diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014 David Johnson
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Web/Stripe/Client/HttpStreams.hs b/src/Web/Stripe/Client/HttpStreams.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies   #-}
+-- |
+-- Module      : Web.Stripe.Client.Internal
+-- Copyright   : (c) David Johnson, 2014
+-- Maintainer  : djohnson.m@gmail.com
+-- Stability   : experimental
+-- Portability : POSIX
+module Web.Stripe.Client.HttpStreams
+    ( stripe
+    , stripeConn
+    , withConnection
+    , StripeRequest      (..)
+    , StripeError        (..)
+    , StripeConfig       (..)
+    -- * low-level
+    , callAPI
+    ) where
+
+import           Control.Exception          (SomeException, finally, try)
+import           Control.Monad              (when)
+import           Data.Aeson                 (Result(..), FromJSON, Value, fromJSON, json')
+import qualified Data.ByteString            as S
+import           Data.Monoid                (mempty, (<>))
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding         as T
+import           Network.Http.Client        (Connection,
+                                             baselineContextSSL, buildRequest,
+                                             closeConnection,
+                                             getStatusCode, http,
+                                             inputStreamBody, openConnectionSSL,
+                                             receiveResponse, sendRequest,
+                                             setAuthorizationBasic, encodedFormBody,
+                                             setContentType, setHeader)
+import qualified Network.Http.Client        as C
+import           OpenSSL                    (withOpenSSL)
+import qualified System.IO.Streams          as Streams
+import qualified System.IO.Streams.Attoparsec as Streams
+import           System.IO.Streams.Attoparsec (ParseException(..))
+import           Web.Stripe.Client          (APIVersion (..), Method(..), StripeConfig (..),
+                                             StripeError (..),
+                                             StripeErrorType (..), StripeRequest (..),
+                                             StripeReturn, getStripeKey,
+                                             toBytestring, toText,
+                                             paramsToByteString, attemptDecode, unknownCode,
+                                             handleStream
+                                             )
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Create a request to `Stripe`'s API
+stripe
+    :: (FromJSON (StripeReturn a)) =>
+       StripeConfig
+    -> StripeRequest a
+    -> IO (Either StripeError (StripeReturn a))
+stripe config request =
+  withConnection $ \conn -> do
+    stripeConn conn config request
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Create a request to `Stripe`'s API using a connection opened
+-- with `withConnection`
+stripeConn
+    :: (FromJSON (StripeReturn a)) =>
+       Connection
+    -> StripeConfig
+    -> StripeRequest a
+    -> IO (Either StripeError (StripeReturn a))
+stripeConn conn config request =
+    callAPI conn fromJSON config request
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Open a connection to the stripe API server
+withConnection :: (Connection -> IO (Either StripeError a))
+               -> IO (Either StripeError a)
+withConnection f =
+  withOpenSSL $ do
+    ctx <- baselineContextSSL
+    result <- try (openConnectionSSL ctx "api.stripe.com" 443) :: IO (Either SomeException Connection)
+    case result of
+      Left msg -> return $ Left $ StripeError ConnectionFailure (toText msg) Nothing Nothing Nothing
+      Right conn -> (f conn) `finally` (closeConnection conn)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Debug Helper
+debug :: Bool
+debug = False
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | convert from stripe-core Method type to http-stream Method type
+m2m :: Method -> C.Method
+m2m GET    = C.GET
+m2m POST   = C.POST
+m2m DELETE = C.DELETE
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- | Create a request to `Stripe`'s API over an existing connection
+--
+-- see also: 'withConnection'
+-- FIXME: all connection errors should be
+-- turned into a `StripeError`. But that is not yet implemented.
+--
+-- NOTES: this a pretty low-level function. You probably want `stripe`
+-- or `stripeConn`. If you call this function directly, you are
+-- responsible for ensuring the JSON conversion function supplied is
+-- correct for `StripeRequest`. In the rest of the library this
+-- property is enforced automatically by the type-system. But adding
+-- that constraint here made implementing the `Stripe` testing monad
+-- difficult.
+callAPI
+    :: Connection                      -- ^ an open connection to the server (`withConnection`)
+    -> (Value -> Result b)             -- ^ function to convert JSON result to Haskell Value
+    -> StripeConfig                    -- ^ StripeConfig
+    -> StripeRequest a                 -- ^ StripeRequest
+    -> IO (Either StripeError b)
+callAPI conn fromJSON' StripeConfig {..} StripeRequest{..} = do
+  let reqBody | method == GET = mempty
+              | otherwise     = queryParams
+      reqURL  | method == GET = S.concat [
+                  T.encodeUtf8 endpoint
+                  , "?"
