diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae5b7926b2..d1e2d69f2e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@
 
 # Bazel files
 /bazel-*
+/.idea/
+/.idea/.gitignore
+/.idea/modules.xml
+/.idea/opentelemetry-cpp.iml
+/.idea/vcs.xml
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/HttpTraceContext.cc b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/HttpTraceContext.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdf9543b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/HttpTraceContext.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+#include <vector>
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/propagation/httptextformat.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/context/context.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/nostd/string_view.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/nostd/span.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/common/variant.h"
+
+OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+namespace trace
+{
+namespace propagation
+{
+namespace
+{
+
+static Context SetSpanInContext(common::AttributeValue span, Context &context) {
+    Context new_values = Context(context);
+    // I don't know if the SPAN_KEY is defined in the context.h.
+    // My point is that since each key when it is created is unique in terms of its id even though they may have the same name,
+    // it would make sense to define those keys in a single file only and had to be referenced by other files to store and retrieve values,
+    // otherwise I will not be able to access any fields, for example, "current-span" as CreateKey("current-span") will
+    // not work because the id is different when the value is put into despite the Key is also created from
+    // CreateKey("current-span").
+    // Don't know if I get the correct understanding there.
+    new_values.setValue(Context.SPAN_KEY,span);
+    return new_values;
+}
+
+static common::AttributeValue GetCurrentSpan(Context &context) {
+    common::AttributeValue span = get_value(Context.SPAN_KEY, context);
+    if (span == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return span;
+}
+
+// The HttpTraceContext provides methods to extract and inject
+// context into headers of HTTP requests with traces.
+// Example:
+//    HttpTraceContext.inject(setter,&carrier,&context);
+//    HttpTraceContext.extract(getter,&carrier,&context);
+class HttpTraceContext : public HTTPTextFormat
+{
+    public:
+        List<nostd::string_view> fields() {
+            static const auto* FIELDS = new std::vector<nostd::string_view>({TRACE_PARENT, TRACE_STATE});
+            return FIELDS;
+        }
+
+        void inject(Setter setter, T &carrier, const Context &context) override {
+            common::AttributeValue span = GetCurrentSpan(context);
+            if (span == NULL || !span.getContext().isValid()) {
+                // We don't have span.getContext() in span.h, should we just use span? As well as acquiring validity. (I do know how to implement them though)
+                return;
+            }
+            injectImpl(span.getContext(), carrier, setter); // span.getContext() function needed
+        }
+
+        Context extract(Getter getter, const T &carrier, Context &context) override {
+            SpanContext spanContext = extractImpl(carrier, getter);
+            return SetSpanInContext(trace.DefaultSpan(spanContext), context); // I actually need a default span class (implemented) here, I don't know who to ask for though. But both python and java version have default span classes though.
+        }
+
+    private:
+        static const nostd::string_view TRACE_PARENT = "traceparent";
+        static const nostd::string_view TRACE_STATE = "tracestate";
+        static const int VERSION_BYTES = 2;
+        static const int TRACE_ID_BYTES = 32;
+        static const int PARENT_ID_BYTES = 16;
+        static const int TRACE_FLAG_BYTES = 2;
+        static const int TRACE_DELIMITER_BYTES = 3;
+        static const int HEADER_SIZE = VERSION_BYTES + TRACE_ID_BYTES + PARENT_ID_BYTES + TRACE_FLAG_BYTES + TRACE_DELIMITER_BYTES;
+
+        static Context checkNotNull(Context &arg, nostd::string_view errorMessage) {
+            if (arg == NULL) {
+                throw new NullPointerException("error: null " + errorMessage);
+            }
+            return arg;
+        }
+
+        static void injectImpl(Setter setter, T &carrier, const SpanContext &spanContext) {
+            char hex_string[HEADER_SIZE];
+            sprintf(hex_string, "00-%032x-%016x-%02x",span_context.trace_id,span_context.span_id,span_context.trace_flags);
+            nostd::string_view traceparent_string = nostd::string_view(hex_string, HEADER_SIZE);
+            setter(carrier, TRACE_PARENT, traceparent_string);
+            if (spanContext.getTraceState()) {
+                nostd::string_view tracestate_string = formatTracestate(span_context.getTraceState()); // I need the definition for the type of TraceState(Dictionary or something else)
+                setter(carrier, TRACE_STATE, tracestate_string);
+            }
+        }
+
+        static SpanContext extractContextFromTraceParent(nostd::string_view &traceparent) {
+            bool isValid = traceparent.length() == HEADER_SIZE
+                            && traceparent[VERSION_BYTES] == "-"
+                            && traceparent[VERSION_BYTES+TRACE_ID_BYTES+1] == "-"
+                            && traceparent[VERSION_BYTES+TRACE_ID_BYTES+PARENT_ID_BYTES+2] == "-";
+            if (!isValid) {
+                std::cout<<"Unparseable traceparent header. Returning INVALID span context."<<std::endl;
+                return SpanContext.getInvalid();
+            }
+
+            try {
+                // I am assuming that these functions are provided in those respective classes for this is the case in the Java version, despite the python version is using regular expression within this class.
