diff --git a/media/base/httpfetcher.cc b/media/base/httpfetcher.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b1d1b3862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/base/httpfetcher.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "media/base/httpfetcher.h"
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#endif  // WIN32
+
+#include "base/strings/string_number_conversions.h"
+#include "base/strings/string_util.h"
+#include "third_party/happyhttp/src/happyhttp.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+struct HTTPResult {
+  int status_code;
+  std::string status_message;
+  std::string response;
+};
+
+bool ExtractUrlParams(const std::string& url, std::string* host,
+                      std::string* path, int* port) {
+  DCHECK(host && path && port);
+
+  static const char kHttp[] = "http://";
+  // arraysize counts the last null character, which needs to be removed.
+  const char kHttpSize = arraysize(kHttp) - 1;
+  static const char kHttps[] = "https://";
+  const char kHttpsSize = arraysize(kHttps) - 1;
+  size_t host_start_pos;
+  if (StartsWithASCII(url, kHttp, false)) {
+    host_start_pos = kHttpSize;
+  } else if (StartsWithASCII(url, kHttps, false)) {
+    host_start_pos = kHttpsSize;
+    NOTIMPLEMENTED() << "Secure HTTP is not implemented yet.";
+    return false;
+  } else {
+    host_start_pos = 0;
+  }
+
+  const size_t npos = std::string::npos;
+  const size_t port_start_pos = url.find(':', host_start_pos);
+  const size_t path_start_pos = url.find('/', host_start_pos);
+
+  size_t host_size;
+  if (port_start_pos == npos) {
+    const int kStandardHttpPort = 80;
+    *port = kStandardHttpPort;
+
+    host_size = path_start_pos == npos ? npos : path_start_pos - host_start_pos;
+  } else {
+    if (port_start_pos >= path_start_pos)
+      return false;
+    const size_t port_size =
+        path_start_pos == npos ? npos : path_start_pos - port_start_pos - 1;
+    if (!base::StringToInt(url.substr(port_start_pos + 1, port_size), port))
+      return false;
+
+    host_size = port_start_pos - host_start_pos;
+  }
+
+  *host = url.substr(host_start_pos, host_size);
+  *path = path_start_pos == npos ? "/" : url.substr(path_start_pos);
+  return true;
+}
+
+// happyhttp event callbacks.
+void OnBegin(const happyhttp::Response* response, void* userdata) {
+  DCHECK(response && userdata);
+  DLOG(INFO) << "BEGIN (" << response->getstatus() << ", "
+             << response->getreason() << ").";
+
+  HTTPResult* result = static_cast<HTTPResult*>(userdata);
+  result->status_code = response->getstatus();
+  result->status_message = response->getreason();
+  result->response.clear();
+}
+
+void OnData(const happyhttp::Response* response,
+            void* userdata,
+            const unsigned char* data,
+            int num_bytes) {
+  DCHECK(response && userdata && data);
+  HTTPResult* result = static_cast<HTTPResult*>(userdata);
+  result->response.append(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data), num_bytes);
+}
+
+void OnComplete(const happyhttp::Response* response, void* userdata) {
+  DCHECK(response && userdata);
+  HTTPResult* result = static_cast<HTTPResult*>(userdata);
+  DLOG(INFO) << "COMPLETE (" << result->response.size() << " bytes).";
+}
+
+const int kHttpOK = 200;
+
+}  // namespace
+
+namespace media {
+
+HTTPFetcher::HTTPFetcher() {
+#ifdef WIN32
+  WSAData wsa_data;
+  int code = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(1, 1), &wsa_data);
+  wsa_startup_succeeded_ = (code == 0);
+  if (!wsa_startup_succeeded_)
+    LOG(ERROR) << "WSAStartup failed with code " << code;
+#endif  // WIN32
+}
+
+HTTPFetcher::~HTTPFetcher() {
+#ifdef WIN32
+  if (wsa_startup_succeeded_)
+    WSACleanup();
+#endif  // WIN32
+}
+
+Status HTTPFetcher::Get(const std::string& path, std::string* response) {
+  return FetchInternal("GET", path, "", response);
+}
+
+Status HTTPFetcher::Post(const std::string& path, const std::string& data,
+                         std::string* response) {
+  return FetchInternal("POST", path, data, response);
+}
+
+Status HTTPFetcher::FetchInternal(const std::string& method,
+                                  const std::string& url,
+                                  const std::string& data,
+                                  std::string* response) {
+  DCHECK(response);
+
+  int status_code = 0;
+
+  std::string host;
+  std::string path;
+  int port = 0;
+  if (!ExtractUrlParams(url, &host, &path, &port)) {
+    std::string error_message = "Cannot extract url parameters from " + url;
+    LOG(ERROR) << error_message;
+    return Status(error::INVALID_ARGUMENT, error_message);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    HTTPResult result;
+    happyhttp::Connection connection(host.data(), port);
+    connection.setcallbacks(OnBegin, OnData, OnComplete, &result);
+
+    VLOG(1) << "Send " << method << " request to " << url << ": " << data;
+
+    static const char* kHeaders[] = {
+        "Connection",   "close",
+        "Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+        "Accept", "text/plain",
+        0};
+    connection.request(
+        method.data(), path.data(), kHeaders,
+        data.empty() ? NULL : reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(data.data()),
+        data.size());
+
+    while (connection.outstanding())
+      connection.pump();
+
+    status_code = result.status_code;
+    *response = result.response;
+
+    VLOG(1) << "Response: " << result.response;
+  } catch (happyhttp::Wobbly& exception) {
+    std::string error_message =
+        std::string("HTTP fetcher failed: ") + exception.what();
+    LOG(ERROR) << error_message;
+    return Status(error::HTTP_FAILURE, error_message);
+  }
+
+  if (status_code != kHttpOK) {
+    std::string error_message = "HTTP returns status " + base::IntToString(status_code);
+    LOG(ERROR) << error_message;
+    return Status(error::HTTP_FAILURE, error_message);
+  }
+  return Status::OK;
+}
+
+}  // namespace media
diff --git a/media/base/httpfetcher.h b/media/base/httpfetcher.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..820c20b92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/base/httpfetcher.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef MEDIA_BASE_HTTPFETCHER_H_
+#define MEDIA_BASE_HTTPFETCHER_H_
+
+#include "media/base/status.h"
+
+namespace media {
+
+// A simple HTTP fetcher implementation using happyhttp.
