--- a/src/HTTPHandler.h	Thu Mar 24 02:02:48 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/HTTPHandler.h	Thu Mar 24 02:19:39 2022 +0100
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <uuid/uuid.h>
 
 #include <relpipe/common/type/typedefs.h>
 #include <relpipe/reader/TypeId.h>
@@ -119,6 +120,15 @@
 		request.headers.push_back(convertor.to_bytes(value));
 	}
 
+	relpipe::common::type::StringX generateRequestId() {
+		char buffer[37];
+		uuid_t uuid;
+		uuid_generate_random(uuid);
+		// uuid_generate_time(uuid);
+		uuid_unparse_lower(uuid, buffer);
+		return convertor.from_bytes(buffer);
+	}
+
 public:
 
 	HTTPHandler(shared_ptr<relpipe::writer::RelationalWriter> relationalWriter, Configuration configuration) : relationalWriter(relationalWriter), configuration(configuration) {
@@ -189,6 +199,8 @@
 			currentAttributeIndex = 0;
 			std::shared_ptr<HTTPClient> http(HTTPClient::open());
 
+			if (requestId.empty()) requestId = generateRequestId();
+
 			for (const HeaderDefinition& h : requestHeaders) if (h.matches(requestId, convertor.from_bytes(request.url))) appendRequestHeader(h.name, h.value);
 
 			std::string body;