diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/DownloadRequest.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/DownloadRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32c8a67fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/DownloadRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DownloadRequest {
+    
+    private final String requestBody;
+    private final Map<String, List<String>> requestHeaders;
+    public static final DownloadRequest emptyRequest = new DownloadRequest(null, null);
+
+    public DownloadRequest(String requestBody, Map<String, List<String>> headers) {
+        super();
+        this.requestBody = requestBody;
+        if(null != headers) {
+            this.requestHeaders = headers;
+        }else {
+            this.requestHeaders = Collections.emptyMap();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getRequestBody() {
+        return requestBody;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, List<String>> getRequestHeaders() {
+        return requestHeaders;
+    }
+
+    public void setRequestCookies(List<String> cookies){
+        requestHeaders.put("Cookie", cookies);
+    }
+    
+    public List<String> getRequestCookies(){
+        if(null == requestHeaders) return Collections.emptyList();
+        List<String> cookies = requestHeaders.get("Cookie");
+        if(null == cookies)
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        else
+            return cookies;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/DownloadResponse.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/DownloadResponse.java
index 64fc2ade1..2165002a8 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/DownloadResponse.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/DownloadResponse.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
 public class DownloadResponse {
     private final String responseBody;
     private final Map<String, List<String>> responseHeaders;
@@ -20,5 +23,15 @@ public class DownloadResponse {
     public Map<String, List<String>> getResponseHeaders() {
         return responseHeaders;
     }
+    
+    @Nonnull
+    public List<String> getResponseCookies(){
+        if(null == responseHeaders) return Collections.emptyList();
+        List<String> cookies = responseHeaders.get("Set-Cookie");
+        if(null == cookies)
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        else
+            return cookies;
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/Downloader.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/Downloader.java
index f0b6692d4..7a9db6aed 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/Downloader.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/Downloader.java
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ public interface Downloader {
      */
     String download(String siteUrl) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException;
 
-    DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl, Map<String, List<String>> requestHeaders)
+    DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl, DownloadRequest request)
             throws IOException, ReCaptchaException;
 
     DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException;
 
-    DownloadResponse post(String siteUrl, String requestBody, Map<String, List<String>> requestHeaders)
+    DownloadResponse post(String siteUrl, DownloadRequest request)
             throws IOException, ReCaptchaException;
 }
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeCommentsExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeCommentsExtractor.java
index 672207e36..9aa2fba3c 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeCommentsExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeCommentsExtractor.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadRequest;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadResponse;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ public class YoutubeCommentsExtractor extends CommentsExtractor {
     public void onFetchPage(Downloader downloader) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
         DownloadResponse response = downloader.get(getUrl());
         String responseBody = response.getResponseBody();
-        cookies = response.getResponseHeaders().get("Set-Cookie");
+        cookies = response.getResponseCookies();
         sessionToken = findValue(responseBody, "XSRF_TOKEN");
         String commentsToken = findValue(responseBody, "COMMENTS_TOKEN");
         initPage = getPage(getNextPageUrl(commentsToken));
@@ -168,9 +169,10 @@ public class YoutubeCommentsExtractor extends CommentsExtractor {
         requestHeaders.put("User-Agent", Arrays.asList(USER_AGENT));
         requestHeaders.put("X-YouTube-Client-Version", Arrays.asList("2.20180815"));
         requestHeaders.put("X-YouTube-Client-Name", Arrays.asList("1"));
-        requestHeaders.put("Cookie", cookies);
+        DownloadRequest request = new DownloadRequest(postData, requestHeaders);
+        request.setRequestCookies(cookies);
 
-        return NewPipe.getDownloader().post(siteUrl, postData, requestHeaders).getResponseBody();
+        return NewPipe.getDownloader().post(siteUrl, request).getResponseBody();
     }
 
     private String getDataString(Map<String, String> params) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
index 4745a5d1a..77940ba92 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
 
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadRequest;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.DownloadResponse;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
 
@@ -172,11 +173,11 @@ public class Downloader implements org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl, Map<String, List<String>> requestHeaders)
+    public DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl, DownloadRequest request)
             throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {
         URL url = new URL(siteUrl);
         HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
-        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> pair : requestHeaders.entrySet()) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> pair : request.getRequestHeaders().entrySet()) {
             for(String value: pair.getValue()) {
                 con.addRequestProperty(pair.getKey(), value);
             }
@@ -187,16 +188,16 @@ public class Downloader implements org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader {
 
     @Override
     public DownloadResponse get(String siteUrl) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {
-        return get(siteUrl, Collections.EMPTY_MAP);
+        return get(siteUrl, DownloadRequest.emptyRequest);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DownloadResponse post(String siteUrl, String requestBody, Map<String, List<String>> requestHeaders)
+    public DownloadResponse post(String siteUrl, DownloadRequest request)
             throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {
         URL url = new URL(siteUrl);
         HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
         con.setRequestMethod("POST");
-        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> pair : requestHeaders.entrySet()) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> pair : request.getRequestHeaders().entrySet()) {
             for(String value: pair.getValue()) {
                 con.addRequestProperty(pair.getKey(), value);
             }
@@ -204,11 +205,12 @@ public class Downloader implements org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Downloader {
         // set fields to default if not set already
         setDefaults(con);
 
-        byte[] postDataBytes = requestBody.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
-        con.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(postDataBytes.length));
-
-        con.setDoOutput(true);
-        con.getOutputStream().write(postDataBytes);
+        if(null != request.getRequestBody()) {
+            byte[] postDataBytes = request.getRequestBody().getBytes("UTF-8");
+            con.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(postDataBytes.length));
+            con.setDoOutput(true);
+            con.getOutputStream().write(postDataBytes);
+        }
 
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         try (BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()))) {