diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 816ae80..b7cad50 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 dist
 node_modules
 tmp
+**/*.js
+package-lock.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ed973a..2e98cd8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
 Node implementation of [MediaArea's MediaInfo](https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo) WebAssembly binary.
 
 ## Install
-
 ```sh
 $ npm install --save node-mediainfo
 ```
 
 ## Usage
-
 ```ts
 // Using ES6 imports
 import mediainfo from 'node-mediainfo';
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ import mediainfo from 'node-mediainfo';
 const mediainfo = require('node-mediainfo');
 
 async function main() {
-  const result = await mediainfo('path to media file');
+  const result = await mediainfo('<File or URL>');
   console.log(result);
 }
 
@@ -32,6 +30,4 @@ main();
 - Package: [npmjs.com/package/node-mediainfo](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-mediainfo)
 
 ## License
-
-
 This package uses [MediaInfo](http://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo) library, Copyright (c) 2002-2019 [MediaArea.net SARL](mailto:Info@MediaArea.net)
diff --git a/examples/stream.ts b/examples/stream.ts
index ecd9c47..38c2e54 100644
--- a/examples/stream.ts
+++ b/examples/stream.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import mediainfo from '../src';
 
-mediainfo('<full path to file>').then(
+mediainfo('http://dl5.webmfiles.org/big-buck-bunny_trailer.webm').then(
   (response) => {
     console.log(JSON.stringify(
       response, null, 2,
     ));
   },
-);
+).catch((err) => {
+  console.error(err);
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f82da17..50ea324 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,5 +26,9 @@
     "build": "npm run types && tsc",
     "prepare": "npm run build",
     "types": "tsc --outDir tmp src/build.ts --lib es2017 && node tmp/build"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@types/request": "^2.48.4",
+    "request": "^2.88.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 491ffef..d1c981e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { PathLike, createReadStream, statSync } from 'fs';
+import { PathLike, createReadStream, stat } from 'fs';
+import Request = require('request');
 import {
   Audio, General, Image, Menu, Other, Text, Video,
 } from './types';
@@ -26,39 +27,77 @@ async function Init() {
   });
 }
 
-export = async function MediaInfo(path: PathLike): Promise<MediaInfoResponse> {
-  if (!MediaInfoModule) {
-    await Init();
+async function GetSize(path: PathLike, headers = {}) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (path.toString().indexOf('http') === 0) {
+      return Request({
+        method: 'HEAD',
+        url: path.toString(),
+        headers
+      }).on('response', (res: any) => {
+        resolve(parseInt(res.headers['content-length'], 10) || 0);
+      }).on('error', (err: Error) => {
+        reject(err);
+      })
+    }
+    stat(path, (err, stats) => {
+      if (err) {
+        return reject(err);
+      }
+      resolve(stats.size || 0)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+function GetStream(path: PathLike, start = 0, length = -1, headers = {}): any {
+  if (path.toString().indexOf('http') === 0) {
+    return Request({
+      url: path.toString(),
+      headers: {
+        ...headers,
+        Range: `bytes=${start}-${length}`
+      }
+    })
   }
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const stream = createReadStream(path, {
-      highWaterMark: 1024 * 1024,
-    });
-    const { size } = statSync(path);
+  return createReadStream(path, {
+    highWaterMark: length,
+    start,
+  });
+}
+
+export default function MediaInfo(path: PathLike, headers = {}): Promise<MediaInfoResponse> {
+  return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
+
+    if (!MediaInfoModule) {
+      await Init();
+    }
+
+    let seekTo: number;
+
+    const stream = GetStream(path, 0, 1024 * 1024, headers);
+    const size = await GetSize(path);
 
     const MI = new MediaInfoModule.MediaInfo();
     MI.Open_Buffer_Init(size, 0);
 
-    let seekTo: number;
 
-    stream.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    stream.on('data', (chunk: any) => {
       MI.Open_Buffer_Continue(chunk);
       seekTo = MI.Open_Buffer_Continue_Goto_Get();
       // console.log('SeekTo', seekTo);
 
       if (seekTo !== -1) {
         MI.Open_Buffer_Init(size, seekTo);
-        stream.close();
+        if (typeof (stream.close) !== 'undefined') {
+          stream.close();
+        }
       }
     });
 
     stream.on('close', () => {
-      const newstream = createReadStream(path, {
-        highWaterMark: 1024 * 1024,
-        start: seekTo,
-      });
+      const newstream = GetStream(path, seekTo, 1024 * 1024, headers);
 
-      newstream.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      newstream.on('data', (chunk: any) => {
         MI.Open_Buffer_Continue(chunk);
         seekTo = MI.Open_Buffer_Continue_Goto_Get();
         // console.log('SeekTo', seekTo);