      route             = 3;  // just the route: "/add/" or "/find/"
+        string                      proto             = 4;  // The protocol version, e.g., "HTTP/1.1", "HTTP/2.0".
+        map<string, string>         headers           = 5;  // The map of request headers. Header names are case-insensitive,
+        string                      IP                = 6;  // The remote IP address of the client, after resolving proxies.
+        string                      host              = 7;  // The host on which the URL is sought (www.wit.com)
+        string                      hostname          = 8;  // The hostname of the client if passed from the client (mylaptop.fun.me)
+        string                      namespace         = 9;  // This is the pb namespace ("go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtpb")
+        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime             = 10; // create time of the patch
+        bytes                       clientData        = 11; // the client payload
+        int64                       clientDataLen     = 12; // len(body)
+        bytes                       serverData        = 13; // the server response
+        int64                       serverDataLen     = 14; // len(data)
 }
 
-message HttpRequests {                                     // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:mutex`
-        string                      uuid             = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:1524ed43-e57d-4bf9-9449-1cdfdc498605`
-        string                      version          = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.1`
-        repeated HttpRequest        HttpRequests     = 3;  // THIS MUST BE  HttpRequest  and then  HttpRequests
+message HttpRequests {                                      // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:mutex`
+        string                      uuid              = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:1524ed43-e57d-4bf9-9449-1cdfdc498605`
+        string                      version           = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.1`
+        repeated HttpRequest        HttpRequests      = 3;  // THIS MUST BE  HttpRequest  and then  HttpRequests
 }
diff --git a/post.go b/post.go
index 8ced07f..f18de27 100644
--- a/post.go
+++ b/post.go
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ func DoPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) (*HttpRequest, error) {
 
 	reqPB, err := ReqToPB(req)
 	reqPB.URL = finalURL.String()
-	reqPB.Body = body
+	reqPB.ClientData = data
+	reqPB.ClientDataLen = int64(len(data))
+	reqPB.ServerData = body
+	reqPB.ServerDataLen = int64(len(body))
 
 	return reqPB, nil
 }
diff --git a/reqToPB.go b/reqToPB.go
index f5aa766..019ad77 100644
--- a/reqToPB.go
+++ b/reqToPB.go
@@ -58,14 +58,15 @@ func ReqToPB(r *http.Request) (*HttpRequest, error) {
 	// log.Info("TRYING TO MARSHAL bytes:", len(msg), err)
 
 	pb := &HttpRequest{
-		Method:   r.Method,
-		URL:      r.URL.String(),
-		Proto:    r.Proto,
-		Headers:  headers,
-		IP:       getClientIP(r),
-		Host:     r.Host,
-		Body:     msg,
-		Hostname: r.Header.Get("hostname"),
+		Method:        r.Method,
+		URL:           r.URL.String(),
+		Proto:         r.Proto,
+		Headers:       headers,
+		IP:            getClientIP(r),
+		Host:          r.Host,
+		ClientData:    msg,
+		ClientDataLen: int64(len(msg)),
+		Hostname:      r.Header.Get("hostname"),
 	}
 	pb.Route = cleanURL(r.URL.Path)