WinHTTP provides the following functions:
- WinHttpAddRequestHeaders
Adds one or more HTTP request headers to the HTTP request handle.
- WinHttpCheckPlatform
Determines whether the current platform is supported by WinHTTP.
- WinHttpCloseHandle
Closes a single
HINTERNET handle.
- WinHttpConnect
Specifies the initial target server of an HTTP request.
- WinHttpCrackUrl
Separates a URL into its component parts, for example, host name and path.
- WinHttpCreateUrl
Creates a URL from component parts, for example, the host name and path.
- WinHttpDetectAutoProxyConfigUrl
Finds the URL for the Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file. This function reports the URL of the PAC file, but it does not download the file.
- WinHttpGetDefaultProxyConfiguration
Retrieves the default WinHTTP proxy configuration from the registry.
- WinHTTPGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser
Obtains the Internet Explorer (IE) proxy configuration for the current user.
- WinHttpGetProxyForUrl
Retrieves the proxy information for the specified URL.
- WinHttpOpen
Initializes an application's use of the WinHTTP functions.
- WinHttpOpenRequest
Creates an HTTP request handle.
- WinHttpQueryAuthSchemes
Returns the authorization schemes that the server supports.
- WinHttpQueryDataAvailable
Returns the number of bytes of data that are available immediately to be read with
WinHttpReadData.
- WinHttpQueryHeaders
Retrieves header information associated with an HTTP request.
- WinHttpQueryOption
Queries an Internet option on the specified handle.
- WinHttpReadData
Reads data from a handle opened by the
WinHttpOpenRequest function.
- WinHttpReceiveResponse
Ends an HTTP request that is initiated by
WinHttpSendRequest.
- WinHttpSendRequest
Sends the specified request to the HTTP server.
- WinHttpSetCredentials
Passes the required authorization credentials to the server.
- WinHttpSetDefaultProxyConfiguration
Sets the default WinHTTP proxy configuration in the registry.
- WinHttpSetOption
Sets an Internet option.
- WinHttpSetStatusCallback
Sets up a callback function that WinHTTP can call as progress is made during an operation.
- WinHttpSetTimeouts
Sets the various time-outs that are involved with HTTP transactions.
- WinHttpTimeFromSystemTime
Formats a date and time according to the HTTP version 1.0 specification.
- WinHttpTimeToSystemTime
Takes an HTTP time/date string and converts it to a
SYSTEMTIME structure.
- WinHttpWriteData
Writes request data to an HTTP server.
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