diff --git a/compiler_gym/compiler_env_state.py b/compiler_gym/compiler_env_state.py
index e3c4307aa..07bc5f398 100644
--- a/compiler_gym/compiler_env_state.py
+++ b/compiler_gym/compiler_env_state.py
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 """This module defines a class to represent a compiler environment state."""
 import csv
+import re
 import sys
+from io import StringIO
 from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, TextIO
 
+import requests
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, validator
 
 from compiler_gym.datasets.uri import BenchmarkUri
@@ -23,10 +26,7 @@ class CompilerEnvState(BaseModel):
 
     benchmark: str = Field(
         allow_mutation=False,
-        examples=[
-            "benchmark://cbench-v1/crc32",
-            "generator://csmith-v0/0",
-        ],
+        examples=["benchmark://cbench-v1/crc32", "generator://csmith-v0/0",],
     )
     """The URI of the benchmark used for this episode."""
 
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ class CompilerEnvState(BaseModel):
     """The walltime of the episode in seconds. Must be non-negative."""
 
     reward: Optional[float] = Field(
-        required=False,
-        default=None,
-        allow_mutation=True,
+        required=False, default=None, allow_mutation=True,
     )
     """The cumulative reward for this episode. Optional."""
 
@@ -229,6 +227,16 @@ def read_paths(paths: Iterable[str]) -> Iterable[CompilerEnvState]:
         for path in paths:
             if path == "-":
                 yield from iter(CompilerEnvStateReader(sys.stdin))
+            elif (
+                re.match(r"^(http|https)://[a-zA-Z0-9.-_/]+(\.csv)$", path) is not None
+            ):
+                response: requests.Response = requests.get(path)
+                if response.status_code == 200:
+                    yield from iter(CompilerEnvStateReader(StringIO(response.text)))
+                else:
+                    raise requests.exceptions.InvalidURL(
+                        f"Url {path} content could not be obtained"
+                    )
             else:
                 with open(path) as f:
                     yield from iter(CompilerEnvStateReader(f))
diff --git a/tests/compiler_env_state_test.py b/tests/compiler_env_state_test.py
index 1d722d410..2ccf30675 100644
--- a/tests/compiler_env_state_test.py
+++ b/tests/compiler_env_state_test.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
+import requests
 from pydantic import ValidationError as PydanticValidationError
 
 from compiler_gym import CompilerEnvState, CompilerEnvStateWriter
@@ -321,5 +322,92 @@ def test_state_serialize_deserialize_equality_no_reward():
     assert state_from_csv.commandline == "-a -b -c"
 
 
+def test_read_paths_stdin(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "sys.stdin",
+        StringIO(
+            "benchmark,reward,walltime,commandline\n"
+            "benchmark://cbench-v0/foo,2.0,5.0,-a -b -c\n"
+        ),
+    )
+    reader = CompilerEnvStateReader.read_paths(["-"])
+    assert list(reader) == [
+        CompilerEnvState(
+            benchmark="benchmark://cbench-v0/foo",
+            walltime=5,
+            commandline="-a -b -c",
+            reward=2,
+        )
+    ]
+
+
+def test_read_paths_file(tmp_path):
+    file_dir = f"{tmp_path}/test.csv"
+    with open(file_dir, "w") as csv_file:
+        csv_file.write(
+            "benchmark,reward,walltime,commandline\n"
+            "benchmark://cbench-v0/foo,2.0,5.0,-a -b -c\n"
+        )
+    reader = CompilerEnvStateReader.read_paths([file_dir])
+    assert list(reader) == [
+        CompilerEnvState(
+            benchmark="benchmark://cbench-v0/foo",
+            walltime=5,
+            commandline="-a -b -c",
+            reward=2,
+        )
+    ]
+
+
+def test_read_paths_url(monkeypatch):
+    urls = ["https://compilergym.ai/benchmarktest.csv"]
+
+    class MockResponse:
+        def __init__(self, text, status_code):
+            self.text = text
+            self.status_code = status_code
+
+    def ok_mock_response(*args, **kwargs):
+        return MockResponse(
+            (
+                "benchmark,reward,walltime,commandline\n"
+                "benchmark://cbench-v0/foo,2.0,5.0,-a -b -c\n"
+            ),
+            200,
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(requests, "get", ok_mock_response)
+    reader = CompilerEnvStateReader.read_paths(urls)
+    assert list(reader) == [
+        CompilerEnvState(
+            benchmark="benchmark://cbench-v0/foo",
+            walltime=5,
+            commandline="-a -b -c",
+            reward=2,
+        )
+    ]
+
+    def bad_mock_response(*args, **kwargs):
+        return MockResponse("", 404)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(requests, "get", bad_mock_response)
+    with pytest.raises(requests.exceptions.InvalidURL):
+        reader = CompilerEnvStateReader.read_paths(urls)
+        list(reader)
+
+
+def test_read_paths_bad_inputs():
+    bad_dirs = [
+        "/fake/directory/file.csv",
+        "fake/directory/file.csv",
+        "https://www.compilergym.ai/benchmark",
+        "htts://www.compilergym.ai/benchmark.csv",
+        "htts://www.compilergym.ai/benchmark",
+    ]
+    with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
+        reader = CompilerEnvStateReader.read_paths(bad_dirs)
+        list(reader)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()