Using the WinHTTP C/C++ API
This section contains information specific to using the WinHTTP C/C++ interface.
- WinHTTP Sessions describes the basic flow of a WinHTTP application, including the order in which functions are called.
- HINTERNET Handles in WinHTTP describes the various types of handles, the naming conventions for these handles, and their hierarchical structure.
- Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) in WinHTTP describes how WinHTTP uses URLs, and provides a code sample to illustrate use of the provided functions.
- Authentication in WinHTTP describes WinHTTP support for server and proxy authentication of HTTP sessions.
- Passport Authentication in WinHTTP describes WinHTTP support for Passport 1.4 authentication.
- SSL in WinHTTP describes WinHTTP support for the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
- Asynchronous Completion in WinHTTP walks through the steps necessary to create an asynchronous Microsoft Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP) application.
- Retrieving Internet Options in WinHTTP describes how to retrieve WinHTTP options programmatically from your C/C++ application.
- Setting Internet Options in WinHTTP describes how to set WinHTTP options programmatically from your C/C++ application.
- WinHTTP AutoProxy Support describes how to use the new WPAD features available in WinHTTP version 5.1.
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