+                TraceId traceId = TraceId.fromLowerBase16(traceparent, TRACE_ID_OFFSET);
+                SpanId spanId = SpanId.fromLowerBase16(traceparent, SPAN_ID_OFFSET);
+                TraceFlags traceFlags = TraceFlags.fromLowerBase16(traceparent, TRACE_OPTION_OFFSET);
+                return SpanContext.createFromRemoteParent(traceId, spanId, traceFlags, TRACE_STATE_DEFAULT);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                std::cout<<"Unparseable traceparent header. Returning INVALID span context."<<std::endl;
+                return SpanContext.getInvalid();
+            }
+        }
+
+        static TraceState extractTraceState(nostd::string_view traceStateHeader) {
+            // TODO: implementation
+            /** The question here is that how should I treat the trace state. Implementation will differ pretty much
+                depending on what is the data structure of TraceState
+            */
+        }
+
+        static SpanContext extractImpl(Getter getter, T &carrier) {
+            nostd::string_view traceParent = getter(carrier, TRACE_PARENT);
+            if (traceParent == NULL) {
+              return SpanContext.getInvalid(); // I need support of this method from SpanContext definition which is currently unavailable it seems
+            }
+
+            SpanContext contextFromParentHeader = extractContextFromTraceParent(traceParent);
+            if (!contextFromParentHeader.isValid()) {
+                // Again, I still need the support of this method from context.
+                return contextFromParentHeader;
+            }
+
+            nostd::string_view traceStateHeader = getter(carrier, TRACE_STATE);
+            if (traceStateHeader == NULL || traceStateHeader.isEmpty()) {
+                return contextFromParentHeader;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                // Again, the trace state problem, should I treat it like a string or dictionary or an encapsuled class? This is not defined in current files
+                TraceState traceState = extractTraceState(traceStateHeader);
+                // Need getter support from SpanContext
+                return SpanContext.createFromRemoteParent(
+                    contextFromParentHeader.getTraceId(),
+                    contextFromParentHeader.getSpanId(),
+                    contextFromParentHeader.getTraceFlags(),
+                    traceState);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+              std::cout<<"Unparseable tracestate header. Returning span context without state."<<std::endl;
+              return contextFromParentHeader;
+            }
+        }
+}
+}
+}
+}  // namespace trace
+OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/httptextformat.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/httptextformat.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7230a1401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/httptextformat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include "opentelemetry/context/context.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/nostd/string_view.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/version.h"
+
+OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+namespace trace
+{
+namespace propagation
+{
+
+// Set the span in the given context.
+virtual static Context SetSpanInContext(Span span, Context &context) = 0;
+// Retrieve the current span.
+virtual static Span GetCurrentSpan(Context &context) = 0;
+
+// The HTTPTextFormat class provides an interface that enables extracting and injecting
+// context into headers of HTTP requests. HTTP frameworks and clients
+// can integrate with HTTPTextFormat by providing the object containing the
+//  headers, and a getter and setter function for the extraction and
+// injection of values, respectively.
+template <typename T>
+class HTTPTextFormat {
+    public:
+        // Rules that manages how context will be extracted from carrier.
+        using Getter = nostd::string_view(*)(T &carrier, nostd::string_view trace_type);
+
+        // Rules that manages how context will be injected to carrier.
+        using Setter = void(*)(T &carrier, nostd::string_view trace_type,nostd::string trace_description);
+
+        // Returns the context that is stored in the HTTP header carrier with self defined rules.
+        virtual Context extract(Getter get_from_carrier, const T &carrier, Context &context) = 0;
+
+        // Sets the context for a HTTP header carrier with self defined rules.
+        virtual void inject(Setter set_from_carrier, T &carrier, const Context &context) = 0;
+};
+}
+}
+OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE