diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/ProxyManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/ProxyManager.coffee
index 4d64b25bae..3e7a037054 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/ProxyManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/ProxyManager.coffee
@@ -7,14 +7,20 @@ module.exports = ProxyManager =
 	apply: (publicApiRouter) ->
 		for proxyUrl, target of settings.proxyUrls
 			do (target) ->
-				publicApiRouter.get proxyUrl, ProxyManager.createProxy(target)
+				method = target.options?.method || 'get'
+				publicApiRouter[method] proxyUrl, ProxyManager.createProxy(target)
 
 	createProxy:  (target) ->
 		(req, res, next) ->
 			targetUrl = makeTargetUrl(target, req)
 			logger.log targetUrl: targetUrl, reqUrl: req.url, "proxying url"
 
-			upstream = request(targetUrl)
+			options =
+				url: targetUrl
+			options.headers = { Cookie: req.headers.cookie } if req.headers?.cookie
+			Object.assign(options, target.options) if target?.options?
+			options.form = req.body if options.method in ['post', 'put']
+			upstream = request(options)
 			upstream.on "error", (error) ->
 				logger.error err: error, "error in ProxyManager"
 
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/infrastructure/ProxyManagerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/infrastructure/ProxyManagerTests.coffee
index 3f1c1e9f78..9a1d9ea17c 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/infrastructure/ProxyManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/infrastructure/ProxyManagerTests.coffee
@@ -35,11 +35,26 @@ describe "ProxyManager", ->
 			assertCalledWith(@router.get, '/foo/bar')
 			assertCalledWith(@router.get, '/foo/:id')
 
+		it 'applies methods other than get', ->
+			@router =
+				post: sinon.stub()
+				put: sinon.stub()
+			@settings.proxyUrls =
+				'/foo/bar': {options: {method: 'post'}}
+				'/foo/:id': {options: {method: 'put'}}
+			@proxyManager.apply(@router)
+			sinon.assert.calledOnce(@router.post)
+			sinon.assert.calledOnce(@router.put)
+			assertCalledWith(@router.post, '/foo/bar')
+			assertCalledWith(@router.put, '/foo/:id')
+
 	describe 'createProxy', ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@req.url = @proxyPath
 			@req.route.path = @proxyPath
 			@req.query = {}
+			@req.params = {}
+			@req.headers = {}
 			@settings.proxyUrls = {}
 
 		afterEach ->
@@ -57,7 +72,7 @@ describe "ProxyManager", ->
 			targetUrl = 'https://user:pass@foo.bar:123/pa/th.ext?query#hash'
 			@settings.proxyUrls[@proxyPath] = targetUrl
 			@proxyManager.createProxy(targetUrl)(@req)
-			assertCalledWith(@request, targetUrl)
+			assertCalledWith(@request, {url: targetUrl})
 
 		it 'overwrite query', ->
 			targetUrl = 'foo.bar/baz?query'
@@ -65,19 +80,19 @@ describe "ProxyManager", ->
 			@settings.proxyUrls[@proxyPath] = targetUrl
 			@proxyManager.createProxy(targetUrl)(@req)
 			newTargetUrl = 'foo.bar/baz?requestQuery=important'
-			assertCalledWith(@request, newTargetUrl)
+			assertCalledWith(@request, {url: newTargetUrl})
 
 		it 'handles target objects', ->
 			target = { baseUrl: 'api.v1', path: '/pa/th'}
 			@settings.proxyUrls[@proxyPath] = target
 			@proxyManager.createProxy(target)(@req, @res, @next)
-			assertCalledWith(@request, 'api.v1/pa/th')
+			assertCalledWith(@request, {url: 'api.v1/pa/th'})
 
 		it 'handles missing baseUrl', ->
 			target = { path: '/pa/th'}
 			@settings.proxyUrls[@proxyPath] = target
 			@proxyManager.createProxy(target)(@req, @res, @next)
-			assertCalledWith(@request, 'undefined/pa/th')
+			assertCalledWith(@request, {url: 'undefined/pa/th'})
 
 		it 'handles dynamic path', ->
 			target = baseUrl: 'api.v1', path: (params) -> "/resource/#{params.id}"
@@ -86,4 +101,49 @@ describe "ProxyManager", ->
 			@req.route.path = '/res/:id'
 			@req.params = id: 123
 			@proxyManager.createProxy(target)(@req, @res, @next)
-			assertCalledWith(@request, 'api.v1/resource/123')
+			assertCalledWith(@request, {url: 'api.v1/resource/123'})
+
+		it 'set arbitrary options on request', ->
+			target = baseUrl: 'api.v1', path: '/foo', options: foo: 'bar'
+			@req.url = '/foo'
+			@req.route.path = '/foo'
+			@proxyManager.createProxy(target)(@req, @res, @next)
+			assertCalledWith(@request,
+				foo: 'bar'
+				url: 'api.v1/foo'
+			)
+
+		it 'passes cookies', ->
+			target = baseUrl: 'api.v1', path: '/foo'
+			@req.url = '/foo'
+			@req.route.path = '/foo'
+			@req.headers = cookie: 'cookie'
+			@proxyManager.createProxy(target)(@req, @res, @next)
+			assertCalledWith(@request,
+				headers: Cookie: 'cookie'
+				url: 'api.v1/foo'
+			)
+
+		it 'passes body for post', ->
+			target = baseUrl: 'api.v1', path: '/foo', options: method: 'post'
+			@req.url = '/foo'
+			@req.route.path = '/foo'
+			@req.body = foo: 'bar'
+			@proxyManager.createProxy(target)(@req, @res, @next)
+			assertCalledWith(@request,
+				form: foo: 'bar'
+				method: 'post'
+				url: 'api.v1/foo'
+			)
+
+		it 'passes body for put', ->
+			target = baseUrl: 'api.v1', path: '/foo', options: method: 'put'
+			@req.url = '/foo'
+			@req.route.path = '/foo'
+			@req.body = foo: 'bar'
+			@proxyManager.createProxy(target)(@req, @res, @next)
+			assertCalledWith(@request,
+				form: foo: 'bar'
+				method: 'put'
+				url: 'api.v1/foo'
+			)
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