diff --git a/src/puter-js/src/index.js b/src/puter-js/src/index.js
index 95f0cf670..87b9db498 100644
--- a/src/puter-js/src/index.js
+++ b/src/puter-js/src/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { Debug } from './modules/Debug.js';
 import { PSocket, wispInfo } from './modules/networking/PSocket.js';
 import { PTLSSocket } from "./modules/networking/PTLS.js"
 import { PWispHandler } from './modules/networking/PWispHandler.js';
+import { make_http_api } from './lib/http.js';
 
 // TODO: This is for a safe-guard below; we should check if we can
 //       generalize this behavior rather than hard-coding it.
@@ -320,7 +321,12 @@ window.puter = (function() {
                 await this.services.wait_for_init(['api-access']);
                 this.p_can_request_rao_.resolve();
             })();
+            
+            // TODO: This should be separated into modules called "Net" and "Http".
+            //       Modules need to be refactored first because right now they
+            //       are too tightly-coupled with authentication state.
             (async () => {
+                // === puter.net ===
                 const { token: wispToken, server: wispServer } = (await (await fetch(this.APIOrigin + '/wisp/relay-token/create', {
                     method: 'POST',
                     headers: {
@@ -336,6 +342,12 @@ window.puter = (function() {
                         TLSSocket: PTLSSocket
                     }
                 }
+                
+                // === puter.http ===
+                this.http = make_http_api(
+                    { Socket: this.net.Socket, DEFAULT_PORT: 80 });
+                this.https = make_http_api(
+                    { Socket: this.net.tls.TLSSocket, DEFAULT_PORT: 443 });
             })();
 
 
diff --git a/src/puter-js/src/lib/EventListener.js b/src/puter-js/src/lib/EventListener.js
index b7fa78217..ebad0e5df 100644
--- a/src/puter-js/src/lib/EventListener.js
+++ b/src/puter-js/src/lib/EventListener.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export default class EventListener {
             return;
         }
         this.#eventListeners[eventName].push(callback);
+        return this;
     }
 
     off(eventName, callback) {
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ export default class EventListener {
         if (index !== -1) {
             listeners.splice(index, 1);
         }
+        return this;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/puter-js/src/lib/http.js b/src/puter-js/src/lib/http.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..413f8cca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/puter-js/src/lib/http.js
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import EventListener from "./EventListener";
+
+// TODO: this inheritance is an anti-pattern; we should use
+//       a trait or mixin for event emitters.
+export class HTTPRequest extends EventListener {
+    constructor ({ options, callback }) {
+        super(['data','end','error']);
+        this.options = options;
+        this.callback = callback;
+    }
+    end () {
+        //
+    }
+}
+
+export const make_http_api = ({ Socket, DEFAULT_PORT }) => {
+    // Helper to create an EventEmitter-like object
+
+    const api = {};
+    
+    api.request = (options, callback) => {
+        const sock = new Socket(options.hostname, options.port ?? DEFAULT_PORT);
+        const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+        const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+
+        // Request object
+        const req = new HTTPRequest([
+            'data',
+            'end',
+            'error',
+        ]);
+        
+        // Response object
+        const res = new EventListener([
+            'data',
+            'end',
+            'error',
+        ]);
+        res.headers = {};
+        res.statusCode = null;
+        res.statusMessage = '';
+        
+        let buffer = '';
+
+        let amount = 0;
+        const TRANSFER_CONTENT_LENGTH = {
+            data: data => {
+                const contentLength = parseInt(res.headers['content-length'], 10);
+                if ( buffer ) {
+                    const bin = encoder.encode(buffer);
+                    data = new Uint8Array([...bin, ...data]);
+                    buffer = '';
+                }
+                amount += data.length;
+                res.emit('data', decoder.decode(data));
+                if (amount >= contentLength) {
+                    sock.close();
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        const TRANSFER_CHUNKED = {
+            data: data => {
+                // TODO
+                throw new Error('Chunked transfer encoding not implemented');
+            }
+        };
+        let transfer = null;
+
+        const STATE_HEADERS = {
+            data: data => {
+                data = decoder.decode(data);
+
+                buffer += data;
+                const headerEndIndex = buffer.indexOf('\r\n\r\n');
+                if ( headerEndIndex === -1 ) return;
+
+                // Parse headers
+                const headersString = buffer.substring(0, headerEndIndex);
+                const headerLines = headersString.split('\r\n');
+
+                // Remove headers from buffer
+                buffer = buffer.substring(headerEndIndex + 4);
+
+                // Parse status line
+                const [httpVersion, statusCode, ...statusMessageParts] = headerLines[0].split(' ');
+                res.statusCode = parseInt(statusCode, 10);
+                res.statusMessage = statusMessageParts.join(' ');
+
+                // Parse headers
+                for (let i = 1; i < headerLines.length; i++) {
+                    const [key, ...valueParts] = headerLines[i].split(':');
+                    if (key) {
+                        res.headers[key.toLowerCase().trim()] = valueParts.join(':').trim();
+                    }
+                }
+
+
+                if ( res.headers['transfer-encoding'] === 'chunked' ) {
+                    transfer = TRANSFER_CHUNKED;
+                } else if ( res.headers['transfer-encoding'] ) {
+                    throw new Error('Unsupported transfer encoding');
+                } else if ( res.headers['content-length'] ) {
+                    transfer = TRANSFER_CONTENT_LENGTH;
+                } else {
+                    throw new Error('No content length or transfer encoding');
+                }
+                state = STATE_BODY;
+
+                callback(res);
+            }
+        };
+        const STATE_BODY = {
+            data: data => {
+                transfer.data(data);
+            }
+        };
+        let state = STATE_HEADERS;
+        
+        sock.on('data', (data) => {
+            state.data(data);
+        });
+
+        sock.on('error', (err) => {
+            req.emit('error', err);
+        });
+
+        sock.on('close', () => {
+            res.emit('end');
+        });
+
+        // Construct and send HTTP request
+        const method = options.method || 'GET';
+        const path = options.path || '/';
+        const headers = options.headers || {};
+        headers['Host'] = options.hostname;
+        
+        let requestString = `${method} ${path} HTTP/1.1\r\n`;
+        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(headers)) {
+            requestString += `${key}: ${value}\r\n`;
+        }
+        requestString += '\r\n';
+        
+        if (options.data) {
+            requestString += options.data;
+        }
+        
+        sock.write(encoder.encode(requestString));
+        
+        return req;
+    };
+    
+    return api;
+};
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