diff --git a/remix-resolve/src/resolve.ts b/remix-resolve/src/resolve.ts
index 1c6da08c10..ca1da57ce2 100644
--- a/remix-resolve/src/resolve.ts
+++ b/remix-resolve/src/resolve.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import axios from 'axios'
+import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios'
 
 import { Api, ModuleProfile, API } from 'remix-plugin'
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class RemixResolveApi implements API<RemixResolve> {
   async handleGithubCall(root: string, filePath: string) {
     try {
       let req: string = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + root + '/contents/' + filePath
-      const response = await axios.get(req)
+      const response: AxiosResponse = await axios.get(req)
       return Buffer.from(response.data.content, 'base64').toString()
     } catch(e) {
       throw e
@@ -56,17 +56,22 @@ export class RemixResolveApi implements API<RemixResolve> {
   * @params url The url of the import statement
   * @params cleanURL
   */
-  handleHttp(url: string, cleanURL: string) {
-    return
+  async handleHttp(url: string, _: string) {
+    try {
+      const response: AxiosResponse = await axios.get(url)
+      return response.data
+    } catch(e) {
+      throw e
+    }
   }
   /**
   * Handle an import statement based on https
   * @params url The url of the import statement
   * @params cleanURL
   */
-  async handleHttps(url: string, cleanURL: string) {
+  async handleHttps(url: string, _: string) {
     try {
-      const response = await axios.get(url)
+      const response: AxiosResponse = await axios.get(url)
       return response.data
     } catch(e) {
       throw e
@@ -86,15 +91,12 @@ export class RemixResolveApi implements API<RemixResolve> {
       const req = 'https://gateway.ipfs.io/' + url
       // If you don't find greeter.sol on ipfs gateway use local
       // const req = 'http://localhost:8080/' + url
-      const response = await axios.get(req)
+      const response: AxiosResponse = await axios.get(req)
       return response.data
     } catch (e) {
       throw e
     }
   }
-  handleLocal(root: string, filePath: string) {
-    return
-  }
   getHandlers(): Handler[] {
     return [
       {
diff --git a/remix-resolve/tests/test.ts b/remix-resolve/tests/test.ts
index d420ef4be7..3deab4fc7e 100644
--- a/remix-resolve/tests/test.ts
+++ b/remix-resolve/tests/test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('testRunner', () => {
               throw e
             })
         })
-        
+
         it('Plugin should be added to app', () => {
           assert.equal(typeof(app.calls[api.type].resolve), 'function')
         })
@@ -221,6 +221,36 @@ describe('testRunner', () => {
           assert.deepEqual(results, expt)
         })
       })
+
+      // Test http imports
+      describe('test getting http imports', () => {
+        const remixResolve = new RemixResolveApi()
+        const fileName: string = 'http://gist.githubusercontent.com/roneilr/7901633d7c2f52957d22/raw/d9b9d54760f6e4f4cfbac4b321bee6a6983a1048/greeter.sol'
+        let results: object = {}
+
+        before(done => {
+          remixResolve.resolve(fileName)
+            .then((sources: object) => {
+              results = sources
+              done()
+            })
+            .catch((e: Error) => {
+              throw e
+            })
+        })
+
+        it('should have 3 items', () => {
+          assert.equal(Object.keys(results).length, 3)
+        })
+        it('should return contract content from raw github url', () => {
+          const expt: object = {
+            content: 'contract mortal {\n    /* Define variable owner of the type address*/\n    address owner;\n\n    /* this function is executed at initialization and sets the owner of the contract */\n    function mortal() { owner = msg.sender; }\n\n    /* Function to recover the funds on the contract */\n    function kill() { if (msg.sender == owner) suicide(owner); }\n}\n\ncontract greeter is mortal {\n    /* define variable greeting of the type string */\n    string greeting;\n\n    /* this runs when the contract is executed */\n    function greeter(string _greeting) public {\n        greeting = _greeting;\n    }\n\n    /* main function */\n    function greet() constant returns (string) {\n        return greeting;\n    }\n}',
+            cleanURL: 'http://gist.githubusercontent.com/roneilr/7901633d7c2f52957d22/raw/d9b9d54760f6e4f4cfbac4b321bee6a6983a1048/greeter.sol',
+            type: 'http'
+          }
+          assert.deepEqual(results, expt)
+        })
+      })
     })
   })
 })