diff --git a/config.xml b/config.xml
index 4cb4a46..e790b12 100644
--- a/config.xml
+++ b/config.xml
@@ -82,4 +82,5 @@
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="5.0.2" />
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" spec="^2.0.0" />
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard" spec="^2.0.5" />
+    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-advanced-http" spec="2.0.1" />
 </widget>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4259597..e2c90ca 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic-native/http/-/http-4.17.0.tgz",
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+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ionic-native/splash-screen/-/splash-screen-4.15.0.tgz",
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       "integrity": "sha1-Z29us8OZl8LuGsOpJP1hJHSPV40="
     },
+    "cordova-plugin-advanced-http": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cordova-plugin-advanced-http/-/cordova-plugin-advanced-http-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8BGeX39UaadZuwdbpEtEh+tcDP42dgX44kCIe7IZnK8rlKPjtS/04qTyUMFv01vWcBpzbS33/L5D484HqPAnYw=="
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/core-util-is/-/core-util-is-1.0.2.tgz",
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           "optional": true,
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-            "readable-stream": "2.3.6"
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-          "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "bundled": true
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           "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true,
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-            "balanced-match": "1.0.0",
+            "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
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-          "optional": true
+          "bundled": true
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           "version": "0.0.1",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "console-control-strings": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "core-util-is": {
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@@ -2172,7 +2177,7 @@
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           "optional": true,
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+            "minipass": "^2.2.1"
           }
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         "fs.realpath": {
@@ -2185,14 +2190,14 @@
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-            "string-width": "1.0.2",
-            "strip-ansi": "3.0.1",
-            "wide-align": "1.1.2"
+            "aproba": "^1.0.3",
+            "console-control-strings": "^1.0.0",
+            "has-unicode": "^2.0.0",
+            "object-assign": "^4.1.0",
+            "signal-exit": "^3.0.0",
+            "string-width": "^1.0.1",
+            "strip-ansi": "^3.0.1",
+            "wide-align": "^1.1.0"
           }
         },
         "glob": {
@@ -2200,12 +2205,12 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
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-            "inflight": "1.0.6",
-            "inherits": "2.0.3",
-            "minimatch": "3.0.4",
-            "once": "1.4.0",
-            "path-is-absolute": "1.0.1"
+            "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
+            "inflight": "^1.0.4",
+            "inherits": "2",
+            "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
+            "once": "^1.3.0",
+            "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
           }
         },
         "has-unicode": {
@@ -2218,7 +2223,7 @@
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           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
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+            "safer-buffer": "^2.1.0"
           }
         },
         "ignore-walk": {
@@ -2226,7 +2231,7 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "minimatch": "3.0.4"
+            "minimatch": "^3.0.4"
           }
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         "inflight": {
@@ -2234,14 +2239,13 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "once": "1.4.0",
-            "wrappy": "1.0.2"
+            "once": "^1.3.0",
+            "wrappy": "1"
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-          "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "bundled": true
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         "ini": {
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@@ -2251,9 +2255,8 @@
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           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "number-is-nan": "1.0.1"
+            "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
           }
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         "isarray": {
@@ -2264,23 +2267,20 @@
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           "version": "3.0.4",
           "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "brace-expansion": "1.1.11"
+            "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
           }
         },
         "minimist": {
           "version": "0.0.8",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "bundled": true
         },
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           "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "safe-buffer": "5.1.1",
-            "yallist": "3.0.2"
+            "safe-buffer": "^5.1.1",
+            "yallist": "^3.0.0"
           }
         },
         "minizlib": {
@@ -2288,13 +2288,12 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "minipass": "2.2.4"
+            "minipass": "^2.2.1"
           }
         },
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           "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "minimist": "0.0.8"
           }
@@ -2309,9 +2308,9 @@
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           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "debug": "2.6.9",
-            "iconv-lite": "0.4.21",
-            "sax": "1.2.4"
+            "debug": "^2.1.2",
+            "iconv-lite": "^0.4.4",
+            "sax": "^1.2.4"
           }
         },
         "node-pre-gyp": {
@@ -2319,16 +2318,16 @@
