diff --git a/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/__init__.py b/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/__init__.py
index 198b685..298866a 100644
--- a/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
     StorageError,
 )
 
+try:
+    from .cmr_query import CmrQuery
+except ImportError:
+    from .storage import CmrQuery
+
 try:
     from .http_request import HttpRequest
 except ImportError:
@@ -15,6 +20,7 @@
 
 
 __all__ = (
+    "CmrQuery",
     "Dummy",
     "FilteredStorage",
     "HttpRequest",
diff --git a/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/cmr_query.py b/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/cmr_query.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f80605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/cmr_query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import urllib.parse
+from dataclasses import InitVar, dataclass
+from typing import Optional
+
+from mandible.metadata_mapper.context import Context
+
+from .http_request import HttpRequest
+
+
+@dataclass
+class CmrQuery(HttpRequest):
+    """A convenience class for setting neccessary CMR parameters"""
+
+    url: InitVar[None] = None
+
+    base_url: str = ""
+    path: str = ""
+    format: str = ""
+    token: Optional[str] = None
+
+    def __post_init__(self, url: str):
+        if url:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "do not set 'url' directly, use 'base_url' and 'path' instead",
+            )
+
+    def _get_override_request_args(self, context: Context) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "headers": self._get_headers(),
+            "url": self._get_url(),
+        }
+
+    def _get_headers(self) -> Optional[dict]:
+        if self.token is None:
+            return self.headers
+
+        return {
+            **(self.headers or {}),
+            "Authorization": self.token,
+        }
+
+    def _get_url(self) -> str:
+        path = self.path
+        if self.format:
+            path = f"{self.path}.{self.format.lower()}"
+        return urllib.parse.urljoin(self.base_url, path)
diff --git a/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/http_request.py b/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/http_request.py
index 9292e65..f67c8a0 100644
--- a/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/http_request.py
+++ b/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/http_request.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 class HttpRequest(Storage):
     """A storage which returns the body of an HTTP response"""
 
+    # TODO(reweeden): python3.10 added support for KW_ONLY arguments which can
+    # be used to clean up the inheritance here a bit.
     url: str
     method: str = "GET"
     params: Optional[dict] = None
@@ -24,18 +26,21 @@ class HttpRequest(Storage):
     allow_redirects: bool = True
 
     def open_file(self, context: Context) -> IO[bytes]:
-        response = requests.request(
-            self.method,
-            self.url,
-            params=self.params,
-            data=self.data,
-            json=self.json,
-            headers=self.headers,
-            cookies=self.cookies,
-            timeout=self.timeout,
-            allow_redirects=self.allow_redirects,
-            stream=True,
-        )
+        kwargs = {
+            "allow_redirects": self.allow_redirects,
+            "cookies": self.cookies,
+            "data": self.data,
+            "headers": self.headers,
+            "json": self.json,
+            "method": self.method,
+            "params": self.params,
+            "stream": True,
+            "timeout": self.timeout,
+            "url": self.url,
+            # Allow subclasses to override these
+            **self._get_override_request_args(context),
+        }
+        response = requests.request(**kwargs)
 
         # TODO(reweeden): Using response.content causes the entire response
         # payload to be loaded into memory immediately. Ideally, we would
@@ -44,3 +49,6 @@ def open_file(self, context: Context) -> IO[bytes]:
         # object, however, this doesn't preform the content decoding that you
         # get when using response.content.
         return io.BytesIO(response.content)
+
+    def _get_override_request_args(self, context: Context) -> dict:
+        return {}
diff --git a/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/storage.py b/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/storage.py
index 7fb53c3..a6854ae 100644
--- a/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/storage.py
+++ b/mandible/metadata_mapper/storage/storage.py
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ def __init__(self):
         super().__init__("requests")
 
 
+@dataclass
+class CmrQuery(_PlaceholderBase):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__("requests")
+
+
 # Define storages that don't require extra dependencies
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/tests/test_storage.py b/tests/test_storage.py
index a5d1f3d..ff6b0e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_storage.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from mandible.metadata_mapper.context import Context
 from mandible.metadata_mapper.storage import (
     STORAGE_REGISTRY,
+    CmrQuery,
     Dummy,
     HttpRequest,
     LocalFile,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 
 def test_registry():
     assert STORAGE_REGISTRY == {
+        "CmrQuery": CmrQuery,
         "Dummy": Dummy,
         "HttpRequest": HttpRequest,
         "LocalFile": LocalFile,
@@ -180,3 +182,36 @@ def create_file(bucket, name, contents=None, type="data"):
     })
     with storage.open_file(context) as f:
         assert f.read() == b"Content from file2.txt\n"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.http
+def test_cmr_query_params():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        CmrQuery(url="foobar")
+
+    assert CmrQuery(
+        base_url="http://foo.bar",
+        path="/search/granules",
+    )._get_url() == "http://foo.bar/search/granules"
+    assert CmrQuery(
+        base_url="http://foo.bar",
+        path="search/granules",
+    )._get_url() == "http://foo.bar/search/granules"
+    assert CmrQuery(
+        base_url="http://foo.bar/",
+        path="/search/granules",
+    )._get_url() == "http://foo.bar/search/granules"
+    assert CmrQuery(
+        base_url="http://foo.bar/",
+        path="search/granules",
+    )._get_url() == "http://foo.bar/search/granules"
+
+    assert CmrQuery(
+        base_url="http://foo.bar",
+        path="/search/granules",
+        format="umm_json",
+    )._get_url() == "http://foo.bar/search/granules.umm_json"
+
+    assert CmrQuery(token="foobar")._get_headers() == {
+        "Authorization": "foobar",
+    }