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xmlNanoHTTPInit ()

void        xmlNanoHTTPInit                 (void);

Initialize the HTTP protocol layer. Currently it just checks for proxy informations

xmlNanoHTTPCleanup ()

void        xmlNanoHTTPCleanup              (void);

xmlNanoHTTPScanProxy ()

void        xmlNanoHTTPScanProxy            (const char *URL);

(Re)Initialize the HTTP Proxy context by parsing the URL and finding the protocol host port it indicates. Should be like http://myproxy/ or http://myproxy:3128/ A NULL URL cleans up proxy informations.

URL : The proxy URL used to initialize the proxy context

xmlNanoHTTPFetch ()

int         xmlNanoHTTPFetch                (const char *URL,
                                             const char *filename,
                                             char **contentType);

This function try to fetch the indicated resource via HTTP GET and save it's content in the file.

`URL` :	The URL to load
`filename` :	the filename where the content should be saved
`contentType` :	if available the Content-Type information will be returned at that location
Returns :	-1 in case of failure, 0 incase of success. The contentType, if provided must be freed by the caller

xmlNanoHTTPMethod ()

void*       xmlNanoHTTPMethod               (const char *URL,
                                             const char *method,
                                             const char *input,
                                             char **contentType,
                                             const char *headers);

This function try to open a connection to the indicated resource via HTTP using the given method, adding the given extra headers and the input buffer for the request content.

`URL` :	The URL to load
`method` :	the HTTP method to use
`input` :	the input string if any
`contentType` :	the Content-Type information IN and OUT
`headers` :	the extra headers

xmlNanoHTTPOpen ()

void*       xmlNanoHTTPOpen                 (const char *URL,
                                             char **contentType);

This function try to open a connection to the indicated resource via HTTP GET.

`URL` :	The URL to load
`contentType` :	if available the Content-Type information will be returned at that location

xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode ()

int         xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode           (void *ctx);

`ctx` :	the HTTP context
Returns :	the HTTP return code for the request.

xmlNanoHTTPRead ()

int         xmlNanoHTTPRead                 (void *ctx,
                                             void *dest,
                                             int len);

This function tries to read len bytes from the existing HTTP connection and saves them in dest. This is a blocking call.

`ctx` :	the HTTP context
`dest` :	a buffer
`len` :	the buffer length
Returns :	the number of byte read. 0 is an indication of an end of connection. -1 indicates a parameter error.

xmlNanoHTTPSave ()

int         xmlNanoHTTPSave                 (void *ctxt,
                                             const char *filename);

This function saves the output of the HTTP transaction to a file It closes and free the context at the end

`ctxt` :	the HTTP context
`filename` :	the filename where the content should be saved
Returns :	-1 in case of failure, 0 incase of success.

xmlNanoHTTPClose ()

void        xmlNanoHTTPClose                (void *ctx);

This function closes an HTTP context, it ends up the connection and free all data related to it.

ctx : the HTTP context