forgot them in the 1.7.0 commit, oops, Daniel.
diff --git a/nanohttp.c b/nanohttp.c
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+/*
+ * nanohttp.c: minimalist HTTP GET implementation to fetch external subsets.
+ *             focuses on size, streamability, reentrancy and portability
+ *
+ * This is clearly not a general purpose HTTP implementation
+ * If you look for one, check:
+ *         http://www.w3.org/Library/
+ *
+ * See Copyright for the status of this software.
+ *
+ * Daniel.Veillard@w3.org
+ */
+ 
+/* TODO add compression support, Send the Accept- , and decompress on the
+        fly with ZLIB if found at compile-time */
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
+#include <netdb.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_FCNTL_H
+#include <fcntl.h> 
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_ERRNO_H
+#include <errno.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "xmlmemory.h"
+
+#ifdef STANDALONE
+#define DEBUG_HTTP
+#endif
+
+#define XML_NANO_HTTP_MAX_REDIR	10
+
+#define XML_NANO_HTTP_CHUNK	4096
+
+#define XML_NANO_HTTP_CLOSED	0
+#define XML_NANO_HTTP_WRITE	1
+#define XML_NANO_HTTP_READ	2
+#define XML_NANO_HTTP_NONE	4
+
+typedef struct xmlNanoHTTPCtxt {
+    char *protocol;	/* the protocol name */
+    char *hostname;	/* the host name */
+    int port;		/* the port */
+    char *path;		/* the path within the URL */
+    int fd;		/* the file descriptor for the socket */
+    int state;		/* WRITE / READ / CLOSED */
+    char *out;		/* buffer sent (zero terminated) */
+    char *outptr;	/* index within the buffer sent */
+    char *in;		/* the receiving buffer */
+    char *content;	/* the start of the content */
+    char *inptr;	/* the next byte to read from network */
+    char *inrptr;	/* the next byte to give back to the client */
+    int inlen;		/* len of the input buffer */
+    int last;		/* return code for last operation */
+    int returnValue;	/* the protocol return value */
+    char *contentType;	/* the MIME type for the input */
+    char *location;	/* the new URL in case of redirect */
+} xmlNanoHTTPCtxt, *xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr;
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPScanURL:
+ * @ctxt:  an HTTP context
+ * @URL:  The URL used to initialize the context
+ *
+ * (Re)Initialize an HTTP context by parsing the URL and finding
+ * the protocol host port and path it indicates.
+ */
+
+static void
+xmlNanoHTTPScanURL(xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *URL) {
+    const char *cur = URL;
+    char buf[4096];
+    int index = 0;
+    int port = 0;
+
+    if (ctxt->protocol != NULL) { 
+        xmlFree(ctxt->protocol);
+	ctxt->protocol = NULL;
+    }
+    if (ctxt->hostname != NULL) { 
+        xmlFree(ctxt->hostname);
+	ctxt->hostname = NULL;
+    }
+    if (ctxt->path != NULL) { 
+        xmlFree(ctxt->path);
+	ctxt->path = NULL;
+    }
+    buf[index] = 0;
+    while (*cur != 0) {
+        if ((cur[0] == ':') && (cur[1] == '/') && (cur[2] == '/')) {
+	    buf[index] = 0;
+	    ctxt->protocol = xmlMemStrdup(buf);
+	    index = 0;
+            cur += 3;
+	    break;
+	}
+	buf[index++] = *cur++;
+    }
+    if (*cur == 0) return;
+
+    buf[index] = 0;
+    while (1) {
+        if (cur[0] == ':') {
+	    buf[index] = 0;
+	    ctxt->hostname = xmlMemStrdup(buf);
+	    index = 0;
+	    cur += 1;
+	    while ((*cur >= '0') && (*cur <= '9')) {
+	        port *= 10;
+		port += *cur - '0';
+		cur++;
+	    }
+	    if (port != 0) ctxt->port = port;
+	    while ((cur[0] != '/') && (*cur != 0)) 
+	        cur++;
+	    break;
+	}
+        if ((*cur == '/') || (*cur == 0)) {
+	    buf[index] = 0;
+	    ctxt->hostname = xmlMemStrdup(buf);
+	    index = 0;
+	    break;
+	}
+	buf[index++] = *cur++;
+    }
+    if (*cur == 0) 
+        ctxt->path = xmlMemStrdup("/");
+    else {
+        buf[index] = 0;
+	while (*cur != 0) {
+	    if ((cur[0] == '#') || (cur[0] == '?'))
+	        break;
+	    buf[index++] = *cur++;
+	}
+	buf[index] = 0;
+	ctxt->path = xmlMemStrdup(buf);
+    }	
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPNewCtxt:
+ * @URL:  The URL used to initialize the context
+ *
+ * Allocate and initialize a new HTTP context.
+ *
+ * Returns an HTTP context or NULL in case of error.
+ */
+
+static xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr
+xmlNanoHTTPNewCtxt(const char *URL) {
+    xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ret;
+
+    ret = (xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr) xmlMalloc(sizeof(xmlNanoHTTPCtxt));
+    if (ret == NULL) return(NULL);
+
+    memset(ret, 0, sizeof(xmlNanoHTTPCtxt));
+    ret->port = 80;
+    ret->returnValue = 0;
+
+    xmlNanoHTTPScanURL(ret, URL);
+
+    return(ret);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt:
+ * @ctxt:  an HTTP context
+ *
+ * Frees the context after closing the connection.
+ */
+
+static void
+xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt) {
+    if (ctxt == NULL) return;
+    if (ctxt->hostname != NULL) xmlFree(ctxt->hostname);
+    if (ctxt->protocol != NULL) xmlFree(ctxt->protocol);
+    if (ctxt->path != NULL) xmlFree(ctxt->path);
+    if (ctxt->out != NULL) xmlFree(ctxt->out);
+    if (ctxt->in != NULL) xmlFree(ctxt->in);
+    if (ctxt->contentType != NULL) xmlFree(ctxt->contentType);
+    if (ctxt->location != NULL) xmlFree(ctxt->location);
+    ctxt->state = XML_NANO_HTTP_NONE;
+    if (ctxt->fd >= 0) close(ctxt->fd);
+    ctxt->fd = -1;
+    xmlFree(ctxt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPSend:
+ * @ctxt:  an HTTP context
+ *
+ * Send the input needed to initiate the processing on the server side
+ */
+
+static void
+xmlNanoHTTPSend(xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt) {
+    if (ctxt->state & XML_NANO_HTTP_WRITE)
+	ctxt->last = write(ctxt->fd, ctxt->outptr, strlen(ctxt->outptr));
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPRecv:
+ * @ctxt:  an HTTP context
+ *
+ * Read information coming from the HTTP connection.
+ * This is a blocking call (but it blocks in select(), not read()).
+ *
+ * Returns the number of byte read or -1 in case of error.
