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+/*
+ * libyahoo2: yahoo_httplib.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2004, Philip S Tellis <philip.tellis AT gmx.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef YAHOO_HTTPLIB_H
+#define YAHOO_HTTPLIB_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "yahoo2_types.h"
+
+	char *yahoo_urlencode(const char *instr);
+	char *yahoo_urldecode(const char *instr);
+	char *yahoo_xmldecode(const char *instr);
+
+	int yahoo_tcp_readline(char *ptr, int maxlen, void *fd);
+	void yahoo_http_post(int id, const char *url, const char *cookies,
+		long size, yahoo_get_fd_callback callback, void *data);
+	void yahoo_http_get(int id, const char *url, const char *cookies,
+		int http11, int keepalive, yahoo_get_fd_callback callback,
+		void *data);
+	void yahoo_http_head(int id, const char *url, const char *cookies,
+		int size, char *payload, yahoo_get_fd_callback callback,
+		void *data);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif