diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/accounts/AuthUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/accounts/AuthUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31aba3631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/accounts/AuthUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin.accounts;
+
+import android.accounts.Account;
+import android.accounts.AccountManager;
+import android.accounts.AccountManagerCallback;
+import android.accounts.AccountManagerFuture;
+import android.accounts.AuthenticatorException;
+import android.accounts.OperationCanceledException;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.Handler;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class that handles generation/invalidation of auth tokens in the app.
+ */
+public class AuthUtils {
+    private final AccountManager mAccountManager;
+
+    public AuthUtils(Context context) {
+        mAccountManager = AccountManager.get(context);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see AccountManager#invalidateAuthToken(String, String)
+     */
+    public void invalidateAuthToken(final String accountType, final String authToken) {
+        mAccountManager.invalidateAuthToken(accountType, authToken);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see AccountManager#getAuthToken(
+     *              Account, String, Bundle, boolean, AccountManagerCallback, Handler)
+     */
+    public AccountManagerFuture<Bundle> getAuthToken(final Account account,
+            final String authTokenType, final Bundle options, final boolean notifyAuthFailure,
+            final AccountManagerCallback<Bundle> callback, final Handler handler) {
+        return mAccountManager.getAuthToken(account, authTokenType, options, notifyAuthFailure,
+                callback, handler);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see AccountManager#blockingGetAuthToken(Account, String, boolean)
+     */
+    public String blockingGetAuthToken(final Account account, final String authTokenType,
+            final boolean notifyAuthFailure) throws OperationCanceledException,
+            AuthenticatorException, IOException {
+        return mAccountManager.blockingGetAuthToken(account, authTokenType, notifyAuthFailure);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/BlockingHttpClient.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/BlockingHttpClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d0cbe169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/BlockingHttpClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin.network;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.annotations.UsedForTesting;
+
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * A client for executing HTTP requests synchronously.
+ * This must never be called from the main thread.
+ *
+ * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+ */
+@UsedForTesting
+public class BlockingHttpClient {
+    private final HttpURLConnection mConnection;
+
+    /**
+     * Interface that handles processing the response for a request.
+     */
+    public interface ResponseProcessor {
+        /**
+         * Called when the HTTP request fails with an error.
+         *
+         * @param httpStatusCode The status code of the HTTP response.
+         * @param message The HTTP response message, if any, or null.
+         */
+        void onError(int httpStatusCode, @Nullable String message);
+
+        /**
+         * Called when the HTTP request finishes successfully.
+         * The {@link InputStream} is closed by the client after the method finishes,
+         * so any processing must be done in this method itself.
+         *
+         * @param response An input stream that can be used to read the HTTP response.
+         */
+        void onSuccess(InputStream response);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public BlockingHttpClient(HttpURLConnection connection) {
+        mConnection = connection;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes the request on the underlying {@link HttpURLConnection}.
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     *
+     * @param request The request payload, if any, or null.
+     * @param responeProcessor A processor for the HTTP response.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public void execute(@Nullable byte[] request, @Nonnull ResponseProcessor responseProcessor)
+            throws IOException {
+        try {
+            if (request != null) {
+                OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(mConnection.getOutputStream());
+                out.write(request);
+                out.flush();
+                out.close();
+            }
+
+            final int responseCode = mConnection.getResponseCode();
+            if (responseCode != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
+                responseProcessor.onError(responseCode, mConnection.getResponseMessage());
+            } else {
+                responseProcessor.onSuccess(mConnection.getInputStream());
+            }
+        } finally {
+            mConnection.disconnect();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/HttpUrlConnectionBuilder.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/HttpUrlConnectionBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35b65be56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/HttpUrlConnectionBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin.network;
+
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.annotations.UsedForTesting;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+/**
+ * Builder for {@link HttpURLConnection}s.
+ *
+ * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+ */
+@UsedForTesting
+public class HttpUrlConnectionBuilder {
+    private static final int DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 5 * 1000;
+
+    /**
+     * Request header key for cache control.
