Modified the http module to remove the cyclic references. Added promises.d.ts.

http/http-request.android.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /**
   * Android specific http request implementation.
   */
-import promises = require("promises/promises");
-import http = require("http");
+import promises = require("promises");
 
-declare var exports;
-require("utils/module-merge").merge(require("http/http-common"), exports);
+// this is imported for definition purposes only
+import http = require("http");
 
 export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http.HttpResponse> {
     var d = promises.defer<http.HttpResponse>();

http/http-request.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//@private
+import promises = require("promises");
+import http = require("http");
+
+export declare var request: (options: http.HttpRequestOptions) => promises.Promise<http.HttpResponse>;

http/http-request.ios.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 /**
   * iOS specific http request implementation.
   */
-import promises = require("promises/promises");
+import promises = require("promises");
 import http = require("http");
 
-declare var exports;
-require("utils/module-merge").merge(require("http/http-common"), exports);
-
 export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http.HttpResponse> {
     var d = promises.defer<http.HttpResponse>();
 

http/http.d.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 declare module "http" {
     import image = require("image-source");
-    import promises = require("promises/promises");
+    import promises = require("promises");
 
     function getString(url: string): promises.Promise<string>
     function getString(options: HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<string>

http/http.impl.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 import image = require("image-source");
-import promises = require("promises/promises");
-import http = require("http");
+import promises = require("promises");
+import request = require("http/http-request");
+
+// merge the exports of the request file with the exports of this file
+declare var exports;
+require("utils/module-merge").merge(request, exports);
 
 /**
-  * Gets string from url.
-  */
-
+* Gets string from url.
+*/
 export function getString(arg: any): promises.Promise<string> {
     var d = promises.defer<string>();
 
-    http.request(typeof arg === "string" ? { url: arg, method: "GET" } : arg)
+    request.request(typeof arg === "string" ? { url: arg, method: "GET" } : arg)
         .then(r => d.resolve(r.content.toString()))
         .fail(e => d.reject(e));
 
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ export function getString(arg: any): promises.Promise<string> {
 export function getJSON<T>(arg: any): promises.Promise<T> {
     var d = promises.defer<T>();
 
-    http.request(typeof arg === "string" ? { url: arg, method: "GET" } : arg)
+    request.request(typeof arg === "string" ? { url: arg, method: "GET" } : arg)
         .then(r => d.resolve(r.content.toJSON()))
         .fail(e => d.reject(e));
 
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ export function getJSON<T>(arg: any): promises.Promise<T> {
 export function getImage(arg: any): promises.Promise<image.ImageSource> {
     var d = promises.defer<image.ImageSource>();
 
-    http.request(typeof arg === "string" ? { url: arg, method: "GET" } : arg)
+    request.request(typeof arg === "string" ? { url: arg, method: "GET" } : arg)
         .then(r => d.resolve(r.content.toImage()))
         .fail(e => d.reject(e));