diff --git a/net/http_client.android.ts b/net/http_client.android.ts
index 5551295e2..82ef0dd61 100644
--- a/net/http_client.android.ts
+++ b/net/http_client.android.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http
                     d.reject(error);
                 } else {
                     d.resolve({
-                        body: {
+                        content: {
                             toString: () => { return data },
                             toJSON: () => { return JSON.parse(data) },
                             toImage: () => { return image_module.Image.imageFromNativeBitmap(data); }
diff --git a/net/http_client.d.ts b/net/http_client.d.ts
index e31741056..267494ea3 100644
--- a/net/http_client.d.ts
+++ b/net/http_client.d.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface HttpRequestOptions {
     url: string;
     method: string;
     headers?: HttpHeader[];
-    body?: any;
+    content?: HttpContent;
 }
 
 export interface HttpHeader {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface HttpHeader {
 export interface HttpResponse {
     statusCode: number;
     headers: HttpHeader[];
-    body: HttpContent;
+    content?: HttpContent;
 }
 
 export interface HttpContent {
diff --git a/net/http_client.ios.ts b/net/http_client.ios.ts
index 22c9ef2a1..eec653597 100644
--- a/net/http_client.ios.ts
+++ b/net/http_client.ios.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http
             }
         }
 
-        if (typeof (options.body) == "string") {
-            urlRequest.setHTTPBody(Foundation.NSString.initWithString(options.body).dataUsingEncoding(4));
-        }
+        urlRequest.setHTTPBody(Foundation.NSString.initWithString(options.content.toString()).dataUsingEncoding(4));
 
         var dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequestCompletionHandler(urlRequest,
             function (data, response, error) {
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http
                     }
 
                     d.resolve({
-                        body: {
+                        content: {
                             toString: () => { return NSDataToString(data); },
                             toJSON: () => { return JSON.parse(NSDataToString(data)); },
                             toImage: () => { return image.Image.imageFromData(data); }
diff --git a/net/http_common.ts b/net/http_common.ts
index 8f1eaf58b..73ea22b0f 100644
--- a/net/http_common.ts
+++ b/net/http_common.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export function getString(url: string): promises.Promise<string> {
     var d = promises.defer<string>();
 
     http.request({ url: url, method: "GET" })
-        .then(r => d.resolve(r.body.toString()))
+        .then(r => d.resolve(r.content.toString()))
         .fail(e => d.reject(e));
 
     return d.promise();
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function getJSON<T>(url: string): promises.Promise<T> {
     var d = promises.defer<T>();
 
     http.request({ url: url, method: "GET" })
-        .then(r => d.resolve(r.body.toJSON()))
+        .then(r => d.resolve(r.content.toJSON()))
         .fail(e => d.reject(e));
 
     return d.promise();
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function getImage(url: string): promises.Promise<image_module.Image> {
     var d = promises.defer<image_module.Image>();
 
     http.request({ url: url, method: "GET" })
-        .then(r => d.resolve(r.body.toImage()))
+        .then(r => d.resolve(r.content.toImage()))
         .fail(e => d.reject(e));
 
     return d.promise();