+class HTTPFetcher {
+ public:
+  // TODO(kqyang): Add timeout support.
+  HTTPFetcher();
+  ~HTTPFetcher();
+
+  // Fetch |response| from |url| using HTTP GET.
+  // |response| should not be NULL, will contain the body of the http response
+  // on success.
+  // Return OK on success.
+  Status Get(const std::string& url, std::string* response);
+
+  // Fetch |response| from |url| using HTTP POST.
+  // |response| should not be NULL, will contain the body of the http response
+  // on success.
+  // Return OK on success.
+  Status Post(const std::string& url, const std::string& data,
+              std::string* response);
+
+ private:
+  // Internal implementation of HTTP functions, e.g. Get and Post.
+  Status FetchInternal(const std::string& method, const std::string& url,
+                       const std::string& data, std::string* response);
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+  // Track whether WSAStartup executes successfully.
+  bool wsa_startup_succeeded_;
+#endif
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HTTPFetcher);
+};
+
+}  // namespace media
+
+#endif  // MEDIA_BASE_HTTPFETCHER_H_
+
diff --git a/media/base/httpfetcher_unittest.cc b/media/base/httpfetcher_unittest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ada82a3e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/base/httpfetcher_unittest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "media/base/httpfetcher.h"
+
+#include "base/logging.h"
+#include "base/strings/string_number_conversions.h"
+#include "base/strings/string_util.h"
+#include "media/base/status_test_util.h"
+
+namespace {
+const int kHttpOK = 200;
+const int kHttpNotFound = 404;
+
+const char kTestUrl[] = "http://packager-test.appspot.com/http_test";
+const char kTestUrlWithPort[] = "http://packager-test.appspot.com:80/http_test";
+const char kExpectedGetResponse[] =
+    "<html><head><title>http_test</title></head><body><pre>"
+    "Arguments()</pre></body></html>";
+const char kPostData[] = "foo=62&type=mp4";
+const char kExpectedPostResponse[] =
+    "<html><head><title>http_test</title></head><body><pre>"
+    "Arguments([foo]=>62[type]=>mp4)</pre></body></html>";
+}  // namespace
+
+namespace media {
+
+static void CheckHttpGet(const std::string& url,
+                         const std::string& expected_response) {
+  HTTPFetcher fetcher;
+  std::string response;
+  ASSERT_OK(fetcher.Get(url, &response));
+  RemoveChars(response, "\r\n\t ", &response);
+  EXPECT_EQ(expected_response, response);
+}
+
+static void CheckHttpPost(const std::string& url, const std::string& data,
+                          const std::string& expected_response) {
+  HTTPFetcher fetcher;
+  std::string response;
+  ASSERT_OK(fetcher.Post(url, data, &response));
+  RemoveChars(response, "\r\n\t ", &response);
+  EXPECT_EQ(expected_response, response);
+}
+
+
+TEST(HTTPFetcherTest, HttpGet) {
+  CheckHttpGet(kTestUrl, kExpectedGetResponse);
+}
+
+TEST(HTTPFetcherTest, HttpPost) {
+  CheckHttpPost(kTestUrl, kPostData, kExpectedPostResponse);
+}
+
+TEST(HTTPFetcherTest, InvalidUrl) {
+  HTTPFetcher fetcher;
+  std::string response;
+  const std::string invalid_url(kTestUrl, sizeof(kTestUrl) - 2);
+  Status status = fetcher.Get(invalid_url, &response);
+  EXPECT_EQ(error::HTTP_FAILURE, status.error_code());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      EndsWith(status.error_message(), base::IntToString(kHttpNotFound), true));
+}
+
+TEST(HTTPFetcherTest, UrlWithPort) {
+  CheckHttpGet(kTestUrlWithPort, kExpectedGetResponse);
+}
+
+}  // namespace media
+
diff --git a/media/base/status.h b/media/base/status.h
index 5c9872119c..ae9fe12f4d 100644
--- a/media/base/status.h
+++ b/media/base/status.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ enum Code {
   // End of stream.
   END_OF_STREAM,
 
+  // Failure to get HTTP response successfully,
+  HTTP_FAILURE,
+
   // Unable to parse the media file.
   PARSER_FAILURE,
 
diff --git a/third_party/happyhttp/happyhttp.gyp b/third_party/happyhttp/happyhttp.gyp
index 7f8b93e917..0cc903abc2 100644
--- a/third_party/happyhttp/happyhttp.gyp
+++ b/third_party/happyhttp/happyhttp.gyp
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
         'src/happyhttp.cpp',
         'src/happyhttp.h',
       ],
+      'cflags!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
+      'cflags_cc!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
+      'conditions': [
+        ['OS=="mac"', {
+          'xcode_settings': {
+            'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES'
+          }
+        }]
+      ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'happyhttp_lib_test',