+     */
+    public static final String KEY_CACHE_CONTROL = "Cache-Control";
+    /**
+     * Request header value for cache control indicating no caching.
+     * @see #KEY_CACHE_CONTROL
+     */
+    public static final String VALUE_NO_CACHE = "no-cache";
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the request is unidirectional - upload-only.
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public static final int MODE_UPLOAD_ONLY = 1;
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the request is unidirectional - download only.
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public static final int MODE_DOWNLOAD_ONLY = 2;
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the request is bi-directional.
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public static final int MODE_BI_DIRECTIONAL = 3;
+
+    private final HashMap<String, String> mHeaderMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private URL mUrl;
+    private int mConnectTimeoutMillis = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS;
+    private int mReadTimeoutMillis = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS;
+    private int mContentLength = -1;
+    private boolean mUseCache;
+    private int mMode;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the URL that'll be used for the request.
+     * This *must* be set before calling {@link #build()}
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public HttpUrlConnectionBuilder setUrl(String url) throws MalformedURLException {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(url)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("URL must not be empty");
+        }
+        mUrl = new URL(url);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the connect timeout. Defaults to {@value #DEFAULT_TIMEOUT} milliseconds.
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public HttpUrlConnectionBuilder setConnectTimeout(int timeoutMillis) {
+        if (timeoutMillis < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("connect-timeout must be >= 0, but was "
+                    + timeoutMillis);
+        }
+        mConnectTimeoutMillis = timeoutMillis;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the read timeout. Defaults to {@value #DEFAULT_TIMEOUT} milliseconds.
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public HttpUrlConnectionBuilder setReadTimeout(int timeoutMillis) {
+        if (timeoutMillis < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("read-timeout must be >= 0, but was "
+                    + timeoutMillis);
+        }
+        mReadTimeoutMillis = timeoutMillis;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds an entry to the request header.
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public HttpUrlConnectionBuilder addHeader(String key, String value) {
+        mHeaderMap.put(key, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the request to be executed such that the input is not buffered.
+     * This may be set when the request size is known beforehand.
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public HttpUrlConnectionBuilder setFixedLengthForStreaming(int length) {
+        mContentLength = length;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates if the request can use cached responses or not.
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public HttpUrlConnectionBuilder setUseCache(boolean useCache) {
+        mUseCache = useCache;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The request mode.
+     * Sets the request mode to be one of: upload-only, download-only or bidirectional.
+     *
+     * @see #MODE_UPLOAD_ONLY
+     * @see #MODE_DOWNLOAD_ONLY
+     * @see #MODE_BI_DIRECTIONAL
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public HttpUrlConnectionBuilder setMode(int mode) {
+        if (mode != MODE_UPLOAD_ONLY
+                && mode != MODE_DOWNLOAD_ONLY
+                && mode != MODE_BI_DIRECTIONAL) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid mode specified:" + mode);
+        }
+        mMode = mode;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builds the {@link HttpURLConnection} instance that can be used to execute the request.
+     *
+     * TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting after this is actually used.
+     */
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public HttpURLConnection build() throws IOException {
+        if (mUrl == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("A URL must be specified!");
+        }
+        final HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) mUrl.openConnection();
+        connection.setConnectTimeout(mConnectTimeoutMillis);
+        connection.setReadTimeout(mReadTimeoutMillis);
+        connection.setUseCaches(mUseCache);
+        switch (mMode) {
+            case MODE_UPLOAD_ONLY:
+                connection.setDoInput(true);
+                connection.setDoOutput(false);
+                break;
+            case MODE_DOWNLOAD_ONLY:
+                connection.setDoInput(false);
+                connection.setDoOutput(true);
+                break;
+            case MODE_BI_DIRECTIONAL:
+                connection.setDoInput(true);
+                connection.setDoOutput(true);
+                break;
+        }
+        for (final Entry<String, String> entry : mHeaderMap.entrySet()) {
+            connection.addRequestProperty(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+        }
+        if (mContentLength >= 0) {
+            connection.setFixedLengthStreamingMode(mContentLength);
+        }
+        return connection;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/BlockingHttpClientTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/BlockingHttpClientTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d151732aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/BlockingHttpClientTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin.network;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
+import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.network.BlockingHttpClient.ResponseProcessor;
+
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link BlockingHttpClient}.
