diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4ced13..8914ec2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ Follow me [![twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/valorkin.svg?style=s
 
   - `uploader` - (`FileUploader`) - uploader object. See using in [demo](https://github.com/valor-software/ng2-file-upload/blob/master/demo/components/file-upload/simple-demo.ts)
 
-  Parameters that supported by this object:
+  Parameters supported by this object:
 
   1. `url` - URL of File Uploader's route
   2. `authToken` - Auth token that will be applied as 'Authorization' header during file send.
+  3. `disableMultipart` - If 'true', disable using a multipart form for file upload and instead stream the file. Some APIs (e.g. Amazon S3) may expect the file to be streamed rather than sent via a form. Defaults to false.
 
 ### Events
 
diff --git a/components/file-upload/file-drop.directive.ts b/components/file-upload/file-drop.directive.ts
index 28225eb..a918adf 100644
--- a/components/file-upload/file-drop.directive.ts
+++ b/components/file-upload/file-drop.directive.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { FileUploader } from './file-uploader.class';
 export class FileDropDirective {
   @Input() public uploader:FileUploader;
   @Output() public fileOver:EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
-  @Output() public onFileDrop:EventEmitter<File[]> = new EventEmitter();
+  @Output() public onFileDrop:EventEmitter<File[]> = new EventEmitter<File[]>();
 
   private element:ElementRef;
   public constructor(element:ElementRef) {
diff --git a/components/file-upload/file-item.class.ts b/components/file-upload/file-item.class.ts
index d8db025..7f59e16 100644
--- a/components/file-upload/file-item.class.ts
+++ b/components/file-upload/file-item.class.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import {NgZone} from '@angular/core';
-
 import {FileLikeObject} from './file-like-object.class';
-import {FileUploader} from './file-uploader.class';
+import {FileUploader, ParsedResponseHeaders, FileUploaderOptions} from './file-uploader.class';
 
 export class FileItem {
   public file:FileLikeObject;
@@ -20,28 +18,31 @@ export class FileItem {
   public isError:boolean = false;
   public progress:number = 0;
   public index:number = void 0;
-  private _zone:NgZone;
+  public _xhr:XMLHttpRequest;
+  public _form:any;
 
   private uploader:FileUploader;
-  private some:any;
-  private options:any;
+  private some:File;
+  private options:FileUploaderOptions;
 
-  public constructor(uploader:FileUploader, some:any, options:any) {
+  public constructor(uploader:FileUploader, some:File, options:FileUploaderOptions) {
     this.uploader = uploader;
     this.some = some;
     this.options = options;
     this.file = new FileLikeObject(some);
     this._file = some;
+    if (uploader.options && uploader.options.method) {
+      this.method = uploader.options.method;
+    }
     this.url = uploader.options.url;
-    this._zone = new NgZone({ enableLongStackTrace: false });
   }
 
   public upload():void {
     try {
       this.uploader.uploadItem(this);
     } catch (e) {
-      this.uploader._onCompleteItem(this, '', 0, []);
-      this.uploader._onErrorItem(this, '', 0, []);
+      this.uploader._onCompleteItem(this, '', 0, {});
+      this.uploader._onErrorItem(this, '', 0, {});
     }
   }
 
@@ -65,19 +66,19 @@ export class FileItem {
     return {progress};
   }
 
-  public onSuccess(response:any, status:any, headers:any):any {
+  public onSuccess(response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
     return {response,status,headers};
   }
 
-  public onError(response:any, status:any, headers:any):any {
+  public onError(response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
     return {response,status,headers};
   }
 
-  public onCancel(response:any, status:any, headers:any):any {
+  public onCancel(response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
     return {response,status,headers};
   }
 
-  public onComplete(response:any, status:any, headers:any):any {
+  public onComplete(response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
     return {response,status,headers};
   }
 
@@ -97,13 +98,11 @@ export class FileItem {
   }
 
   public _onProgress(progress:number):void {
-    this._zone.run(() => {
-      this.progress = progress;
-    });
+    this.progress = progress;
     this.onProgress(progress);
   }
 
-  public _onSuccess(response:any, status:any, headers:any):void {
+  public _onSuccess(response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):void {
     this.isReady = false;
     this.isUploading = false;
     this.isUploaded = true;
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ export class FileItem {
     this.onSuccess(response, status, headers);
   }
 
