diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bec018fe..05133408 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ node_modules
 .nyc_output
 coverage_e2e
 coverage_unit
-*.code-workspace
-dist
 *.DS_Store
+dist
+*.code-workspace
diff --git a/lib/DBSQLClient.ts b/lib/DBSQLClient.ts
index c60ebeb7..2a32c821 100644
--- a/lib/DBSQLClient.ts
+++ b/lib/DBSQLClient.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ import StatusFactory from './factory/StatusFactory';
 import HiveDriverError from './errors/HiveDriverError';
 import { buildUserAgentString, definedOrError } from './utils';
 import PlainHttpAuthentication from './connection/auth/PlainHttpAuthentication';
+import XhrConnection from './connection/connections/XhrConnection';
+
+function isNodejs() {
+  return typeof 'process' !== 'undefined' && process && process.versions && process.versions.node;
+}
 
 export default class DBSQLClient extends EventEmitter implements IDBSQLClient {
   private client: TCLIService.Client | null;
@@ -33,11 +38,15 @@ export default class DBSQLClient extends EventEmitter implements IDBSQLClient {
 
   constructor() {
     super();
-    this.connectionProvider = new HttpConnection();
-    this.authProvider = new NoSaslAuthentication();
+    if (isNodejs()) {
+      this.connectionProvider = new HttpConnection();
+    } else {
+      this.connectionProvider = new XhrConnection();
+    }
     this.statusFactory = new StatusFactory();
     this.client = null;
     this.connection = null;
+    this.authProvider = new NoSaslAuthentication();
   }
 
   private getConnectionOptions(options: IDBSQLConnectionOptions): IConnectionOptions {
@@ -53,18 +62,30 @@ export default class DBSQLClient extends EventEmitter implements IDBSQLClient {
   }
 
   async connect(options: IDBSQLConnectionOptions): Promise<IDBSQLClient> {
-    this.authProvider = new PlainHttpAuthentication({
-      username: 'token',
-      password: options.token,
-      headers: {
-        'User-Agent': buildUserAgentString(options.clientId),
-      },
-    });
+    let opts;
+    if (isNodejs()) {
+      opts = {
+        username: 'token',
+        password: options.token,
+        headers: {
+          'User-Agent': buildUserAgentString(options.clientId),
+        },
+      };
+    } else {
+      opts = {
+        username: 'token',
+        password: options.token,
+      };
+    }
+    this.authProvider = new PlainHttpAuthentication(opts);
 
     this.connection = await this.connectionProvider.connect(this.getConnectionOptions(options), this.authProvider);
 
-    this.client = this.thrift.createClient(TCLIService, this.connection.getConnection());
-
+    if (isNodejs()) {
+      this.client = this.thrift.createClient(TCLIService, this.connection.getConnection());
+    } else {
+      this.client = this.thrift.createXHRClient(TCLIService, this.connection.getConnection());
+    }
     this.connection.getConnection().on('error', (error: Error) => {
       this.emit('error', error);
     });
diff --git a/lib/connection/connections/XhrConnection.ts b/lib/connection/connections/XhrConnection.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40fcf338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/connection/connections/XhrConnection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import thrift from 'thrift';
+
+import IThriftConnection from '../contracts/IThriftConnection';
+import IConnectionProvider from '../contracts/IConnectionProvider';
+import IConnectionOptions from '../contracts/IConnectionOptions';
+import IAuthentication from '../contracts/IAuthentication';
+import XhrTransport from '../transports/XhrTransport';
+
+export default class XhrConnection implements IConnectionProvider, IThriftConnection {
+  private thrift = thrift;
+
+  private connection: any;
+
+  connect(options: IConnectionOptions, authProvider: IAuthentication): Promise<IThriftConnection> {
+    const xhrTransport = new XhrTransport({
+      transport: thrift.TBufferedTransport,
+      protocol: thrift.TBinaryProtocol,
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/vnd.apache.thrift.binary',
+      },
+      ...options.options,
+    });
+    return authProvider.authenticate(xhrTransport).then(() => {
+      this.connection = this.thrift.createXHRConnection(options.host, options.port, xhrTransport.getOptions());
+      return this;
+    });
+  }
+
+  isConnected(): boolean {
+    if (this.connection) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  getConnection() {
+    return this.connection;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/connection/transports/XhrTransport.ts b/lib/connection/transports/XhrTransport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd264171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/connection/transports/XhrTransport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import ITransport from '../contracts/ITransport';
+
+export default class XhrTransport implements ITransport {
+  private xhrOptions: object;
+
+  constructor(httpOptions: object = {}) {
+    this.xhrOptions = httpOptions;
+  }
+
+  getTransport(): any {
+    return this.xhrOptions;
+  }
+
+  setOptions(option: string, value: any) {
+    this.xhrOptions = {
+      ...this.xhrOptions,
+      [option]: value,
+    };
+  }
+
+  getOptions(): object {
+    return this.xhrOptions;
+  }
+
+  connect() {}
+
+  addListener() {}
+
+  removeListener() {}
+
+  write() {}
+
+  end() {}
+
+  emit() {}
+}