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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+[![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/javascript-extras.svg)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/javascript-extras)
+
+Extra javascript functions when using GHCJS
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/javascript-extras.cabal b/javascript-extras.cabal
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+name:                javascript-extras
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Extra javascript functions when using GHCJS
+description:         Extra javascript functions when using GHCJS
+homepage:            https://github.com/louispan/javascript-extras#readme
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Louis Pan
+maintainer:          louis@pan.me
+copyright:           2017 Louis Pan
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     JavaScript.Extras
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+  if impl(ghcjs)
+    build-depends: ghcjs-base
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/louispan/javascript-extras
diff --git a/src/JavaScript/Extras.hs b/src/JavaScript/Extras.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+
+module JavaScript.Extras
+    ( strval
+    , Property
+    , getProperty
+    , setProperty
+    , PureJSVal(..)
+    , toMaybeJSObject
+    , toJSObject
+    ) where
+
+import Data.Foldable
+import qualified Data.JSString as J
+import qualified GHCJS.Marshal.Pure as J
+import qualified GHCJS.Types as J
+import qualified JavaScript.Object as JO
+
+-- | This makes it easier to use OverloadedStrings with inputs that accept a JSVal that could be a JSString
+strval :: J.JSString -> J.JSVal
+strval = J.jsval
+
+type Property = (J.JSString, J.JSVal)
+
+-- | throws an exception if undefined or null
+foreign import javascript unsafe
+  "$2[$1]"
+  js_unsafeGetProperty :: J.JSString -> J.JSVal -> IO J.JSVal
+
+-- | throws an exception if undefined or null
+foreign import javascript unsafe
+  "$3[$1] = $2;"
+  js_unsafeSetProperty :: J.JSString -> J.JSVal -> J.JSVal -> IO ()
+
+-- | get a property of any JSVal. If a null or undefined is queried, the result will also be null
+getProperty :: J.JSString -> J.JSVal -> IO J.JSVal
+getProperty k x = let k' = J.pToJSVal k
+                  in if J.isUndefined x || J.isNull x
+                         || J.isUndefined k' || J.isNull k'
+                     then pure J.nullRef
+                     else js_unsafeGetProperty k x
+
+-- | set a property of any JSVal
+setProperty :: Property -> J.JSVal -> IO ()
+setProperty (k, v) x = let k' = J.pToJSVal k
+                    in if J.isUndefined x || J.isNull x
+                          || J.isUndefined k' || J.isNull k'
+                       then pure ()
+                       else js_unsafeSetProperty k v x
+
+-- | This is to enable conversion between equivalent classes 'IsJSVal' and 'PToJSVal'
+-- So you can convert ((PureJSVal Object) to JSVal with pToJSVal without requiring IO)
+newtype PureJSVal a = PureJSVal a
+    deriving J.IsJSVal
+
+instance J.IsJSVal a => J.PToJSVal (PureJSVal a) where
+    pToJSVal (PureJSVal a) = J.jsval a
+
+toMaybeJSObject :: [Property] -> IO (Maybe JO.Object)
+toMaybeJSObject [] = pure Nothing
+toMaybeJSObject xs = Just <$> toJSObject xs
+
+toJSObject :: [Property] -> IO JO.Object
+toJSObject [] = JO.create
+toJSObject xs = do
+    obj <- JO.create
+    traverse_ (\(k, v) -> JO.unsafeSetProp k v obj) xs
+    pure obj