-  public _onError(response:any, status:any, headers:any):void {
+  public _onError(response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):void {
     this.isReady = false;
     this.isUploading = false;
     this.isUploaded = true;
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ export class FileItem {
     this.onError(response, status, headers);
   }
 
-  public _onCancel(response:any, status:any, headers:any):void {
+  public _onCancel(response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):void {
     this.isReady = false;
     this.isUploading = false;
     this.isUploaded = false;
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ export class FileItem {
     this.onCancel(response, status, headers);
   }
 
-  public _onComplete(response:any, status:any, headers:any):void {
+  public _onComplete(response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):void {
     this.onComplete(response, status, headers);
 
     if (this.uploader.options.removeAfterUpload) {
diff --git a/components/file-upload/file-uploader.class.ts b/components/file-upload/file-uploader.class.ts
index b014b2d..88df666 100644
--- a/components/file-upload/file-uploader.class.ts
+++ b/components/file-upload/file-uploader.class.ts
@@ -11,24 +11,31 @@ export interface Headers {
   value:string;
 }
 
+export type ParsedResponseHeaders = {[headerFieldName:string]:string};
+
+export type FilterFunction = {name:string, fn:(item?:FileLikeObject, options?:FileUploaderOptions)=>boolean};
+
 export interface FileUploaderOptions {
   allowedMimeType?:Array<string>;
   allowedFileType?:Array<string>;
   autoUpload?:boolean;
   isHTML5?:boolean;
-  filters?:Array<any>;
+  filters?:Array<FilterFunction>;
   headers?:Array<Headers>;
+  method?:string;
+  authToken?:string;
   maxFileSize?:number;
   queueLimit?:number;
   removeAfterUpload?:boolean;
   url?:string;
+  disableMultipart?:boolean;
 }
 
 export class FileUploader {
 
   public authToken:string;
   public isUploading:boolean = false;
-  public queue:Array<any> = [];
+  public queue:Array<FileItem> = [];
   public progress:number = 0;
   public _nextIndex:number = 0;
   public autoUpload:any;
@@ -37,16 +44,17 @@ export class FileUploader {
     autoUpload: false,
     isHTML5: true,
     filters: [],
-    removeAfterUpload: false
+    removeAfterUpload: false,
+    disableMultipart: false
   };
 
   private _failFilterIndex:number;
 
-  public constructor(options:any) {
+  public constructor(options:FileUploaderOptions) {
     this.setOptions(options);
   }
 
-  public setOptions(options:any):void {
+  public setOptions(options:FileUploaderOptions):void {
     this.options = Object.assign(this.options, options);
 
     this.authToken = options.authToken;
@@ -68,15 +76,15 @@ export class FileUploader {
     // this.options.filters.unshift({name: 'folder', fn: this._folderFilter});
   }
 
-  public addToQueue(files:any[], options?:any, filters?:any):void {
-    let list:any[] = [];
+  public addToQueue(files:File[], options?:FileUploaderOptions, filters?:FilterFunction[]|string):void {
+    let list:File[] = [];
     for (let file of files) {
       list.push(file);
     }
     let arrayOfFilters = this._getFilters(filters);
     let count = this.queue.length;
-    let addedFileItems:any[] = [];
-    list.map((some:any) => {
+    let addedFileItems:FileItem[] = [];
+    list.map((some:File) => {
       if (!options) {
         options = this.options;
       }
@@ -102,7 +110,7 @@ export class FileUploader {
     }
   }
 
-  public removeFromQueue(value:any):void {
+  public removeFromQueue(value:FileItem):void {
     let index = this.getIndexOfItem(value);
     let item = this.queue[index];
     if (item.isUploading) {
@@ -131,27 +139,27 @@ export class FileUploader {
     (this as any)[transport](item);
   }
 