+ */
+
+static int
+xmlNanoHTTPRecv(xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt) {
+    fd_set rfd;
+    struct timeval tv;
+
+
+    while (ctxt->state & XML_NANO_HTTP_READ) {
+	if (ctxt->in == NULL) {
+	    ctxt->in = (char *) xmlMalloc(65000 * sizeof(char));
+	    if (ctxt->in == NULL) {
+	        ctxt->last = -1;
+		return(-1);
+	    }
+	    ctxt->inlen = 65000;
+	    ctxt->inptr = ctxt->content = ctxt->inrptr = ctxt->in;
+	}
+	if (ctxt->inrptr > ctxt->in + XML_NANO_HTTP_CHUNK) {
+	    int delta = ctxt->inrptr - ctxt->in;
+	    int len = ctxt->inptr - ctxt->inrptr;
+	    
+	    memmove(ctxt->in, ctxt->inrptr, len);
+	    ctxt->inrptr -= delta;
+	    ctxt->content -= delta;
+	    ctxt->inptr -= delta;
+	}
+        if ((ctxt->in + ctxt->inlen) < (ctxt->inptr + XML_NANO_HTTP_CHUNK)) {
+	    int d_inptr = ctxt->inptr - ctxt->in;
+	    int d_content = ctxt->content - ctxt->in;
+	    int d_inrptr = ctxt->inrptr - ctxt->in;
+
+	    ctxt->inlen *= 2;
+            ctxt->in = (char *) xmlRealloc(ctxt->in, ctxt->inlen);
+	    if (ctxt->in == NULL) {
+	        ctxt->last = -1;
+		return(-1);
+	    }
+            ctxt->inptr = ctxt->in + d_inptr;
+            ctxt->content = ctxt->in + d_content;
+            ctxt->inrptr = ctxt->in + d_inrptr;
+	}
+	ctxt->last = read(ctxt->fd, ctxt->inptr, XML_NANO_HTTP_CHUNK);
+	if (ctxt->last > 0) {
+	    ctxt->inptr += ctxt->last;
+	    return(ctxt->last);
+	}
+	if (ctxt->last == 0) {
+	    return(0);
+	}
+#ifdef EWOULDBLOCK
+	if ((ctxt->last == -1) && (errno != EWOULDBLOCK)) {
+	    return(0);
+	}
+#endif
+	tv.tv_sec=10;
+	tv.tv_usec=0;
+	FD_ZERO(&rfd);
+	FD_SET(ctxt->fd, &rfd);
+	
+	if(select(ctxt->fd+1, &rfd, NULL, NULL, &tv)<1)
+		return(0);
+    }
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPReadLine:
+ * @ctxt:  an HTTP context
+ *
+ * Read one line in the HTTP server output, usually for extracting
+ * the HTTP protocol informations from the answer header.
+ *
+ * Returns a newly allocated string with a copy of the line, or NULL
+ *         which indicate the end of the input.
+ */
+
+static char *
+xmlNanoHTTPReadLine(xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt) {
+    char buf[4096];
+    char *bp=buf;
+    
+    while(bp - buf < 4095) {
+	if(ctxt->inrptr == ctxt->inptr) {
+	    if (xmlNanoHTTPRecv(ctxt) == 0) {
+		if (bp == buf)
+		    return(NULL);
+		else
+		    *bp = 0;
+		return(xmlMemStrdup(buf));
+	    }
+	}
+	*bp = *ctxt->inrptr++;
+	if(*bp == '\n') {
+	    *bp = 0;
+	    return(xmlMemStrdup(buf));
+	}
+	if(*bp != '\r')
+	    bp++;
+    }
+    buf[4095] = 0;
+    return(xmlMemStrdup(buf));
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPScanAnswer:
+ * @ctxt:  an HTTP context
+ * @line:  an HTTP header line
+ *
+ * Try to extract useful informations from the server answer.
+ * We currently parse and process:
+ *  - The HTTP revision/ return code
+ *  - The Content-Type
+ *  - The Location for redirrect processing.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 in case of failure, the file descriptor number otherwise
+ */
+
+static void
+xmlNanoHTTPScanAnswer(xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *line) {
+    const char *cur = line;
+
+    if (line == NULL) return;
+
+    if (!strncmp(line, "HTTP/", 5)) {
+        int version = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	cur += 5;
+	while ((*cur >= '0') && (*cur <= '9')) {
+	    version *= 10;
+	    version += *cur - '0';
+	    cur++;
+	}
+	if (*cur == '.') {
+	    cur++;
+	    if ((*cur >= '0') && (*cur <= '9')) {
+		version *= 10;
+		version += *cur - '0';
+		cur++;
