diff --git a/engine-extensions/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/extensions/http/HttpPlugin.java b/engine-extensions/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/extensions/http/HttpPlugin.java
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+package io.nosqlbench.engine.extensions.http;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+
+public class HttpPlugin {
+    private HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+
+    public HttpResponse<String> get(String url) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        HttpRequest.Builder builder = HttpRequest.newBuilder();
+        URI uri = URI.create(url);
+        HttpRequest request = builder
+            .uri(uri)
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request,
+            HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    public HttpResponse<String> post(String url) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        return post(url, null, null);
+    }
+
+    public HttpResponse<String> post(String url, String data, String contentType) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        HttpRequest.Builder builder = HttpRequest.newBuilder();
+        URI uri = URI.create(url);
+
+        HttpRequest request;
+        if (data == null && contentType == null || contentType == null){
+            request = builder
+                .uri(uri)
+                .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
+                .build();
+        } else if (data == null) {
+            request = builder
+                .uri(uri)
+                .header("Content-Type", contentType)
+                .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
+                .build();
+        } else {
+            request = builder
+                .uri(uri)
+                .header("Content-Type", contentType)
+                .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(data))
+                .build();
+        }
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request,
+            HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        return response;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/engine-extensions/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/extensions/http/HttpPluginData.java b/engine-extensions/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/extensions/http/HttpPluginData.java
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+package io.nosqlbench.engine.extensions.http;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
+import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.extensions.ScriptingPluginInfo;
+import io.nosqlbench.engine.extensions.optimizers.BobyqaOptimizerPlugin;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.annotations.Service;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.script.ScriptContext;
+
+@Service(ScriptingPluginInfo.class)
+public class HttpPluginData implements ScriptingPluginInfo<HttpPlugin> {
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return "use http get and post in scripts";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HttpPlugin getExtensionObject(Logger logger, MetricRegistry metricRegistry, ScriptContext scriptContext) {
+        return new HttpPlugin();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getBaseVariableName() {
+        return "http";
+    }
+}