-  public cancelItem(value:any):void {
+  public cancelItem(value:FileItem):void {
     let index = this.getIndexOfItem(value);
     let item = this.queue[index];
-    let prop = this.options.isHTML5 ? '_xhr' : '_form';
+    let prop = this.options.isHTML5 ? item._xhr : item._form;
     if (item && item.isUploading) {
-      item[prop].abort();
+      prop.abort();
     }
   }
 
   public uploadAll():void {
-    let items = this.getNotUploadedItems().filter((item:any) => !item.isUploading);
+    let items = this.getNotUploadedItems().filter((item:FileItem) => !item.isUploading);
     if (!items.length) {
       return;
     }
-    items.map((item:any) => item._prepareToUploading());
+    items.map((item:FileItem) => item._prepareToUploading());
     items[0].upload();
   }
 
   public cancelAll():void {
     let items = this.getNotUploadedItems();
-    items.map((item:any) => item.cancel());
+    items.map((item:FileItem) => item.cancel());
   }
 
   public isFile(value:any):boolean {
@@ -167,12 +175,12 @@ export class FileUploader {
   }
 
   public getNotUploadedItems():Array<any> {
-    return this.queue.filter((item:any) => !item.isUploaded);
+    return this.queue.filter((item:FileItem) => !item.isUploaded);
   }
 
   public getReadyItems():Array<any> {
     return this.queue
-      .filter((item:any) => (item.isReady && !item.isUploading))
+      .filter((item:FileItem) => (item.isReady && !item.isUploading))
       .sort((item1:any, item2:any) => item1.index - item2.index);
   }
 
@@ -189,23 +197,23 @@ export class FileUploader {
     return {fileItems};
   }
 
-  public onBuildItemForm(fileItem:any, form:any):any {
+  public onBuildItemForm(fileItem:FileItem, form:any):any {
     return {fileItem, form};
   }
 
-  public onAfterAddingFile(fileItem:any):any {
+  public onAfterAddingFile(fileItem:FileItem):any {
     return {fileItem};
   }
 
-  public onWhenAddingFileFailed(item:any, filter:any, options:any):any {
+  public onWhenAddingFileFailed(item:FileLikeObject, filter:any, options:any):any {
     return {item, filter, options};
   }
 
-  public onBeforeUploadItem(fileItem:any):any {
+  public onBeforeUploadItem(fileItem:FileItem):any {
     return {fileItem};
   }
 
-  public onProgressItem(fileItem:any, progress:any):any {
+  public onProgressItem(fileItem:FileItem, progress:any):any {
     return {fileItem, progress};
   }
 
@@ -213,19 +221,19 @@ export class FileUploader {
     return {progress};
   }
 
-  public onSuccessItem(item:any, response:any, status:any, headers:any):any {
+  public onSuccessItem(item:FileItem, response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
     return {item, response, status, headers};
   }
 
-  public onErrorItem(item:any, response:any, status:any, headers:any):any {
+  public onErrorItem(item:FileItem, response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
     return {item, response, status, headers};
   }
 
-  public onCancelItem(item:any, response:any, status:any, headers:any):any {
+  public onCancelItem(item:FileItem, response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
     return {item, response, status, headers};
   }
 
-  public onCompleteItem(item:any, response:any, status:any, headers:any):any {
+  public onCompleteItem(item:FileItem, response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
     return {item, response, status, headers};
   }
 
@@ -233,25 +241,25 @@ export class FileUploader {
     return void 0;
   }
 
-  public _mimeTypeFilter(item:any):boolean {
+  public _mimeTypeFilter(item:FileLikeObject):boolean {
     return !(this.options.allowedMimeType && this.options.allowedMimeType.indexOf(item.type) === -1);
   }
 
-  public _fileSizeFilter(item:any):boolean {
+  public _fileSizeFilter(item:FileLikeObject):boolean {
     return !(this.options.maxFileSize && item.size > this.options.maxFileSize);
   }
 
-  public _fileTypeFilter(item:any):boolean {
+  public _fileTypeFilter(item:FileLikeObject):boolean {
     return !(this.options.allowedFileType &&
     this.options.allowedFileType.indexOf(FileType.getMimeClass(item)) === -1);
   }
 
-  public _onErrorItem(item:any, response:any, status:any, headers:any):void {
+  public _onErrorItem(item:FileItem, response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):void {
     item._onError(response, status, headers);
     this.onErrorItem(item, response, status, headers);
   }
 
-  public _onCompleteItem(item:any, response:any, status:any, headers:any):void {
+  public _onCompleteItem(item:FileItem, response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):void {
     item._onComplete(response, status, headers);
     this.onCompleteItem(item, response, status, headers);
     let nextItem = this.getReadyItems()[0];
@@ -265,8 +273,8 @@ export class FileUploader {
     this._render();
   }
 
