diff --git a/src/main/java/org/icatproject/ids/enums/ValueContainerType.java b/src/main/java/org/icatproject/ids/enums/ValueContainerType.java
index 3b76ca27..cf7501ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/icatproject/ids/enums/ValueContainerType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/icatproject/ids/enums/ValueContainerType.java
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
  * This enum provides all possible values of a ValueContainer
  */
 public enum ValueContainerType {
-    INVALID, VOID, INT, LONG, BOOL, STRING, REQUEST, RESPONSE, INPUTSTREAM
+    INVALID, VOID, INT, LONG, BOOL, STRING, RESPONSE, INPUTSTREAM
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/icatproject/ids/helpers/ValueContainer.java b/src/main/java/org/icatproject/ids/helpers/ValueContainer.java
index 33d8a212..bb99efba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/icatproject/ids/helpers/ValueContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/icatproject/ids/helpers/ValueContainer.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import org.icatproject.ids.enums.ValueContainerType;
 import org.icatproject.ids.exceptions.InternalException;
 
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 /**
@@ -78,14 +77,6 @@ public ValueContainer(boolean value) {
         this(value, ValueContainerType.BOOL);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a ValueContainer of type Request
-     * @param value the value contained by the container
-     */
-    public ValueContainer(HttpServletRequest value) {
-        this(value, ValueContainerType.REQUEST);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a ValueContainer of type Response
      * @param value the value contained by the container
@@ -150,16 +141,6 @@ public String getString() throws InternalException {
         return (String) this.value;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Tries to return the value of the type Request.
-     * @return
-     * @throws InternalException if the container has another type an exception will be thrown
-     */
-    public HttpServletRequest getRequest() throws InternalException {
-        this.checkType(ValueContainerType.REQUEST);
-        return (HttpServletRequest) this.value;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Tries to return the value of the type Response.
      * @return
@@ -189,7 +170,6 @@ public String toString() {
             case LONG: return ""+this.value;
             case BOOL: return ((boolean)this.value ? "true" : "false"); 
             case STRING: return (String)this.value; 
-            case REQUEST: return "HttpServletRequest: " + ((HttpServletRequest) this.value).getQueryString();
             case RESPONSE: return "Response " + ((Response) this.value).toString();
             case INPUTSTREAM: return "An InputStream which will be printed here to prevent it from closing (and maybe it is too long).";
             default:
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/icatproject/ids/TestValueContainer.java b/src/test/java/org/icatproject/ids/TestValueContainer.java
index 8dc72fd7..bc3daf98 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/icatproject/ids/TestValueContainer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/icatproject/ids/TestValueContainer.java
@@ -4,13 +4,19 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 import org.icatproject.ids.enums.ValueContainerType;
 import org.icatproject.ids.exceptions.InternalException;
 import org.icatproject.ids.helpers.ValueContainer;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class TestValueContainer {
 
+public class TestValueContainer {
 
     @Test
     public void testInvalidValueContainer() throws Exception {
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ public void testBoolValueContainer() throws Exception {
 
         assertEquals(vc.getBool(), true);
 
-        vc.getInt();
+        vc.getString();
     }
 
     @Test(expected = InternalException.class)
@@ -80,4 +86,26 @@ public void testStringValueContainer() throws Exception {
 
         vc.getBool();
     }
+
+    @Test(expected = InternalException.class)
+    public void testInputStreamValueContainer() throws Exception {
+        
+        String s = "test InputStream";
+        var inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(s.getBytes());
+        var vc = new ValueContainer(inputStream);
+        assertFalse(vc.isVoid());
+        assertFalse(vc.isInvalid());
+        assertFalse(vc.isNull());
+
+        assertEquals(vc.getInputStream(), inputStream);
+        
+        var ISReader = new InputStreamReader(vc.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        var BReader = new BufferedReader(ISReader);
+        String textFromStream = BReader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());
+        BReader.close();
+        assertEquals(textFromStream, s);
+
+        vc.getString();
+    }
+
 }
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