source: lib/http_client.h @ 80175a1

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/* HTTP(S) module                                                       */

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/* http_client allows you to talk (asynchronously, again) to HTTP servers.
   In the "background" it will send the whole query and wait for a complete
   response to come back. Right now it's only used by the MSN Passport
   authentication code, but it might be useful for other things too (for
   example the AIM usericon patch uses this so icons can be stored on
   webservers instead of the local filesystem).
   
   Didn't test this too much, but it seems to work well. Just don't look
   at the code that handles HTTP 30x redirects. ;-) The function is
   probably not very useful for downloading lots of data since it keeps 
   everything in a memory buffer until the download is completed (and
   can't pass any data or whatever before then). It's very useful for
   doing quick requests without blocking the whole program, though. */

#include <glib.h>
#include "ssl_client.h"

struct http_request;

/* Your callback function should look like this: */
typedef void (*http_input_function)( struct http_request * );

/* This structure will be filled in by the http_dorequest* functions, and
   it will be passed to the callback function. Use the data field to add
   your own data. */
struct http_request
{
        char *request;          /* The request to send to the server. */
        int request_length;     /* Its size. */
        int status_code;        /* The numeric HTTP status code. (Or -1
                                   if something really went wrong) */
        char *status_string;    /* The error text. */
        char *reply_headers;
        char *reply_body;
        int body_size;          /* The number of bytes in reply_body. */
        int finished;           /* Set to non-0 if the request was completed
                                   successfully. */
        int redir_ttl;          /* You can set it to 0 if you don't want
                                   http_client to follow them. */
        
        http_input_function func;
        gpointer data;
        
        /* Please don't touch the things down here, you shouldn't need them. */
        
        void *ssl;
        int fd;
        
        int inpa;
        int bytes_written;
        int bytes_read;
};

/* The _url variant is probably more useful than the raw version. The raw
   version is probably only useful if you want to do POST requests or if
   you want to add some extra headers. As you can see, HTTPS connections
   are also supported (using ssl_client). */
struct http_request *http_dorequest( char *host, int port, int ssl, char *request, http_input_function func, gpointer data );
struct http_request *http_dorequest_url( char *url_string, http_input_function func, gpointer data );