-  protected _headersGetter(parsedHeaders:any):any {
-    return (name:any) => {
+  protected _headersGetter(parsedHeaders:ParsedResponseHeaders):any {
+    return (name:any):any => {
       if (name) {
         return parsedHeaders[name.toLowerCase()] || void 0;
       }
@@ -274,9 +282,9 @@ export class FileUploader {
     };
   }
 
-  protected _xhrTransport(item:any):any {
+  protected _xhrTransport(item:FileItem):any {
     let xhr = item._xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    let form = new FormData();
+    let sendable:any;
     this._onBeforeUploadItem(item);
     // todo
     /*item.formData.map(obj => {
@@ -287,9 +295,15 @@ export class FileUploader {
     if (typeof item._file.size !== 'number') {
       throw new TypeError('The file specified is no longer valid');
     }
-    this._onBuildItemForm(item, form);
+    if(!this.options.disableMultipart) {
+        sendable = new FormData();
+        this._onBuildItemForm(item, sendable);
+
+        sendable.append(item.alias, item._file, item.file.name);
+    } else {
+        sendable = item._file;
+    }
 
-    form.append(item.alias, item._file, item.file.name);
     xhr.upload.onprogress = (event:any) => {
       let progress = Math.round(event.lengthComputable ? event.loaded * 100 / event.total : 0);
       this._onProgressItem(item, progress);
@@ -328,7 +342,7 @@ export class FileUploader {
     if (this.authToken) {
       xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', this.authToken);
     }
-    xhr.send(form);
+    xhr.send(sendable);
     this._render();
   }
 
@@ -343,7 +357,7 @@ export class FileUploader {
     return Math.round(uploaded * ratio + current);
   }
 
-  private _getFilters(filters:any):any {
+  private _getFilters(filters:FilterFunction[]|string):FilterFunction[] {
     if (!filters) {
       return this.options.filters;
     }
@@ -363,7 +377,7 @@ export class FileUploader {
     // todo: ?
   }
 
-  // private _folderFilter(item:any):boolean {
+  // private _folderFilter(item:FileItem):boolean {
   //   return !!(item.size || item.type);
   // }
 
@@ -371,20 +385,20 @@ export class FileUploader {
     return this.options.queueLimit === undefined || this.queue.length < this.options.queueLimit;
   }
 
-  private _isValidFile(file:any, filters:any, options:any):boolean {
+  private _isValidFile(file:FileLikeObject, filters:FilterFunction[], options:FileUploaderOptions):boolean {
     this._failFilterIndex = -1;
-    return !filters.length ? true : filters.every((filter:any) => {
+    return !filters.length ? true : filters.every((filter:FilterFunction) => {
       this._failFilterIndex++;
       return filter.fn.call(this, file, options);
     });
   }
 
-  private _isSuccessCode(status:any):boolean {
+  private _isSuccessCode(status:number):boolean {
     return (status >= 200 && status < 300) || status === 304;
   }
 
   /* tslint:disable */
-  private _transformResponse(response:any, headers:any):any {
+  private _transformResponse(response:string, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):string {
     // todo: ?
     /*var headersGetter = this._headersGetter(headers);
      forEach($http.defaults.transformResponse, (transformFn) => {
@@ -394,7 +408,7 @@ export class FileUploader {
   }
 
   /* tslint:enable */
-  private _parseHeaders(headers:any):any {
+  private _parseHeaders(headers:string):ParsedResponseHeaders {
     let parsed:any = {};
     let key:any;
     let val:any;
@@ -413,15 +427,15 @@ export class FileUploader {
     return parsed;
   }
 
-  /*private _iframeTransport(item:any) {
+  /*private _iframeTransport(item:FileItem) {
    // todo: implement it later
    }*/
 
-  private _onWhenAddingFileFailed(item:any, filter:any, options:any):void {
+  private _onWhenAddingFileFailed(item:FileLikeObject, filter:any, options:any):void {
     this.onWhenAddingFileFailed(item, filter, options);
   }
 
-  private _onAfterAddingFile(item:any):void {
+  private _onAfterAddingFile(item:FileItem):void {
     this.onAfterAddingFile(item);
   }
 
@@ -429,17 +443,17 @@ export class FileUploader {
     this.onAfterAddingAll(items);
   }
 
-  private _onBeforeUploadItem(item:any):void {
+  private _onBeforeUploadItem(item:FileItem):void {
     item._onBeforeUpload();
     this.onBeforeUploadItem(item);
   }
 
