diff --git a/net/http_client.d.ts b/net/http_client.d.ts
index 4ff9da2d0..27cddc358 100644
--- a/net/http_client.d.ts
+++ b/net/http_client.d.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,24 @@ export declare class http {
     static getString(url: string): promises.Promise<string>;
     static getJSON<T>(url: string): promises.Promise<T>;
     static getImage(url: string): promises.Promise<image_module.Image>;
+
+    static request(options: IHttpRequestOptions, successCallback: (r: IHttpResponse) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void);
+}
+
+export interface IHttpRequestOptions {
+    url: string;
+    method: string;
+    headers?: IHttpHeader[];
+    body?: string;
+}
+
+export interface IHttpHeader {
+    name: string;
+    value: string;
+}
+
+export interface IHttpResponse {
+    statusCode: number;
+    headers: IHttpHeader[];
+    body: any;
 }
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diff --git a/net/http_client.ios.ts b/net/http_client.ios.ts
index ea700c402..7be07a94f 100644
--- a/net/http_client.ios.ts
+++ b/net/http_client.ios.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
   * iOS specific http client implementation.
   */
-
+import http_client = require("net/http_client");
 import image_module = require("Image/image");
 import promises = require("promises/promises");
 
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ export class http {
       */
     public static getString(url: string): promises.Promise<string> {
         var d = promises.defer<string>();
-        http.get(url, r => d.resolve(Foundation.NSString.initWithDataEncoding(r, 4).toString()), e => d.reject(e));
+
+        http.request({ url: url, method: "GET" },
+            r => d.resolve(Foundation.NSString.initWithDataEncoding(r.body, 4).toString()),
+            e => d.reject(e));
+
         return d.promise();
     }
 
@@ -20,7 +24,11 @@ export class http {
       */
     public static getJSON<T>(url: string): promises.Promise<T> {
         var d = promises.defer<T>();
-        http.get(url, r => d.resolve(JSON.parse(Foundation.NSString.initWithDataEncoding(r, 4).toString())), e => d.reject(e));
+
+        http.request({ url: url, method: "GET" },
+            r => d.resolve(JSON.parse(Foundation.NSString.initWithDataEncoding(r.body, 4).toString())),
+            e => d.reject(e));
+
         return d.promise();
     }
 
@@ -29,57 +37,71 @@ export class http {
       */
     public static getImage(url: string): promises.Promise<image_module.Image> {
         var d = promises.defer<image_module.Image>();
-        http.get(url, r => {
-            var image = new image_module.Image();
-            image.loadFromData(r);
-            d.resolve(image);
-        }, e => d.reject(e));
+
+        http.request({ url: url, method: "GET" },
+            r => {
+                var image = new image_module.Image();
+                image.loadFromData(r.body);
+                d.resolve(image);
+            },
+            e => d.reject(e));
+
         return d.promise();
     }
 
-    private static get(url: string, successCallback: (result: any) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void) {
+    private static request(options: http_client.IHttpRequestOptions,
+        successCallback: (r: http_client.IHttpResponse) => void,
+        errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void) {
+
         try {
             var sessionConfig = Foundation.NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration();
             var queue = Foundation.NSOperationQueue.mainQueue();
-            var session = Foundation.NSURLSession.sessionWithConfigurationDelegateDelegateQueue(sessionConfig, null, queue);
-            var dataTask = session.dataTaskWithURLCompletionHandler(Foundation.NSURL.URLWithString(url), function (data, response, error) {
-                if (error) {
-                    if (errorCallback) {
-                        errorCallback(new Error(error.localizedDescription()));
-                    }
-                } else if (successCallback) {
-                    successCallback(data);
-                }
-            });
+            var session = Foundation.NSURLSession.sessionWithConfigurationDelegateDelegateQueue(
+                sessionConfig, null, queue);
 
-            dataTask.resume();
-            session.finishTasksAndInvalidate();
-        } catch (ex) {
-            if (errorCallback) {
-                errorCallback(ex);
+            var urlRequest = Foundation.NSMutableURLRequest.requestWithURL(
+                Foundation.NSURL.URLWithString(options.url));
+
+            urlRequest.setHTTPMethod(options.method);
+
+            if (options.headers && options.headers.length) {
+                for (var i = 0, l = options.headers.length; i < l; i++) {
+                    var header = options.headers[i];
+
+                    urlRequest.setValueForHTTPHeaderField(header.name, header.value);
+                }
             }
-        }
-    }
 
-    private static post(url: string, postData: string, successCallback?: (result: any) => void, errorCallback?: (e: Error) => void) {
-        try {
-            var sessionConfig = Foundation.NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration();
-            var queue = Foundation.NSOperationQueue.mainQueue();
-            var session = Foundation.NSURLSession.sessionWithConfigurationDelegateDelegateQueue(sessionConfig, null, queue);
+            if (typeof (options.body) == "string") {
+                urlRequest.setHTTPBody(Foundation.NSString.initWithString(options.body).dataUsingEncoding(4));
+            }
 
-            var urlRequest = Foundation.NSMutableURLRequest.requestWithURL(Foundation.NSURL.URLWithString(url));
-            urlRequest.setHTTPMethod("POST");
-            urlRequest.setHTTPBody(Foundation.NSString.initWithString(postData).dataUsingEncoding(4));
+            var dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequestCompletionHandler(urlRequest,
+                function (data, response, error) {
+                    if (error) {
+                        if (errorCallback) {
+                            errorCallback(new Error(error.localizedDescription()));
+                        }
+                    } else if (successCallback) {
 
-            var dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequestCompletionHandler(urlRequest, function (data, response, error) {
-                if (error) {
-                    if (errorCallback) {
-                        errorCallback(new Error(error.localizedDescription()));
+                        var headers = new Array<http_client.IHttpHeader>();
+                        var headerFields = response.allHeaderFields();
+                        var keys = headerFields.allKeys();
+
+                        for (var i = 0, l = keys.count(); i < l; i++) {
+                            var key = keys.objectAtIndex(i);
+
+                            headers.push({ name: key, value: headerFields.valueForKey(key) });
+                        }
+
+                        successCallback(
+                            {
+                                body: data,
+                                statusCode: response.statusCode,
+                                headers: headers
+                            });
                     }
-                } else if (successCallback) {
-                    successCallback(data);
-                }
-            });
+                });
 
             dataTask.resume();
         } catch (ex) {
@@ -87,5 +109,6 @@ export class http {
                 errorCallback(ex);
             }
         }
+
     }
 }