diff --git a/scripts/modules/request.js b/scripts/modules/request.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7bf98d815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/modules/request.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"use strict";
+
+//  request.js
+//
+//  Created by Cisco Fresquet on 04/24/2017.
+//  Copyright 2017 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+/* global module */
+// @module request
+//
+// This module contains the `request` module implementation
+
+// ===========================================================================================
+module.exports = {
+
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    request: function (options, callback) { // cb(error, responseOfCorrectContentType) of url. A subset of npm request.
+            var httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(), key;
+        // QT bug: apparently doesn't handle onload. Workaround using readyState.
+        httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function () {
+            var READY_STATE_DONE = 4;
+            var HTTP_OK = 200;
+            if (httpRequest.readyState >= READY_STATE_DONE) {
+                var error = (httpRequest.status !== HTTP_OK) && httpRequest.status.toString() + ':' + httpRequest.statusText,
+                    response = !error && httpRequest.responseText,
+                    contentType = !error && httpRequest.getResponseHeader('content-type');
+                if (!error && contentType.indexOf('application/json') === 0) { // ignoring charset, etc.
+                    try {
+                        response = JSON.parse(response);
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        error = e;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (error) {
+                    response = { statusCode: httpRequest.status };
+                }
+                callback(error, response);
+            }
+        };
+        if (typeof options === 'string') {
+            options = { uri: options };
+        }
+        if (options.url) {
+            options.uri = options.url;
+        }
+        if (!options.method) {
+            options.method = 'GET';
+        }
+        if (options.body && (options.method === 'GET')) { // add query parameters
+            var params = [], appender = (-1 === options.uri.search('?')) ? '?' : '&';
+            for (key in options.body) {
+                if (options.body.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+                    params.push(key + '=' + options.body[key]);
+                }
+            }
+            options.uri += appender + params.join('&');
+            delete options.body;
+        }
+        if (options.json) {
+            options.headers = options.headers || {};
+            options.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json";
+            options.body = JSON.stringify(options.body);
+        }
+        for (key in options.headers || {}) {
+            if (options.headers.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+                httpRequest.setRequestHeader(key, options.headers[key]);
+            }
+        }
+        httpRequest.open(options.method, options.uri, true);
+        httpRequest.send(options.body);
+        }
+};
+
+// ===========================================================================================
+// @function - debug logging
+function debug() {
+    print('RequestModule | ' + [].slice.call(arguments).join(' '));
+}
diff --git a/scripts/system/makeUserConnection.js b/scripts/system/makeUserConnection.js
index 33d6b363ab..78be54f774 100644
--- a/scripts/system/makeUserConnection.js
+++ b/scripts/system/makeUserConnection.js
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
 //  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 //  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 //
+
 (function () { // BEGIN LOCAL_SCOPE
 
+    var request = Script.require('request').request;
+
     var LABEL = "makeUserConnection";
     var MAX_AVATAR_DISTANCE = 0.2; // m
     var GRIP_MIN = 0.75; // goes from 0-1, so 75% pressed is pressed
@@ -126,61 +129,6 @@
     function cleanId(guidWithCurlyBraces) {
         return guidWithCurlyBraces.slice(1, -1);
     }
-    function request(options, callback) { // cb(error, responseOfCorrectContentType) of url. A subset of npm request.
-        var httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(), key;
-        // QT bug: apparently doesn't handle onload. Workaround using readyState.
-        httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function () {
-            var READY_STATE_DONE = 4;
-            var HTTP_OK = 200;
-            if (httpRequest.readyState >= READY_STATE_DONE) {
-                var error = (httpRequest.status !== HTTP_OK) && httpRequest.status.toString() + ':' + httpRequest.statusText,
-                    response = !error && httpRequest.responseText,
-                    contentType = !error && httpRequest.getResponseHeader('content-type');
-                if (!error && contentType.indexOf('application/json') === 0) { // ignoring charset, etc.
-                    try {
-                        response = JSON.parse(response);
-                    } catch (e) {
-                        error = e;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (error) {
-                    response = {statusCode: httpRequest.status};
-                }
-                callback(error, response);
-            }
-        };
-        if (typeof options === 'string') {
-            options = {uri: options};
-        }
-        if (options.url) {
-            options.uri = options.url;
-        }
-        if (!options.method) {
-            options.method = 'GET';
-        }
-        if (options.body && (options.method === 'GET')) { // add query parameters
-            var params = [], appender = (-1 === options.uri.search('?')) ? '?' : '&';
-            for (key in options.body) {
-                if (options.body.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-                    params.push(key + '=' + options.body[key]);
-                }
-            }
-            options.uri += appender + params.join('&');
-            delete options.body;
-        }
-        if (options.json) {
-            options.headers = options.headers || {};
-            options.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json";
-            options.body = JSON.stringify(options.body);
-        }
-        for (key in options.headers || {}) {
-            if (options.headers.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-                httpRequest.setRequestHeader(key, options.headers[key]);
-            }
-        }
-        httpRequest.open(options.method, options.uri, true);
-        httpRequest.send(options.body);
-    }
 
     function handToString(hand) {
         if (hand === Controller.Standard.RightHand) {
@@ -514,7 +462,7 @@
         endHandshakeAnimation();
         // No-op if we were successful, but this way we ensure that failures and abandoned handshakes don't leave us
         // in a weird state.
-        request({uri: requestUrl, method: 'DELETE'}, debug);
+        request({ uri: requestUrl, method: 'DELETE' }, debug);
     }
 
     function updateTriggers(value, fromKeyboard, hand) {
diff --git a/scripts/system/pal.js b/scripts/system/pal.js
index 4a6b8d4142..9229ec772a 100644
--- a/scripts/system/pal.js
+++ b/scripts/system/pal.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 (function() { // BEGIN LOCAL_SCOPE
 
