diff --git a/packages/insomnia-app/app/plugins/context/__tests__/request.test.js b/packages/insomnia-app/app/plugins/context/__tests__/request.test.js
index 59e3816ee6..46bda924dd 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-app/app/plugins/context/__tests__/request.test.js
+++ b/packages/insomnia-app/app/plugins/context/__tests__/request.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as plugin from '../request';
 import * as models from '../../../models';
 import { globalBeforeEach } from '../../../__jest__/before-each';
+import { CONTENT_TYPE_FORM_URLENCODED } from '../../../common/constants';
 
 const CONTEXT = {
   user_key: 'my_user_key',
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ describe('init()', () => {
       'addHeader',
       'addParameter',
       'getAuthentication',
+      'getBody',
       'getBodyText',
       'getEnvironment',
       'getEnvironmentVariable',
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ describe('init()', () => {
       'removeHeader',
       'removeParameter',
       'setAuthenticationParameter',
+      'setBody',
       'setBodyText',
       'setCookie',
       'setHeader',
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ describe('init()', () => {
     expect(Object.keys(result)).toEqual(['request']);
     expect(Object.keys(result.request).sort()).toEqual([
       'getAuthentication',
+      'getBody',
       'getBodyText',
       'getEnvironment',
       'getEnvironmentVariable',
@@ -223,4 +227,20 @@ describe('request.*', () => {
     expect(result.request.getAuthentication()).toEqual({ foo: 'baz' });
     expect(request.authentication).toEqual({ foo: 'baz' });
   });
+
+  it('works for request body', async () => {
+    const result = plugin.init(await models.request.getById('req_1'), CONTEXT);
+    expect(result.request.getBody()).toEqual({ text: 'body' });
+    const newBody = {
+      mimeType: CONTENT_TYPE_FORM_URLENCODED,
+      params: [
+        {
+          name: 'foo',
+          value: 'bar',
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    result.request.setBody(newBody);
+    expect(result.request.getBody()).toEqual(newBody);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-app/app/plugins/context/request.js b/packages/insomnia-app/app/plugins/context/request.js
index 1d28a40ecd..f0a641541a 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-app/app/plugins/context/request.js
+++ b/packages/insomnia-app/app/plugins/context/request.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import type { RenderedRequest } from '../../common/render';
+import type { RequestBody } from '../../models/request';
 import * as misc from '../../common/misc';
 
 export function init(
@@ -15,9 +16,6 @@ export function init(
     getId(): string {
       return renderedRequest._id;
     },
-    getBodyText(): string {
-      return renderedRequest.body.text || '';
-    },
     getName(): string {
       return renderedRequest.name;
     },
@@ -33,9 +31,6 @@ export function init(
     setUrl(url: string): void {
       renderedRequest.url = url;
     },
-    setBodyText(text: string): void {
-      renderedRequest.body.text = text;
-    },
     setCookie(name: string, value: string): void {
       const cookie = renderedRequest.cookies.find(c => c.name === name);
       if (cookie) {
@@ -147,6 +142,28 @@ export function init(
     getAuthentication(): Object {
       return renderedRequest.authentication;
     },
+    getBody(): RequestBody {
+      return renderedRequest.body;
+    },
+    setBody(body: RequestBody): void {
+      renderedRequest.body = body;
+    },
+
+    // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //
+    // Deprecated Methods //
+    // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //
+
+    /** @deprecated in favor of getting the whole body by getBody */
+    getBodyText(): string {
+      console.warn('request.getBodyText() is deprecated. Use request.getBody() instead.');
+      return renderedRequest.body.text || '';
+    },
+
+    /** @deprecated in favor of setting the whole body by setBody */
+    setBodyText(text: string): void {
+      console.warn('request.setBodyText() is deprecated. Use request.setBody() instead.');
+      renderedRequest.body.text = text;
+    },
 
     // NOTE: For these to make sense, we'd need to account for cookies in the jar as well
     // addCookie (name: string, value: string): void {}
@@ -172,6 +189,7 @@ export function init(
     delete request.addParameter;
     delete request.addParameter;
     delete request.setAuthenticationParameter;
+    delete request.setBody;
   }
 
   return { request };