+                  , paramsToByteString queryParams
+                  ]
+              | otherwise = T.encodeUtf8 endpoint
+  req <- buildRequest $ do
+    http (m2m method) $ "/v1/" <> reqURL
+    setAuthorizationBasic (getStripeKey secretKey) mempty
+    setContentType "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
+    setHeader "Stripe-Version" (toBytestring V20141007)
+    setHeader "Connection" "Keep-Alive"
+  sendRequest conn req (encodedFormBody reqBody)
+  receiveResponse conn $ \response inputStream ->
+      do when debug $ print response
+         let statusCode = getStatusCode response
+         if not (attemptDecode statusCode)
+           then return unknownCode
+           else do -- FIXME: should we check the content-type instead
+                   -- assuming it is application/json? --DMJ: Stripe
+                   -- gaurantees it to be JSON 
+                   v <- try (Streams.parseFromStream json' inputStream)
+                   let r =
+                         case v of
+                           (Left (ParseException msg)) -> Error msg
+                           (Right a) -> Success a
+                   return $ handleStream fromJSON' statusCode r
diff --git a/stripe-http-streams.cabal b/stripe-http-streams.cabal
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+name:                stripe-http-streams
+version:             2.0.0
+license:             MIT
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              David Johnson
+maintainer:          djohnson.m@gmail.com
+copyright:           Copyright (c) 2014 David M. Johnson
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+Description:
+    .
+    <<https://stripe.com/img/navigation/logo@2x.png>>
+    .
+    [Access Stripe API using http-streams]
+    This package provides access to the Stripe API using `stripe-core` and `http-streams`. See also the `stripe` package.
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  exposed-modules:     Web.Stripe.Client.HttpStreams
+  other-extensions:    OverloadedStrings, RecordWildCards
+  build-depends:         base         >= 4.7  && < 5
+                       , aeson        >= 0.8  && < 0.10
+                       , bytestring   >= 0.10 && < 0.11
+                       , HsOpenSSL    >= 0.11 && < 0.12
+                       , http-streams >= 0.7  && < 0.9
+                       , io-streams   >= 1.2  && < 1.4
+                       , stripe-core  >= 2.0  && < 2.1
+                       , text         >= 1.1  && < 1.3
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+
+Test-Suite tests
+    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    main-is:          Main.hs
+    hs-source-dirs:   tests
+    build-depends:    HsOpenSSL
+                    , base                >= 4.7  && < 5
+                    , free                >= 4.10 && < 4.13
+                    , hspec               >= 2.1.0 && < 2.3
+                    , http-streams        >= 0.7  && < 0.9
+                    , stripe-core         >= 2.0  && < 2.1
+                    , stripe-http-streams >= 2.0  && < 2.1
+                    , stripe-tests        >= 2.0  && < 2.1
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    ghc-options:      -Wall -threaded -rtsopts
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  subdir:   stripe-http-streams
+  location: git://github.com/dmjio/stripe-haskell.git
diff --git a/tests/Main.hs b/tests/Main.hs
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+module Main where
+
+import           Control.Monad.Trans.Free       (FreeF(..), FreeT(..))
+import           Network.Http.Client            (Connection)
+import           Web.Stripe.Client              (StripeConfig(..), StripeError(..))
+import           Web.Stripe.Client.HttpStreams  (withConnection, callAPI)
+import           Web.Stripe.Test.AllTests       (allTests)
+import           Web.Stripe.Test.Prelude        (Stripe, StripeRequestF(..))
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = allTests runStripe
+
+runStripe :: StripeConfig
+          -> Stripe a
+          -> IO (Either StripeError a)
+runStripe config stripe =
+  withConnection $ \conn ->
+    runStripe' conn config stripe
+
+runStripe' :: Connection
+           -> StripeConfig
+           -> Stripe a
+           -> IO (Either StripeError a)
+runStripe' conn config (FreeT m) =
+  do f <- m
+     case f of
+       (Pure a) -> return (Right a)
+       (Free (StripeRequestF req decode')) ->
+         do r <- callAPI conn decode' config req
+            case r of
+              (Left e) ->  return (Left e)
+              (Right next) -> runStripe' conn config next