+    var request = Script.require('request').request;
+
 var populateNearbyUserList, color, textures, removeOverlays,
     controllerComputePickRay, onTabletButtonClicked, onTabletScreenChanged,
     receiveMessage, avatarDisconnected, clearLocalQMLDataAndClosePAL,
@@ -331,55 +333,6 @@ function updateUser(data) {
 //
 // These are prototype versions that will be changed when the back end changes.
 var METAVERSE_BASE = location.metaverseServerUrl;
-function request(options, callback) { // cb(error, responseOfCorrectContentType) of url. A subset of npm request.
-    var httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(), key;
-    // QT bug: apparently doesn't handle onload. Workaround using readyState.
-    httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function () {
-        var READY_STATE_DONE = 4;
-        var HTTP_OK = 200;
-        if (httpRequest.readyState >= READY_STATE_DONE) {
-            var error = (httpRequest.status !== HTTP_OK) && httpRequest.status.toString() + ':' + httpRequest.statusText,
-                response = !error && httpRequest.responseText,
-                contentType = !error && httpRequest.getResponseHeader('content-type');
-            if (!error && contentType.indexOf('application/json') === 0) { // ignoring charset, etc.
-                try {
-                    response = JSON.parse(response);
-                } catch (e) {
-                    error = e;
-                }
-            }
-            callback(error, response);
-        }
-    };
-    if (typeof options === 'string') {
-        options = {uri: options};
-    }
-    if (options.url) {
-        options.uri = options.url;
-    }
-    if (!options.method) {
-        options.method = 'GET';
-    }
-    if (options.body && (options.method === 'GET')) { // add query parameters
-        var params = [], appender = (-1 === options.uri.search('?')) ? '?' : '&';
-        for (key in options.body) {
-            params.push(key + '=' + options.body[key]);
-        }
-        options.uri += appender + params.join('&');
-        delete options.body;
-    }
-    if (options.json) {
-        options.headers = options.headers || {};
-        options.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json";
-        options.body = JSON.stringify(options.body);
-    }
-    for (key in options.headers || {}) {
-        httpRequest.setRequestHeader(key, options.headers[key]);
-    }
-    httpRequest.open(options.method, options.uri, true);
-    httpRequest.send(options.body);
-}
-
 
 function requestJSON(url, callback) { // callback(data) if successfull. Logs otherwise.
     request({
diff --git a/scripts/system/tablet-goto.js b/scripts/system/tablet-goto.js
index fec7a6de90..4e023f5460 100644
--- a/scripts/system/tablet-goto.js
+++ b/scripts/system/tablet-goto.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 //
 
 (function () { // BEGIN LOCAL_SCOPE
+
+    var request = Script.require('request').request;
+
     var gotoQmlSource = "TabletAddressDialog.qml";
     var buttonName = "GOTO";
     var onGotoScreen = false;
@@ -30,54 +33,7 @@
         text: buttonName,
         sortOrder: 8
     });
-    function request(options, callback) { // cb(error, responseOfCorrectContentType) of url. A subset of npm request.
-        var httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(), key;
-        // QT bug: apparently doesn't handle onload. Workaround using readyState.
-        httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function () {
-            var READY_STATE_DONE = 4;
-            var HTTP_OK = 200;
-            if (httpRequest.readyState >= READY_STATE_DONE) {
-                var error = (httpRequest.status !== HTTP_OK) && httpRequest.status.toString() + ':' + httpRequest.statusText,
-                    response = !error && httpRequest.responseText,
-                    contentType = !error && httpRequest.getResponseHeader('content-type');
-                if (!error && contentType.indexOf('application/json') === 0) { // ignoring charset, etc.
-                    try {
-                        response = JSON.parse(response);
-                    } catch (e) {
-                        error = e;
-                    }
-                }
-                callback(error, response);
-            }
-        };
-        if (typeof options === 'string') {
-            options = {uri: options};
-        }
-        if (options.url) {
-            options.uri = options.url;
-        }
-        if (!options.method) {
-            options.method = 'GET';
-        }
-        if (options.body && (options.method === 'GET')) { // add query parameters
-            var params = [], appender = (-1 === options.uri.search('?')) ? '?' : '&';
-            for (key in options.body) {
-                params.push(key + '=' + options.body[key]);
-            }
-            options.uri += appender + params.join('&');
-            delete options.body;
-        }
-        if (options.json) {
-            options.headers = options.headers || {};
-            options.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json";
-            options.body = JSON.stringify(options.body);
-        }
-        for (key in options.headers || {}) {
-            httpRequest.setRequestHeader(key, options.headers[key]);
-        }
-        httpRequest.open(options.method, options.uri, true);
-        httpRequest.send(options.body);
-    }
+    
     function fromQml(message) {
         var response = {id: message.id, jsonrpc: "2.0"};
         switch (message.method) {
@@ -99,6 +55,7 @@
             // No need for a different activeIcon, because we issue messagesWaiting(false) when the button goes active anyway.
         });
     }
+
     var hasEventBridge = false;
     function wireEventBridge(on) {
         if (on) {