diff --git a/examples/middleware.py b/examples/middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..682bc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from socketify import App
+
+
+def middleware(*functions):
+    def middleware_route(res, req):
+        data = None
+        #cicle to all middlewares
+        for function in functions:
+            #call middlewares
+            data = function(res, req, data)
+            #stops if returns Falsy
+            if not data:
+                break
+
+    return middleware_route
+    
+def get_user(authorization_header):
+    if authorization_header:
+        return { 'greeting': 'Hello, World' }
+    return None
+
+def auth(res, req, data=None):
+    user = get_user(req.get_header('authorization'))
+    if not user: 
+        res.write_status(403).end("not authorized")
+        return False
+
+    #returns extra data
+    return user
+
+def home(res, req, user=None):
+    res.end(user.get('greeting', None))
+
+app = App()
+app.get("/", middleware(auth, home))
+app.listen(3000, lambda config: print("Listening on port http://localhost:%d now\n" % config.port))
+app.run()
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diff --git a/examples/middleware_async.py b/examples/middleware_async.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..696ab4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/middleware_async.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from socketify import App
+
+
+async def get_user(authorization):
+    if authorization:
+        #do actually something async here
+        return { 'greeting': 'Hello, World' }
+    return None
+
+def auth(home, queries=[]):
+    #in async query string, arguments and headers are only valid until the first await
+    async def auth_middleware(res, req):
+        #get_headers will preserve headers (and cookies) after await
+        headers = req.get_headers() 
+        #get_parameters will preserve all params after await 
+        params = req.get_parameters()
+
+        #preserve desired query string data
+        query_data = {}
+        for query in queries:
+            value = req.get_query(query)
+            if value:
+                query_data[query] = value
+
+        user = await get_user(headers.get('authorization', None))
+        if user:
+            return home(res, req, user, query_data) 
+        
+        return res.write_status(403).cork_end("not authorized")
+    
+    return auth_middleware
+
+
+def home(res, req, user=None, query={}):
+    theme = query.get("theme_color", "light")
+    greeting = user.get('greeting', None)
+    user_id = req.get_parameter(0)
+    res.cork_end(f"{greeting} <br/> theme: {theme} <br/> id: {user_id}")
+
+app = App()
+app.get("/user/:id", auth(home, ['theme_color']))
+app.listen(3000, lambda config: print("Listening on port http://localhost:%d now\n" % config.port))
+app.run()
+
+
+#curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:3000/user/10?theme_color=dark' --header 'Authorization: Bearer 23456789'
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diff --git a/src/socketify/socketify.py b/src/socketify/socketify.py
index c262ddb..3325232 100644
--- a/src/socketify/socketify.py
+++ b/src/socketify/socketify.py
@@ -867,13 +867,20 @@ class AppRequest:
         self.jar_parsed = False
         self._for_each_header_handler = None
         self._ptr = ffi.new_handle(self)
+        self._headers = None
+        self._params = None
 
     
     def get_cookie(self, name):
         if self.read_jar == None:
             if self.jar_parsed:
                 return None
-            raw_cookies = self.get_header("cookie")
+            
+            if self._headers:
+                raw_cookies = self._headers.get("cookie", None)
+            else:
+                raw_cookies = self.get_header("cookie")
+
             if raw_cookies:
                 self.jar_parsed = True
                 self.read_jar = cookies.SimpleCookie(raw_cookies)
@@ -925,11 +932,14 @@ class AppRequest:
         lib.uws_req_for_each_header(self.req, uws_req_for_each_header_handler, self._ptr)
         
     def get_headers(self):
-        headers = {}
+        if not self._headers is None:
+            return self._headers
+            
+        self._headers = {}
         def copy_headers(key, value):
-            headers[key] = value
+            self._headers[key] = value
         self.for_each_header(copy_headers)
-        return headers
+        return self._headers
 
     def get_header(self, lower_case_header):
         if isinstance(lower_case_header, str):
@@ -966,7 +976,28 @@ class AppRequest:
             return ffi.unpack(buffer_address, length).decode("utf-8")
         except Exception: #invalid utf-8
             return None
+
+    def get_parameters(self):
+        if self._params:
+            return self._params
+        self._params = []
+        i = 0
+        while True:
+            value = self.get_parameter(i)
+            if value:
+                self._params.append(value)
+            else:
+                break
+            i = i + 1
+        return self._params
+
     def get_parameter(self, index):
+        if self._params:
+            try:
+                return self._params[index]
+            except:
+                return None
+
         buffer = ffi.new("char**")
         length = lib.uws_req_get_parameter(self.req, ffi.cast("unsigned short", index), buffer)   
         buffer_address = ffi.addressof(buffer, 0)[0]
@@ -1350,9 +1381,9 @@ class AppResponse:
         return 0
 
     def has_responded(self):
-        if not self.aborted:
+        if self.aborted:
             return False
-        return bool(lib.uws_res_has_responded(self.SSL, self.res, data, len(data)))
+        return bool(lib.uws_res_has_responded(self.SSL, self.res))
 
     def on_aborted(self, handler):
         if hasattr(handler, '__call__'):