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           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "detect-libc": "1.0.3",
-            "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
-            "needle": "2.2.0",
-            "nopt": "4.0.1",
-            "npm-packlist": "1.1.10",
-            "npmlog": "4.1.2",
-            "rc": "1.2.7",
-            "rimraf": "2.6.2",
-            "semver": "5.5.0",
-            "tar": "4.4.1"
+            "detect-libc": "^1.0.2",
+            "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+            "needle": "^2.2.0",
+            "nopt": "^4.0.1",
+            "npm-packlist": "^1.1.6",
+            "npmlog": "^4.0.2",
+            "rc": "^1.1.7",
+            "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
+            "semver": "^5.3.0",
+            "tar": "^4"
           }
         },
         "nopt": {
@@ -2336,8 +2335,8 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "abbrev": "1.1.1",
-            "osenv": "0.1.5"
+            "abbrev": "1",
+            "osenv": "^0.1.4"
           }
         },
         "npm-bundled": {
@@ -2350,8 +2349,8 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "ignore-walk": "3.0.1",
-            "npm-bundled": "1.0.3"
+            "ignore-walk": "^3.0.1",
+            "npm-bundled": "^1.0.1"
           }
         },
         "npmlog": {
@@ -2359,16 +2358,15 @@
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           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
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-            "console-control-strings": "1.1.0",
-            "gauge": "2.7.4",
-            "set-blocking": "2.0.0"
+            "are-we-there-yet": "~1.1.2",
+            "console-control-strings": "~1.1.0",
+            "gauge": "~2.7.3",
+            "set-blocking": "~2.0.0"
           }
         },
         "number-is-nan": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "object-assign": {
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@@ -2378,9 +2376,8 @@
         "once": {
           "version": "1.4.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "wrappy": "1.0.2"
+            "wrappy": "1"
           }
         },
         "os-homedir": {
@@ -2398,8 +2395,8 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "os-homedir": "1.0.2",
-            "os-tmpdir": "1.0.2"
+            "os-homedir": "^1.0.0",
+            "os-tmpdir": "^1.0.0"
           }
         },
         "path-is-absolute": {
@@ -2417,10 +2414,10 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
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-            "ini": "1.3.5",
-            "minimist": "1.2.0",
-            "strip-json-comments": "2.0.1"
+            "deep-extend": "^0.5.1",
+            "ini": "~1.3.0",
+            "minimist": "^1.2.0",
+            "strip-json-comments": "~2.0.1"
           },
           "dependencies": {
             "minimist": {
@@ -2435,13 +2432,13 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "core-util-is": "1.0.2",
-            "inherits": "2.0.3",
-            "isarray": "1.0.0",
-            "process-nextick-args": "2.0.0",
-            "safe-buffer": "5.1.1",
-            "string_decoder": "1.1.1",
-            "util-deprecate": "1.0.2"
+            "core-util-is": "~1.0.0",
+            "inherits": "~2.0.3",
+            "isarray": "~1.0.0",
+            "process-nextick-args": "~2.0.0",
+            "safe-buffer": "~5.1.1",
+            "string_decoder": "~1.1.1",
+            "util-deprecate": "~1.0.1"
           }
         },
         "rimraf": {
@@ -2449,7 +2446,7 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "glob": "7.1.2"
+            "glob": "^7.0.5"
           }
         },
         "safe-buffer": {
@@ -2484,11 +2481,10 @@
         "string-width": {
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           "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "code-point-at": "1.1.0",
-            "is-fullwidth-code-point": "1.0.0",
-            "strip-ansi": "3.0.1"
+            "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
+            "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
+            "strip-ansi": "^3.0.0"
           }
         },
         "string_decoder": {
@@ -2496,14 +2492,14 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "safe-buffer": "5.1.1"
+            "safe-buffer": "~5.1.0"
           }
         },
         "strip-ansi": {
           "version": "3.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "requires": {
-            "ansi-regex": "2.1.1"
+            "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
           }
         },
         "strip-json-comments": {
@@ -2516,13 +2512,13 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
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-            "fs-minipass": "1.2.5",
-            "minipass": "2.2.4",
-            "minizlib": "1.1.0",
-            "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
-            "safe-buffer": "5.1.1",
-            "yallist": "3.0.2"
+            "chownr": "^1.0.1",
+            "fs-minipass": "^1.2.5",
+            "minipass": "^2.2.4",
+            "minizlib": "^1.1.0",
+            "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
+            "safe-buffer": "^5.1.1",
+            "yallist": "^3.0.2"
           }
         },
         "util-deprecate": {
@@ -2535,7 +2531,7 @@
           "bundled": true,
           "optional": true,
           "requires": {
-            "string-width": "1.0.2"
+            "string-width": "^1.0.2"
           }
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         "wrappy": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6007b83..c9884fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "5.2.11",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "5.2.11",
     "@ionic-native/core": "~4.15.0",
+    "@ionic-native/http": "^4.17.0",
     "@ionic-native/splash-screen": "~4.15.0",
     "@ionic-native/status-bar": "~4.15.0",
     "@ionic/storage": "2.2.0",
+    "cordova-plugin-advanced-http": "2.0.1",
     "ionic-angular": "3.9.2",
     "ionicons": "3.0.0",
     "rxjs": "5.5.11",
@@ -35,5 +37,10 @@
     "@ionic/lab": "1.0.11",
     "typescript": "~2.6.2"
   },
-  "description": "An Ionic project"
+  "description": "An Ionic project",
+  "cordova": {
+    "plugins": {
+      "cordova-plugin-advanced-http": {}
+    }
+  }
 }