diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/README.md b/lib/nodejs/examples/README.md
index 0773e60..db012df 100644
--- a/lib/nodejs/examples/README.md
+++ b/lib/nodejs/examples/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #Generate the bindings:
 ../../../compiler/cpp/thrift --gen js:node user.thrift
+../../../compiler/cpp/thrift --gen js:node --gen py hello.thrift
 
 #To run the user example, first start up the server in one terminal:
 NODE_PATH=../lib:../lib/thrift node server.js
@@ -28,5 +29,6 @@
 #For an example using JavaScript in the browser to connect to 
 #a node.js server look at hello.html, hello.js and hello.thrift
 
-
+#HTTP examples are provided also: httpClient.js and httpServer.js
+#You can test HTTP cross platform with the httpServer.py Python server
     
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/httpClient.js b/lib/nodejs/examples/httpClient.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19cc0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodejs/examples/httpClient.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+var thrift = require('thrift');
+var helloSvc = require('./gen-nodejs/HelloSvc.js');
+
+var options = {
+   transport: thrift.TBufferedTransport,
+   protocol: thrift.TJSONProtocol,
+   path: "/hello",
+   headers: {"Connection": "close"},
+   https: false
+};
+
+var connection = thrift.createHttpConnection("localhost", 9090, options);
+var client = thrift.createHttpClient(helloSvc, connection);
+
+connection.on("error", function(err) {
+   console.log("Error: " + err);
+});
+
+client.hello_func(function(error, result) {
+   console.log("Msg from server: " + result);
+});
+
+
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/httpServer.js b/lib/nodejs/examples/httpServer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acae136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodejs/examples/httpServer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+var thrift = require('thrift');                 	
+var helloSvc = require('./gen-nodejs/HelloSvc');
+
+//ServiceHandler: Implement the hello service 
+var helloHandler = {
+  hello_func: function (result) {
+    console.log("Received Hello call");
+    result(null, "Hello from Node.js");
+  }
+};
+
+//ServiceOptions: The I/O stack for the service
+var helloSvcOpt = {                       		
+    handler: helloHandler,                      	
+    processor: helloSvc,                         	
+    protocol: thrift.TJSONProtocol,                 
+    transport: thrift.TBufferedTransport 		
+};                                  
+
+//ServerOptions: Define server features
+var serverOpt = {                          	
+   services: {                         
+      "/hello": helloSvcOpt                 
+   }                               
+}                                   
+
+//Create and start the web server 
+var port = 9090;                            		
+thrift.createWebServer(serverOpt).listen(port);                        		
+console.log("Http/Thrift Server running on port: " + port);
+
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/httpServer.py b/lib/nodejs/examples/httpServer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8ba586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodejs/examples/httpServer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import sys
+sys.path.append('gen-py')
+
+from hello import HelloSvc
+from thrift.protocol import TJSONProtocol
+from thrift.server import THttpServer
+
+class HelloSvcHandler:
+  def hello_func(self):
+    print "Hello Called"
+    return "hello from Python"
+
+processor = HelloSvc.Processor(HelloSvcHandler())
+protoFactory = TJSONProtocol.TJSONProtocolFactory()
+port = 9090
+server = THttpServer.THttpServer(processor, ("localhost", port), protoFactory)
+print "Python server running on port " + str(port)
+server.serve()
+