diff --git a/src/intro.md b/src/intro.md
index 59631cc..65f37fe 100644
--- a/src/intro.md
+++ b/src/intro.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ community. It needs and welcomes help. For details see
 | [Serialize a `Url`][ex-url-serialize] | [![url-badge]][url] [![serde-badge]][serde] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-encoding-badge]][cat-encoding]|
 | [Make a HTTP GET request after parsing a URL][ex-url-basic] | [![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] |
 | [Download a file to a temporary directory][ex-url-download] | [![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] [![tempdir-badge]][tempdir] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-filesystem-badge]][cat-filesystem] |
+| [Query the GitHub API][ex-rest-get] | [![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] [![serde-badge]][serde] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-encoding-badge]][cat-encoding] |
+| [Create and delete Gist with GitHub API][ex-rest-post] | [![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] [![serde-badge]][serde] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-encoding-badge]][cat-encoding] |
 
 ## [Application development](app.html)
 
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ Keep lines sorted.
 [ex-rand-range]: basics.html#ex-rand-range
 [ex-rand-dist]: basics.html#ex-rand-dist
 [ex-rayon-iter-mut]: concurrency.html#ex-rayon-iter-mut
+[ex-rest-get]: net.html#ex-rest-get
+[ex-rest-post]: net.html#ex-rest-post
 [ex-std-read-lines]: basics.html#ex-std-read-lines
 [ex-toml-config]: encoding.html#ex-toml-config
 [ex-url-parse]: net.html#ex-url-parse
diff --git a/src/net.md b/src/net.md
index 96d1016..d907140 100644
--- a/src/net.md
+++ b/src/net.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 | [Serialize a `Url`][ex-url-serialize] | [![url-badge]][url] [![serde-badge]][serde] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-encoding-badge]][cat-encoding]|
 | [Make a HTTP GET request][ex-url-basic] | [![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] |
 | [Download a file to a temporary directory][ex-url-download] | [![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] [![tempdir-badge]][tempdir] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-filesystem-badge]][cat-filesystem] |
+| [Query the GitHub API][ex-rest-get] | [![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] [![serde-badge]][serde] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-encoding-badge]][cat-encoding] |
+| [Create and delete Gist with GitHub API][ex-rest-post] | [![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] [![serde-badge]][serde] | [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-encoding-badge]][cat-encoding] |
 
 [ex-url-parse]: #ex-url-parse
 <a name="ex-url-parse"/>
@@ -330,6 +332,122 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 quick_main!(run);
 ```
 
+[ex-rest-get]: #ex-rest-get
+<a name="ex-rest-get"/>
+## Query the GitHub API
+
+[![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] [![serde-badge]][serde] [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-encoding-badge]][cat-encoding]
+
+GitHub [stargazers API v3](https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/starring/#list-stargazers) is queried with [`reqwest::get`] to obtain list of all users who have marked a GitHub project with a star. [`reqwest::Response`] is deserialized with [`Response::json`] into `User` objects implementing [`serde::Deserialize`].
+
+```rust,no_run
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
+extern crate reqwest;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct User {
+    login: String,
+    id: u32,
+    // remaining fields not deserialized for brevity
+}
+
+fn run() -> reqwest::Result<()> {
+    let request_url = format!("https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/stargazers",
+                              owner = "brson",
+                              repo = "rust-cookbook");
+    println!("{}", request_url);
+    let mut response = reqwest::get(&request_url)?;
+
+    let users: Vec<User> = response.json()?;
+    println!("{:?}", users);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    run().unwrap();
+}
+```
+
+[ex-rest-post]: #ex-rest-post
+<a name="ex-rest-post"/>
+## Create and delete Gist with GitHub API
+
+[![reqwest-badge]][reqwest] [![serde-badge]][serde] [![cat-net-badge]][cat-net] [![cat-encoding-badge]][cat-encoding]
+
+HTTP POST request to [gists API v3](https://developer.github.com/v3/gists/) is made with [`reqwest::Client`] in order to create a gist.
+A request body is created with [`serde_json::json!`] macro and
+set set with [`RequestBuilder::json`].
+Request is prepared with [`Client::post`], authenticated with [`RequestBuilder::basic_auth`] and synchronously executed with [`RequestBuilder::send`].
+
+Gist is subsequently deleted with HTTP DELETE request prepared with [`Client::delete`] and executed as before.
+
+```rust,no_run
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate error_chain;
+extern crate reqwest;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_json;
+
+use std::env;
+
+error_chain! {
+    foreign_links {
+        EnvVar(env::VarError);
+        HttpReqest(reqwest::Error);
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Gist {
+    id: String,
+    html_url: String,
+    // remaining fields not deserialized for brevity
+}
+
+fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    let gh_user = env::var("GH_USER")?;
+    let gh_pass = env::var("GH_PASS")?;
+
+    // The type `gist_body` is `serde_json::Value`
+    let gist_body = json!({
+        "description": "the description for this gist",
+        "public": true,
+        "files": {
+             "main.rs": {
+             "content": r#"fn main() { println!("hello world!");}"#
+            }
+        }});
+
+    // create the gist
+    let request_url = "https://api.github.com/gists";
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new()?;
+    let mut response = client
+        .post(request_url)
+        .basic_auth(gh_user.clone(), Some(gh_pass.clone()))
+        .json(&gist_body)
+        .send()?;
+
+    let gist: Gist = response.json()?;
+    println!("Created {:?}", gist);
+
+    // delete the gist
+    let request_url = format!("{}/{}",request_url, gist.id);
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new()?;
+    let response = client
+        .delete(&request_url)
+        .basic_auth(gh_user, Some(gh_pass))
+        .send()?;
+
+    println!("Gist {} deleted! Status code: {}",gist.id, response.status());
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+quick_main!(run);
+```
+
 <!-- Categories -->
 
 [cat-encoding-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/-encoding-red.svg
@@ -360,9 +478,18 @@ quick_main!(run);
 [`origin`]: https://docs.rs/url/1.*/url/struct.Url.html#method.origin
 [`join`]: https://docs.rs/url/1.*/url/struct.Url.html#method.join
 [`reqwest::get`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/fn.get.html
+[`reqwest::Client`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.Client.html
 [`reqwest::Response`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.Response.html
 [`Response::url`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.Response.html#method.url
+[`Response::json`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.Response.html#method.json
+[`RequestBuilder::basic_auth`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.RequestBuilder.html#method.basic_auth
+[`Client::delete`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.Client.html#method.delete
+[`Client::post`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.Client.html#method.post
+[`RequestBuilder::json`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.RequestBuilder.html#method.json
+[`RequestBuilder::send`]: https://docs.rs/reqwest/*/reqwest/struct.RequestBuilder.html#method.send
 [`read_to_string`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/io/trait.Read.html#method.read_to_string
 [`String`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/string/struct.String.html
+[`serde::Deserialize`]: https://docs.rs/serde/*/serde/trait.Deserialize.html
+[`serde_json::json!`]: https://docs.rs/serde_json/*/serde_json/macro.json.html
 [`TempDir::new`]: https://docs.rs/tempdir/*/tempdir/struct.TempDir.html#method.new
 [`TempDir::path`]: https://docs.rs/tempdir/*/tempdir/struct.TempDir.html#method.path