diff --git a/lib/cocoa/THTTPClient.m b/lib/cocoa/THTTPClient.m
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+#import "THTTPClient.h"
+#import "TTransportException.h"
+
+@implementation THTTPClient
+
+- (id) initWithURL: (NSURL *) aURL
+{
+  self = [super init];
+  mURL = [aURL retain];
+
+  // set up our request object that we'll use for each request
+  mRequest = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL: mURL];
+  [mRequest setHTTPMethod: @"POST"];
+  [mRequest setValue: @"application/x-thrift" forHTTPHeaderField: @"Content-Type"];
+  [mRequest setValue: @"application/x-thrift" forHTTPHeaderField: @"Accept"];
+  [mRequest setValue: @"Cocoa/THTTPClient" forHTTPHeaderField: @"User-Agent"];
+  [mRequest setCachePolicy: NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData];
+
+  // create our request data buffer
+  mRequestData = [[NSMutableData alloc] initWithCapacity: 1024];
+
+  return self;
+}
+
+
+- (id) initWithURL: (NSURL *) aURL 
+           timeout: (int) timeout
+{
+  self = [self initWithURL: aURL];
+
+  [mRequest setTimeoutInterval: timeout];
+
+  return self;
+}
+
+
+- (void) dealloc
+{
+  [mURL release];
+  [mRequest release];
+  [mRequestData release];
+  [super dealloc];
+}
+
+
+- (int) readAll: (uint8_t *) buf offset: (int) off length: (int) len
+{
+  NSRange r;
+  r.location = mResponseDataOffset;
+  r.length = len;
+
+  [mResponseData getBytes: buf+off range: r];
+  mResponseDataOffset += len;
+
+  return len;
+}
+
+
+- (void) write: (const uint8_t *) data offset: (unsigned int) offset length: (unsigned int) length
+{
+  [mRequestData appendBytes: data+offset length: length];
+}
+
+
+- (void) flush
+{
+  [mRequest setHTTPBody: mRequestData]; // not sure if it copies the data
+
+  // make the HTTP request
+  NSURLResponse * response;
+  NSError * error;
+  NSData * responseData = 
+    [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest: mRequest returningResponse: &response error: &error];
+
+  [mRequestData setLength: 0];
+
+  if (responseData == nil) {
+    @throw [TTransportException exceptionWithName: @"Could not make HTTP request"
+                                reason: @"unknown"
+                                error: error];
+  }
+  if (![response isKindOfClass: [NSHTTPURLResponse class]]) {
+    @throw [TTransportException exceptionWithName: @"Unexpected NSURLResponse type"];
+  }
+
+  NSHTTPURLResponse * httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
+  if ([httpResponse statusCode] != 200) {
+    @throw [TTransportException exceptionWithName: 
+                                  [NSString stringWithFormat: @"Bad response from HTTP server: %d", 
+                                            [httpResponse statusCode]]];
+  }
+                                
+  // phew!
+  [mResponseData release];
+  mResponseData = [responseData retain];
+  mResponseDataOffset = 0;
+}
+
+
+@end