diff --git a/Examples/WasmClient/JSURL.swift b/Examples/WasmClient/JSURL.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d99afea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/WasmClient/JSURL.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This source file is part of the Swift HTTP API Proposal open source project
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Apple Inc. and the Swift HTTP API Proposal project authors
+// Licensed under Apache License v2.0
+//
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL
+@JSClass(jsName: "URL", from: .global) struct JSURL {
+    @JSFunction init(_ url: String) throws(JSException)
+    @JSGetter var `protocol`: String
+    @JSGetter var host: String
+    @JSGetter var pathname: String
+    @JSGetter var search: String
+}
diff --git a/Examples/WasmClient/main.swift b/Examples/WasmClient/main.swift
index aa87fb6..3a3c776 100644
--- a/Examples/WasmClient/main.swift
+++ b/Examples/WasmClient/main.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import AsyncStreaming
 import BasicContainers
 import ContainersPreview
 import FetchHTTPClient
-import Foundation
 import HTTPAPIs
 import JavaScriptEventLoop
 import JavaScriptKit
@@ -27,18 +26,30 @@ JavaScriptEventLoop.installGlobalExecutor()
 let client = FetchHTTPClient()
 let status = Status()
 
-// Ask the user for the URL string.
-let urlString = try prompt("URL:", "http://localhost:8000/").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-guard let url = URL(string: urlString) else {
-    status.set("❌ Not a valid URL")
+// This browser demo has no graceful recovery path, so bad input is reported on
+// the status line and then aborts.
+func fail(_ message: String) -> Never {
+    status.set(message)
     fatalError()
 }
 
-// Parse the method
-let methodString = try prompt("Method (GET, POST, etc.):", "GET").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).uppercased()
+// Parse the user-entered URL with the host's WHATWG parser (imported via
+// BridgeJS). Invalid input throws.
+let urlString = try prompt("URL:", "http://localhost:8000/")
+let url: JSURL
+do {
+    url = try JSURL(urlString)
+} catch {
+    fail("❌ Not a valid URL")
+}
+
+let scheme = String(try url.`protocol`.dropLast())
+let authority = try url.host
+let path = try url.pathname + url.search
+
+let methodString = try prompt("Method (GET, POST, etc.):", "GET").uppercased()
 guard let method = HTTPRequest.Method(methodString) else {
-    status.set("❌ Not a valid method")
-    fatalError()
+    fail("❌ Not a valid method")
 }
 
 // Optionally accept a body
@@ -53,13 +64,15 @@ if method == .post || method == .put {
     }
 }
 
-status.set("⏳ Making \(method) request to \(url)")
+status.set("⏳ Making \(method) request to \(urlString)")
 
 do {
     try await client.perform(
         request: .init(
             method: method,
-            url: url,
+            scheme: scheme,
+            authority: authority,
+            path: path,
             headerFields: [
                 .init("Client")!: "Swift-Wasm"
             ]
@@ -105,5 +118,7 @@ do {
         }
     }
 } catch {
-    status.set("❌ Fetch failed: \(error)")
+    // Embedded Swift can't reflect over an existential `any Error`, so report a
+    // fixed message rather than interpolating `error`.
+    status.set("❌ Fetch failed")
 }
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index a23950a..fb6191c 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ if enableWasm {
     ]
 
     package.dependencies.append(
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/swiftwasm/JavaScriptKit.git", from: "0.53.0")
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/swiftwasm/JavaScriptKit.git", from: "0.56.1")
     )
     package.products.append(
         .library(name: "FetchHTTPClient", targets: ["FetchHTTPClient"])
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ if enableWasm {
             ],
             path: "Examples/WasmClient",
             swiftSettings: wasmExtraSettings,
+            linkerSettings: [
+                .linkedLibrary("swiftUnicodeDataTables", .when(platforms: [.wasi]))
+            ],
             plugins: [
                 .plugin(name: "BridgeJS", package: "JavaScriptKit")
             ],
diff --git a/Sources/FetchHTTPClient/FetchHTTPClient.swift b/Sources/FetchHTTPClient/FetchHTTPClient.swift
index 837cc9f..43adef9 100644
--- a/Sources/FetchHTTPClient/FetchHTTPClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/FetchHTTPClient/FetchHTTPClient.swift
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 public import BasicContainers
-import Foundation
 @_exported public import HTTPAPIs
 import JavaScriptEventLoop
 import JavaScriptKit
@@ -54,9 +53,10 @@ public final class FetchHTTPClient: HTTPAPIs.HTTPClient {
         options: RequestOptions,
         responseHandler: nonisolated(nonsending) (HTTPTypes.HTTPResponse, consuming ResponseBodyReader) async throws -> Return
     ) async throws -> Return where Return: ~Copyable {
-        guard let url = request.url else {
+        guard let scheme = request.scheme, let authority = request.authority, let path = request.path else {
             throw FetchError.BadURL
         }
+        let urlString = "\(scheme)://\(authority)\(path)"
 
         var jsBody: JSObject? = nil
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public final class FetchHTTPClient: HTTPAPIs.HTTPClient {
 
         // Perform the request
         let requestInit = RequestInit(body: jsBody, method: request.method.rawValue, headers: requestHeaders)
-        let response = try await fetch(url.absoluteString, requestInit)
+        let response = try await fetch(urlString, requestInit)
         let responseStatus = try response.status
         let responseStatusText = try response.statusText
         let stream = try response.body
diff --git a/Sources/HTTPAPIs/Client/HTTPClient+Conveniences.swift b/Sources/HTTPAPIs/Client/HTTPClient+Conveniences.swift
index 165d1e8..fd2fea4 100644
--- a/Sources/HTTPAPIs/Client/HTTPClient+Conveniences.swift
+++ b/Sources/HTTPAPIs/Client/HTTPClient+Conveniences.swift
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+#if !hasFeature(Embedded)
 import AsyncStreaming
 import BasicContainers
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public import struct FoundationEssentials.Data
 public import struct Foundation.URL
 public import struct Foundation.Data
 #endif
+#endif  // !hasFeature(Embedded)
 
 @available(anyAppleOS 26.0, *)
 extension HTTPClient
@@ -53,7 +55,16 @@ where
         let options = options ?? self.defaultRequestOptions
         return try await self.perform(request: request, body: body, options: options, responseHandler: responseHandler)
     }
+}
 
+#if !hasFeature(Embedded)
+@available(anyAppleOS 26.0, *)
+extension HTTPClient
+where
+    Self: ~Copyable & ~Escapable,
+    Reader: ~Copyable,
+    Writer: ~Copyable
+{
     /// Performs an HTTP GET request and collects the response body.
     ///
     /// This convenience method executes a GET request to the specified URL and collects
@@ -254,3 +265,4 @@ where
 }
 
 struct LengthLimitExceededError: Error {}
+#endif  // !hasFeature(Embedded)
diff --git a/Sources/HTTPAPIs/Client/HTTPClientRequestBody+Data.swift b/Sources/HTTPAPIs/Client/HTTPClientRequestBody+Data.swift
index 03f3db8..f54b6dc 100644
--- a/Sources/HTTPAPIs/Client/HTTPClientRequestBody+Data.swift
+++ b/Sources/HTTPAPIs/Client/HTTPClientRequestBody+Data.swift
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+#if !hasFeature(Embedded)
 import BasicContainers
 
 #if canImport(FoundationEssentials)
@@ -34,3 +35,4 @@ extension HTTPClientRequestBody where Writer: ~Copyable {
         }
     }
 }
+#endif  // !hasFeature(Embedded)