+ */
+@SmallTest
+public class BlockingHttpClientTests extends AndroidTestCase {
+    @Mock HttpURLConnection mMockHttpConnection;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+    }
+
+    public void testError_badGateway() throws IOException {
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getResponseCode()).thenReturn(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY);
+        final BlockingHttpClient client = new BlockingHttpClient(mMockHttpConnection);
+        final FakeErrorResponseProcessor processor =
+                new FakeErrorResponseProcessor(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY);
+
+        client.execute(null /* empty request */, processor);
+        assertTrue("ResponseProcessor was not invoked", processor.mInvoked);
+    }
+
+    public void testError_clientTimeout() throws IOException {
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getResponseCode()).thenReturn(
+                HttpURLConnection.HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT);
+        final BlockingHttpClient client = new BlockingHttpClient(mMockHttpConnection);
+        final FakeErrorResponseProcessor processor =
+                new FakeErrorResponseProcessor(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT);
+
+        client.execute(null /* empty request */, processor);
+        assertTrue("ResponseProcessor was not invoked", processor.mInvoked);
+    }
+
+    public void testError_forbiddenWithRequest() throws IOException {
+        final OutputStream mockOutputStream = Mockito.mock(OutputStream.class);
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getResponseCode()).thenReturn(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getOutputStream()).thenReturn(mockOutputStream);
+        final BlockingHttpClient client = new BlockingHttpClient(mMockHttpConnection);
+        final FakeErrorResponseProcessor processor =
+                new FakeErrorResponseProcessor(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
+
+        client.execute(new byte[100], processor);
+        verify(mockOutputStream).write(any(byte[].class), eq(0), eq(100));
+        assertTrue("ResponseProcessor was not invoked", processor.mInvoked);
+    }
+
+    public void testSuccess_emptyRequest() throws IOException {
+        final Random rand = new Random();
+        byte[] response = new byte[100];
+        rand.nextBytes(response);
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getResponseCode()).thenReturn(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getInputStream()).thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream(response));
+        final BlockingHttpClient client = new BlockingHttpClient(mMockHttpConnection);
+        final FakeSuccessResponseProcessor processor =
+                new FakeSuccessResponseProcessor(response);
+
+        client.execute(null /* empty request */, processor);
+        assertTrue("ResponseProcessor was not invoked", processor.mInvoked);
+    }
+
+    public void testSuccess() throws IOException {
+        final OutputStream mockOutputStream = Mockito.mock(OutputStream.class);
+        final Random rand = new Random();
+        byte[] response = new byte[100];
+        rand.nextBytes(response);
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getOutputStream()).thenReturn(mockOutputStream);
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getResponseCode()).thenReturn(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
+        when(mMockHttpConnection.getInputStream()).thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream(response));
+        final BlockingHttpClient client = new BlockingHttpClient(mMockHttpConnection);
+        final FakeSuccessResponseProcessor processor =
+                new FakeSuccessResponseProcessor(response);
+
+        client.execute(new byte[100], processor);
+        assertTrue("ResponseProcessor was not invoked", processor.mInvoked);
+    }
+
+    private static class FakeErrorResponseProcessor implements ResponseProcessor {
+        private final int mExpectedStatusCode;
+
+        boolean mInvoked;
+
+        FakeErrorResponseProcessor(int expectedStatusCode) {
+            mExpectedStatusCode = expectedStatusCode;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onError(int httpStatusCode, String message) {
+            mInvoked = true;
+            assertEquals("onError:", mExpectedStatusCode, httpStatusCode);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onSuccess(InputStream response) {
+            fail("Expected an error but received success");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class FakeSuccessResponseProcessor implements ResponseProcessor {
+        private final byte[] mExpectedResponse;
+
+        boolean mInvoked;
+
+        FakeSuccessResponseProcessor(byte[] expectedResponse) {
+            mExpectedResponse = expectedResponse;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onError(int httpStatusCode, String message) {
+            fail("Expected a response but received an error");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onSuccess(InputStream response) {
+            try {
+                mInvoked = true;
+                BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(response);
+                ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                int read = 0;
+                while ((read = in.read()) != -1) {
+                    buffer.write(read);
+                }
+                byte[] actualResponse = buffer.toByteArray();
+                in.close();
+                assertTrue("Response doesn't match",
+                        Arrays.equals(mExpectedResponse, actualResponse));
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                fail("IOException in onSuccess");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/HttpUrlConnectionBuilderTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/HttpUrlConnectionBuilderTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b43d5b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/network/HttpUrlConnectionBuilderTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin.network;
+
+import static com.android.inputmethod.latin.network.HttpUrlConnectionBuilder.MODE_BI_DIRECTIONAL;
+import static com.android.inputmethod.latin.network.HttpUrlConnectionBuilder.MODE_DOWNLOAD_ONLY;
+import static com.android.inputmethod.latin.network.HttpUrlConnectionBuilder.MODE_UPLOAD_ONLY;
+
+import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
+import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link HttpUrlConnectionBuilder}.
+ */
+@SmallTest
+public class HttpUrlConnectionBuilderTests extends AndroidTestCase {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+    }
+
+    public void testSetUrl_malformed() {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        try {
+            builder.setUrl("dadasd!@%@!:11");
+            fail("Expected a MalformedURLException.");
+        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            // Expected
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testSetConnectTimeout_invalid() {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        try {
+            builder.setConnectTimeout(-1);
+            fail("Expected an IllegalArgumentException.");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            // Expected
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testSetConnectTimeout() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("https://www.example.com");
+        builder.setConnectTimeout(8765);
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        assertEquals(8765, connection.getConnectTimeout());
+    }
+
+    public void testSetReadTimeout_invalid() {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        try {
+            builder.setReadTimeout(-1);
+            fail("Expected an IllegalArgumentException.");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            // Expected
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testSetReadTimeout() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("https://www.example.com");
+        builder.setReadTimeout(8765);
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        assertEquals(8765, connection.getReadTimeout());
+    }
+
+    public void testAddHeader() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("http://www.example.com");
+        builder.addHeader("some-random-key", "some-random-value");
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        assertEquals("some-random-value", connection.getRequestProperty("some-random-key"));
+    }
+
+    public void testSetUseCache_notSet() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("http://www.example.com");
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        assertFalse(connection.getUseCaches());
+    }
+
+    public void testSetUseCache_false() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("http://www.example.com");
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        connection.setUseCaches(false);
+        assertFalse(connection.getUseCaches());
+    }
+
+    public void testSetUseCache_true() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("http://www.example.com");
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        connection.setUseCaches(true);
+        assertTrue(connection.getUseCaches());
+    }
+
+    public void testSetMode_uploadOnly() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("http://www.example.com");
+        builder.setMode(MODE_UPLOAD_ONLY);
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        assertTrue(connection.getDoInput());
+        assertFalse(connection.getDoOutput());
+    }
+
+    public void testSetMode_downloadOnly() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("https://www.example.com");
+        builder.setMode(MODE_DOWNLOAD_ONLY);
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        assertFalse(connection.getDoInput());
+        assertTrue(connection.getDoOutput());
+    }
+
+    public void testSetMode_bidirectional() throws IOException {
+        HttpUrlConnectionBuilder builder = new HttpUrlConnectionBuilder();
+        builder.setUrl("https://www.example.com");
+        builder.setMode(MODE_BI_DIRECTIONAL);
+        HttpURLConnection connection = builder.build();
+        assertTrue(connection.getDoInput());
+        assertTrue(connection.getDoOutput());
+    }
+}