-  private _onBuildItemForm(item:any, form:any):void {
+  private _onBuildItemForm(item:FileItem, form:any):void {
     item._onBuildForm(form);
     this.onBuildItemForm(item, form);
   }
 
-  private _onProgressItem(item:any, progress:any):void {
+  private _onProgressItem(item:FileItem, progress:any):void {
     let total = this._getTotalProgress(progress);
     this.progress = total;
     item._onProgress(progress);
@@ -449,13 +463,13 @@ export class FileUploader {
   }
 
   /* tslint:disable */
-  private _onSuccessItem(item:any, response:any, status:any, headers:any):void {
+  private _onSuccessItem(item:FileItem, response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):void {
     item._onSuccess(response, status, headers);
     this.onSuccessItem(item, response, status, headers);
   }
 
   /* tslint:enable */
-  private _onCancelItem(item:any, response:any, status:any, headers:any):void {
+  private _onCancelItem(item:FileItem, response:string, status:number, headers:ParsedResponseHeaders):void {
     item._onCancel(response, status, headers);
     this.onCancelItem(item, response, status, headers);
   }
diff --git a/components/file-upload/readme.md b/components/file-upload/readme.md
index 62b9b18..c1f7d2d 100644
--- a/components/file-upload/readme.md
+++ b/components/file-upload/readme.md
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ import {FileSelectDirective, FileDropDirective, FileUploader} from 'ng2-file-upl
 
   - `uploader` - (`FileUploader`) - uploader object. See using in [demo](https://github.com/valor-software/ng2-file-upload/blob/master/demo/components/file-upload/simple-demo.ts)
 
-  Parameters that supported by this object:
+  Parameters supported by this object:
 
   1. `url` - URL of File Uploader's route
   2. `authToken` - auth token that will be applied as 'Authorization' header during file send.
+  3. `disableMultipart` - If 'true', disable using a multipart form for file upload and instead stream the file. Some APIs (e.g. Amazon S3) may expect the file to be streamed rather than sent via a form. Defaults to false.
 
 ## FileDrop API
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2459e91..b8db312 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,13 +63,14 @@
     "compression-webpack-plugin": "0.3.1",
     "conventional-changelog-cli": "1.2.0",
     "conventional-github-releaser": "1.1.2",
-    "copy-webpack-plugin": "2.1.3",
-    "cpy-cli": "1.0.0",
+    "copy-webpack-plugin": "3.0.1",
+    "cpy-cli": "1.0.1",
+    "del": "^2.2.0",
     "del-cli": "0.2.0",
     "es6-promise": "3.1.2",
     "es6-shim": "0.35.0",
     "es7-reflect-metadata": "1.6.0",
-    "eslint-config-valorsoft": "0.0.11",
+    "eslint-config-valorsoft": "0.0.15",
     "exports-loader": "0.6.3",
     "file-loader": "0.8.5",
     "gh-pages": "0.11.0",
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
     "gulp-size": "2.1.0",
     "gulp-tslint": "5.0.0",
     "html-loader": "0.4.3",
-    "html-webpack-plugin": "2.16.1",
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "2.19.0",
     "istanbul-instrumenter-loader": "0.2.0",
     "jasmine": "2.4.1",
     "karma": "0.13.22",
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
     "lite-server": "2.2.0",
     "markdown-loader": "0.1.7",
     "marked": "0.3.5",
-    "ng2-bootstrap": "1.0.16",
+    "ng2-bootstrap": "1.0.17",
     "phantomjs-polyfill": "0.0.2",
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "2.1.7",
     "pre-commit": "1.1.3",
@@ -102,12 +103,12 @@
     "require-dir": "0.3.0",
     "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.6",
     "source-map-loader": "0.1.5",
-    "systemjs-builder": "0.15.16",
+    "systemjs-builder": "0.15.19",
     "ts-loader": "0.8.2",
     "tslint-config-valorsoft": "1.0.3",
     "typescript": "1.8.10",
     "typings": "0.8.1",
-    "webpack": "1.13.0",
+    "webpack": "1.13.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "1.14.1",
     "zone.js": "0.6.12"
   },
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 69720d0..c02a367 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
     "listFiles": false,
     "noLib": false
   },
-  "exclude": [
-    "node_modules"
-  ],
   "files": [
     "./typings/browser.d.ts",
     "./ng2-file-upload.ts"