diff --git a/include/identity.php b/include/identity.php
index 9bb4d09fa..9f8bc0ab0 100644
--- a/include/identity.php
+++ b/include/identity.php
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ function create_identity($arr) {
 
 	$primary = true;
 		
+	if(array_key_exists('primary', $arr))
+		$primary = intval($arr['primary']);
+
+
 	$r = q("insert into channel ( channel_account_id, channel_primary, 
 		channel_name, channel_address, channel_guid, channel_guid_sig,
 		channel_hash, channel_prvkey, channel_pubkey, channel_pageflags )
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index ecc54d818..555e76802 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function post_url($url,$params, $headers = null, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0)
 }}
 
 if(! function_exists('z_fetch_url')) {
-function z_fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accept_content=Null) {
+function z_fetch_url($url, $binary = false, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 
 	$ret = array('return_code' => 0, 'success' => false, 'header' => "", 'body' => "");
 
@@ -208,26 +208,28 @@ function z_fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accep
 
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CAINFO, get_capath());
-
-	if (!is_null($accept_content)){
-		curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array (
-			"Accept: " . $accept_content
-		));
-	}
-
+	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, true);
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Friendica Red)");
 
+	if (x($opts,'accept_content')){
+		curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array (
+			"Accept: " . $opts['accept_content']
+		));
+	}
 
-	if(intval($timeout)) {
-		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
+	if(x($opts,'timeout') && intval($opts['timeout'])) {
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $opts['timeout']);
 	}
 	else {
 		$curl_time = intval(get_config('system','curl_timeout'));
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, (($curl_time !== false) ? $curl_time : 60));
 	}
 
-	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, true);
+	if(x($opts,'http_auth')) {
+		// "username" . ':' . "password"
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $opts['http_auth']);
+	}
 
 	$prx = get_config('system','proxy');
 	if(strlen($prx)) {
@@ -269,9 +271,8 @@ function z_fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accep
 			$newurl = $url . $newurl;
 		$url_parsed = @parse_url($newurl);
 		if (isset($url_parsed)) {
-			$redirects++;
 			@curl_close($ch);
-			return z_fetch_url($newurl,$binary,$redirects,$timeout,$accpt_content);
+			return z_fetch_url($newurl,$binary,$redirects++,$opts);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ function z_fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accep
 
 
 if(! function_exists('z_post_url')) {
-function z_post_url($url,$params, $headers = null, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0) {
+function z_post_url($url,$params, $headers = null, $redirects = 0, $timeout = 0) {
 
 	$ret = array('return_code' => 0, 'success' => false, 'header' => "", 'body' => "");
 
@@ -362,12 +363,11 @@ function z_post_url($url,$params, $headers = null, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0
 			$newurl = $url . $newurl;
 		$url_parsed = @parse_url($newurl);
 		if (isset($url_parsed)) {
-			$redirects++;
 			curl_close($ch);
 			if($http_code == 303) {
-				return z_fetch_url($newurl,false,$headers,$redirects,$timeout);
+				return z_fetch_url($newurl,false,$headers,$redirects++,$timeout);
 			} else {
-				return z_post_url($newurl,$params,$headers,$redirects,$timeout);
+				return z_post_url($newurl,$params,$headers,$redirects++,$timeout);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/mod/import.php b/mod/import.php
index 5da9d0004..7b5989f51 100644
--- a/mod/import.php
+++ b/mod/import.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 function import_post(&$a) {
 
 
-	$sieze    = ((x($_REQUEST,'make_primary')) ? intval($_REQUEST['make_primary']) : 0);
+	$data     = null;
+	$seize    = ((x($_REQUEST,'make_primary')) ? intval($_REQUEST['make_primary']) : 0);
 
 	$src      = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'];
 	$filename = basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
@@ -15,10 +16,10 @@ function import_post(&$a) {
 	$filetype = $_FILES['userfile']['type'];
 
 
-	if(($src) && (! $filesize)) {
-		logger('mod_import: empty file.');
-		notice( t('Imported file is empty.') . EOL);
-		return;
+	if($src) {
+		if($filesize) {
+			$data = @file_get_contents($src);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if(! $src) {
@@ -29,13 +30,39 @@ function import_post(&$a) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		// Connect to API of old server with credentials given and suck in the data we need
+		$email    = ((x($_REQUEST,'email'))    ? $_REQUEST['email']    : '');
+		$password = ((x($_REQUEST,'password')) ? $_REQUEST['password'] : '');
 
+		$channelname = substr($old_address,0,strpos($old_address,'@'));
+		$servername  = substr($old_address,strpos($old_address,'@')+1);
+
+		$scheme = 'https://';
+		$api_path = '/api/export/basic?f=&channel=' . $channelname;
+		$binary = false;
+		$redirects = 0;
+		$opts = array('http_auth' => $email . ':' . $password);
+		$url = $scheme . $servername . $api_path;
+		$ret = z_fetch_url($url, $binary, $redirects, $opts);
+		if(! $ret['success'])
+			$ret = z_fetch_url('http://' . $servername . $api_path, $binary, $redirects, $opts);
+		if($ret['success'])
+			$data = $ret['body'];
+		else
+			notice( t('Unable to download data from old server') . EOL);
 
 	}
 
+	if(! $data) {
+		logger('mod_import: empty file.');
+		notice( t('Imported file is empty.') . EOL);
+		return;
+	}
 
 
+//	logger('import: data: ' . print_r($data,true));
+
+//	print_r($data);
+
 	// import channel
 	
 	// import contacts
@@ -44,7 +71,7 @@ function import_post(&$a) {
 
 
 
-	if($sieze) {
+	if($seize) {
 		// notify old server that it is no longer primary.
 		
 	}
@@ -55,10 +82,25 @@ function import_post(&$a) {
 }
 
 
-
 function import_content(&$a) {
 
+/*
+ * Pass in a channel name and desired channel_address
+ * Check this for validity and duplication
+ * The page template should have a place to change it and check again
+ */
 
 
+$o .= <<< EOT
 
+<form action="import" method="post" >
+Old Address <input type="text" name="old_address" /><br />
+Login <input type="text" name="email" /><br />
+Password <input type="password" name="password" /><br />
+<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
+</form>
+
+EOT;
+
+return $o;
 }
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