diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index aafef048d6..2bba0b8957 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ All definitions files include a header with the author and editors, so at some p
 * [msgpack.js](https://github.com/uupaa/msgpack.js) (by [Shinya Mochizuki](https://github.com/enrapt-mochizuki))
 * [Mustache.js](https://github.com/janl/mustache.js) (by [Boris Yankov](https://github.com/borisyankov))
 * [nconf](https://github.com/flatiron/nconf) (by [Jeff Goddard](https://github.com/jedigo))
+* [needle](https://github.com/tomas/needle) (by [San Chen](https://github.com/bigsan))
 * [noble](https://github.com/sandeepmistry/noble) (by [Seon-Wook Park](https://github.com/swook))
 * [nock](https://github.com/pgte/nock) (by [bonnici](https://github.com/bonnici))
 * [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) (from TypeScript samples)
diff --git a/needle/needle-tests.ts b/needle/needle-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24d9701b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needle/needle-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/// <reference path="needle.d.ts" />
+
+import needle = require("needle");
+
+function Usage() {
+    // using callback
+    needle.get('http://ifconfig.me/all.json', function (error, response) {
+        if (!error)
+            console.log(response.body.ip_addr); // JSON decoding magic. :)
+    });
+
+    // using streams
+    var out: any; // = fs.createWriteStream('logo.png');
+    needle.get('https://google.com/images/logo.png').pipe(out);
+}
+
+function ResponsePipeline() {
+    needle.get('http://stackoverflow.com/feeds', { compressed: true }, function (err, resp) {
+        console.log(resp.body); // this little guy won't be a Gzipped binary blob 
+        // but a nice object containing all the latest entries
+    });
+
+    var options = {
+        compressed: true,
+        follow: true,
+        rejectUnauthorized: true
+    };
+
+    // in this case, we'll ask Needle to follow redirects (disabled by default), 
+    // but also to verify their SSL certificates when connecting.
+    var stream = needle.get('https://backend.server.com/everything.html', options);
+
+    stream.on('readable', function () {
+        var data: any;
+        while (data = this.read()) {
+            console.log(data.toString());
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+function API_head() {
+    var options = {
+        timeout: 5000 // if we don't get a response in 5 seconds, boom.
+    };
+
+    needle.head('https://my.backend.server.com', function (err, resp) {
+        if (err) {
+            console.log('Shoot! Something is wrong: ' + err.message);
+        }
+        else {
+            console.log('Yup, still alive.');
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+function API_get() {
+    needle.get('google.com/search?q=syd+barrett', function (err, resp) {
+        // if no http:// is found, Needle will automagically prepend it.
+    });
+}
+
+function API_post() {
+    var options = {
+        headers: { 'X-Custom-Header': 'Bumbaway atuna' }
+    };
+
+    needle.post('https://my.app.com/endpoint', 'foo=bar', options, function (err, resp) {
+        // you can pass params as a string or as an object.
+    });
+}
+
+function API_put() {
+    var nested = {
+        params: {
+            are: {
+                also: 'supported'
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    needle.put('https://api.app.com/v2', nested, function (err, resp) {
+        console.log('Got ' + resp.bytes + ' bytes.') // another nice treat from this handsome fella.
+    });
+}
+
+function API_delete() {
+    var options = {
+        username: 'fidelio',
+        password: 'x'
+    };
+
+    needle.delete('https://api.app.com/messages/123', null, options, function (err, resp) {
+        // in this case, data may be null, but you need to explicity pass it.
+    });
+}
+
+function API_request() {
+    var data = {
+        q: 'a very smart query',
+        page: 2,
+        format: 'json'
+    };
+
+    needle.request('get', 'forum.com/search', data, function (err, resp) {
+        if (!err && resp.statusCode == 200)
+            console.log(resp.body); // here you go, mister.
+    });
+}
diff --git a/needle/needle.d.ts b/needle/needle.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..741cf5fe3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needle/needle.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// Type definitions for needle 0.7.8
+// Project: https://github.com/tomas/needle
+// Definitions by: San Chen <https://github.com/bigsan>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../node/node.d.ts" />
+
+declare module Needle {
+	interface ReadableStream extends NodeJS.ReadableStream {
+	}
+
+    interface Callback {
+        (error: Error, response: any, body: any): void;
+    }
+
+    interface RequestOptions {
+        timeout?: number;
+        follow?: any; // number | string
+        multipart?: boolean;
+        proxy?: string;
+        agent?: string;
+        headers?: any;
+        auth?: string; // auto | digest | basic (default)
+        json?: boolean;
+    }
+
+    interface ResponseOptions {
+        decode?: boolean;
+        parse?: boolean;
+        output?: any;
+    }
+
+    interface HttpHeaderOptions {
+        compressed?: boolean;
+        username?: string;
+        password?: string;
+        accept?: string;
+        connection?: string;
+        user_agent?: string;
+    }
+
+    interface TLSOptions {
+        pfx?: any;
+        key?: any;
+        passphrase?: string;
+        cert?: any;
+        ca?: any;
+        ciphers?: any;
+        rejectUnauthorized?: boolean;
+        secureProtocol?: any;
+    }
+
+    interface NeedleOptions extends RequestOptions, ResponseOptions, HttpHeaderOptions, TLSOptions {
+    }
+
+    interface NeedleStatic {
+        defaults(options?: any): void;
+
+        head(url: string): ReadableStream;
+        head(url: string, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+        head(url: string, options?: RequestOptions, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+
+        get(url: string): ReadableStream;
+        get(url: string, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+        get(url: string, options?: RequestOptions, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+
+        post(url: string, data: any): ReadableStream;
+        post(url: string, data: any, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+        post(url: string, data: any, options?: RequestOptions, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+
+        put(url: string, data: any): ReadableStream;
+        put(url: string, data: any, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+        put(url: string, data: any, options?: RequestOptions, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+
+        delete(url: string, data: any): ReadableStream;
+        delete(url: string, data: any, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+        delete(url: string, data: any, options?: RequestOptions, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+
+        request(method: string, url: string, data: any): ReadableStream;
+        request(method: string, url: string, data: any, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+        request(method: string, url: string, data: any, options?: RequestOptions, callback?: Callback): ReadableStream;
+    }
+}
+
+declare module "needle" {
+    var needle: Needle.NeedleStatic;
+    export = needle;
+}