diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 66c0bd2..62aba6d 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
             return BASE64.encode(JSON.stringify(v));
         }
     };
+    this.connectTimeout = 0;
+    this.isDebugging = false;
+    this.credential = {
+        method: ""
+    };
 
     this.create = function() {
         if (this.engine == "MSXML") {
@@ -361,9 +366,16 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
                 if (this.states.length > 0) {
                     // Make CURL context
                     var state = this.states[this.states.length - 1];
-                    var cmd = ["bin\\curl", "-X", this.method];
+                    var cmd = ["bin\\curl"];
                     var url = state.url;
 
+                    if (this.isDebugging) {
+                        cmd.push("-v");
+                    }
+
+                    cmd.push("-X");
+                    cmd.push(this.method);
+
                     if (Object.keys(this.headers).length > 0) {
                         for (var key in this.headers) {
                             var value = this.evaluate(this.headers[key]);
@@ -381,6 +393,20 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
 
                     cmd.push("-A");
                     cmd.push((this.userAgent != null ? this.userAgent : ''));
+                    
+                    // --connect-timeout
+                    if (this.connectTimeout > 0) {
+                        cmd.push("--connect-timeout");
+                        cmd.push(this.connectTimeout);
+                    }
+
+					// Add the credential parameters
+                    switch (this.credential.method.toUpperCase()) {
+                        case "BASIC":
+                            cmd.push("-u");
+                            cmd.push(this.credential.username + ":" + this.credential.password);
+                            break;
+                    }
 
                     // Add the request body if this is not GET method
                     if (this.method !== "GET") {
@@ -421,7 +447,7 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
                 }
             }
 
-            console.log("ResponseText: " + responseText);
+            console.log("Received", responseText.length, "bytes");
 
             if (this.isJSONResponse()) {
                 if (typeof(WScript) !== "undefined") {
@@ -437,11 +463,11 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
                 try {
                     callback(this.responseBody);
                 } catch (e) {
-                    console.log("callback of HTTPObject.send() -> ", e.message);
+                    console.log("callback of HTTPObject.send() ->", e.message);
                 }
             }
         } catch (e) {
-            console.error("HTTPObject.send() -> ", e.message);
+            console.error("HTTPObject.send() ->", e.message);
         }
 
         return this;
@@ -451,7 +477,7 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
         try {
             return this.open("POST", url).send(callback);
         } catch (e) {
-            console.error("HTTPObject.post() -> ", e.message);
+            console.error("HTTPObject.post() ->", e.message);
         }
     };
 
@@ -474,7 +500,7 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
                 return this.open("GET", url).send(callback);
             }
         } catch (e) {
-            console.error("HTTPObject.get() -> ", e.message);
+            console.error("HTTPObject.get() ->", e.message);
         }
     };
 
@@ -497,7 +523,7 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
                 throw Error("PATCH does not supported on GUI mode");
             }
         } catch (e) {
-            console.error("HTTPObject.patch() -> ", e.message);
+            console.error("HTTPObject.patch() ->", e.message);
         }
     };
     
@@ -524,7 +550,7 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
                 this.setVariable(k, variables[k])
             ;
         } catch (e) {
-            console.error("HTTPObject.setVariables() -> ", e.message);
+            console.error("HTTPObject.setVariables() ->", e.message);
         }
         return this;
     };
@@ -573,6 +599,21 @@ var HTTPObject = function(engine) {
         return str;
     };
 
+    this.setConnectTimeout = function(seconds) {
+        this.connectTimeout = seconds;
+        return this;
+    };
+    
+    this.setIsDebugging = function(flag) {
+        this.isDebugging = flag;
+        return this;
+    };
+    
+    this.setCredential = function(cred) {
+        this.credential = cred;
+        return this;
+    };
+
     this.create();
 };