diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Tobias Dammers (c) 2016
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Tobias Dammers nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# GHCJS-XHR
+
+XmlHttpRequest object for GHCJS.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/ghcjs-xhr.cabal b/ghcjs-xhr.cabal
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+name:                ghcjs-xhr
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            XmlHttpRequest ("AJAX") bindings for GHCJS
+description:         Please see README.md
+homepage:            https://github.com/tdammers/ghcjs-xhr
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Tobias Dammers
+maintainer:          tdammers@gmail.com
+copyright:           2017 Tobias Dammers
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs: src
+  exposed-modules: JavaScript.XHR
+  build-depends: base >= 4.8 && <5
+               , ghcjs-base >= 0.2 && <1
+               , text >= 1.2.2.1 && <2
+  js-sources: src/impl.js
+  default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/JavaScript/XHR.hs b/src/JavaScript/XHR.hs
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+{-#LANGUAGE JavaScriptFFI #-}
+{-#LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-#LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+
+module JavaScript.XHR
+( Method (..)
+, XHR
+, xhr
+, getStatus
+, getBody
+, ajax
+, get
+)
+where
+
+import Data.JSString
+import Data.JSString.Text (textToJSString, textFromJSString)
+import GHCJS.Types
+import GHCJS.Marshal (ToJSVal(..), FromJSVal(..))
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+
+newtype XHR = XHR { unXHR :: JSVal }
+
+data Method = GET
+            | POST
+            deriving (Show, Eq, Enum, Ord)
+
+methodJSString :: Method -> JSString
+methodJSString GET = "GET"
+methodJSString POST = "POST"
+
+foreign import javascript interruptible
+    "ghcjs_xhr$ajax($1, $2, $3, $4, $c);"
+    js_ajax :: JSString -> JSString -> JSString -> JSString -> IO JSVal
+
+foreign import javascript
+    "ghcjs_xhr$xhrGetStatus($1)"
+    js_xhrGetStatus :: JSVal -> IO JSVal
+
+foreign import javascript
+    "ghcjs_xhr$xhrGetBody($1) || ''"
+    js_xhrGetBody :: JSVal -> IO JSString
+
+xhr :: Method -> Text -> Text -> Text -> IO XHR
+xhr method url contentType body = do
+    let js_method = methodJSString method
+        js_url = textToJSString url
+        js_contentType = textToJSString contentType
+        js_body = textToJSString body
+    XHR <$> js_ajax js_method js_url js_contentType js_body
+
+getStatus :: XHR -> IO Int
+getStatus xhr = fmap (fromMaybe 500) $ fromJSVal =<< js_xhrGetStatus (unXHR xhr)
+
+getBody :: XHR -> IO Text
+getBody xhr = fmap textFromJSString $ js_xhrGetBody (unXHR xhr)
+
+ajax :: Method -> Text -> Text -> Text -> IO (Int, Text)
+ajax method url contentType body = do
+    req <- xhr method url contentType body
+    (,) <$> getStatus req <*> getBody req
+
+get :: Text -> IO (Int, Text)
+get url = ajax GET url "application/x-www-form-encoded" ""
diff --git a/src/impl.js b/src/impl.js
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+function ghcjs_xhr$ajax(method, url, contentType, body, cont) {
+    xhr = ghcjs_xhr$createXMLHTTPObject();
+    if (!xhr) {
+        cont({status: 500, response: "No XMLHttpRequest implementation found"});
+        return;
+    }
+    xhr.open(method, url, true);
+    xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-type', contentType);
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+            cont(xhr);
+        }
+    }
+    if (body) {
+        xhr.send(body);
+    }
+    else {
+        xhr.send();
+    }
+}
+
+function ghcjs_xhr$xhrGetStatus(xhr) {
+    return xhr.status;
+}
+
+function ghcjs_xhr$xhrGetBody(xhr) {
+    return xhr.response;
+}
+
+var ghcjs_xhr$XMLHttpFactories = [
+    function () { return new XMLHttpRequest(); },
+    function () { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); },
+    function () { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml3.XMLHTTP"); },
+    function () { return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
+];
+
+function ghcjs_xhr$createXMLHTTPObject() {
+    var xmlhttp = false;
+    for (var i=0; i<ghcjs_xhr$XMLHttpFactories.length; i++) {
+        try {
+            xmlhttp = ghcjs_xhr$XMLHttpFactories[i]();
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    return xmlhttp;
+}