+	    }
+	    while ((*cur >= '0') && (*cur <= '9'))
+		cur++;
+	} else
+	    version *= 10;
+	if ((*cur != ' ') && (*cur != '\t')) return;
+	while ((*cur == ' ') || (*cur == '\t')) cur++;
+	if ((*cur < '0') || (*cur > '9')) return;
+	while ((*cur >= '0') && (*cur <= '9')) {
+	    ret *= 10;
+	    ret += *cur - '0';
+	    cur++;
+	}
+	if ((*cur != 0) && (*cur != ' ') && (*cur != '\t')) return;
+	ctxt->returnValue = ret;
+    } else if (!strncmp(line, "Content-Type:", 13)) {
+        cur += 13;
+	while ((*cur == ' ') || (*cur == '\t')) cur++;
+	if (ctxt->contentType != NULL)
+	    xmlFree(ctxt->contentType);
+	ctxt->contentType = xmlMemStrdup(cur);
+    } else if (!strncmp(line, "ContentType:", 12)) {
+        cur += 12;
+	if (ctxt->contentType != NULL) return;
+	while ((*cur == ' ') || (*cur == '\t')) cur++;
+	ctxt->contentType = xmlMemStrdup(cur);
+    } else if (!strncmp(line, "content-type:", 13)) {
+        cur += 13;
+	if (ctxt->contentType != NULL) return;
+	while ((*cur == ' ') || (*cur == '\t')) cur++;
+	ctxt->contentType = xmlMemStrdup(cur);
+    } else if (!strncmp(line, "contenttype:", 12)) {
+        cur += 12;
+	if (ctxt->contentType != NULL) return;
+	while ((*cur == ' ') || (*cur == '\t')) cur++;
+	ctxt->contentType = xmlMemStrdup(cur);
+    } else if (!strncmp(line, "Location:", 9)) {
+        cur += 9;
+	while ((*cur == ' ') || (*cur == '\t')) cur++;
+	if (ctxt->location != NULL)
+	    xmlFree(ctxt->location);
+	ctxt->location = xmlMemStrdup(cur);
+    } else if (!strncmp(line, "location:", 9)) {
+        cur += 9;
+	if (ctxt->location != NULL) return;
+	while ((*cur == ' ') || (*cur == '\t')) cur++;
+	ctxt->location = xmlMemStrdup(cur);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPConnectAttempt:
+ * @ia:  an internet adress structure
+ * @port:  the port number
+ *
+ * Attempt a connection to the given IP:port endpoint. It forces
+ * non-blocking semantic on the socket, and allow 60 seconds for
+ * the host to answer.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 in case of failure, the file descriptor number otherwise
+ */
+
+static int
+xmlNanoHTTPConnectAttempt(struct in_addr ia, int port)
+{
+    int s=socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+    struct sockaddr_in sin;
+    fd_set wfd;
+    struct timeval tv;
+    int status;
+    
+    if(s==-1) {
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	perror("socket");
+#endif
+	return(-1);
+    }
+    
+#ifdef _WINSOCKAPI_
+    {
+	long levents = FD_READ | FD_WRITE | FD_ACCEPT |
+		       FD_CONNECT | FD_CLOSE ;
+	int rv = 0 ;
+	u_long one = 1;
+
+	status = ioctlsocket(s, FIONBIO, &one) == SOCKET_ERROR ? -1 : 0;
+    }
+#else /* _WINSOCKAPI_ */
+#if defined(VMS)
+    {
+	int enable = 1;
+	status = IOCTL(s, FIONBIO, &enable);
+    }
+#else /* VMS */
+    if((status = fcntl(s, F_GETFL, 0)) != -1) {
+#ifdef O_NONBLOCK
+	status |= O_NONBLOCK;
+#else /* O_NONBLOCK */
+#ifdef F_NDELAY
+	status |= F_NDELAY;
+#endif /* F_NDELAY */
+#endif /* !O_NONBLOCK */
+	status = fcntl(s, F_SETFL, status);
+    }
+    if(status < 0) {
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	perror("nonblocking");
+#endif
+	close(s);
+	return(-1);
+    }
+#endif /* !VMS */
+#endif /* !_WINSOCKAPI_ */
+
+
+    sin.sin_family = AF_INET;	
+    sin.sin_addr   = ia;
+    sin.sin_port   = htons(port);
+    
+    if((connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin))==-1) &&
+       (errno != EINPROGRESS)) {
+	perror("connect");
+	close(s);
+	return(-1);
+    }	
+    
+    tv.tv_sec = 60;		/* We use 60 second timeouts for now */
+    tv.tv_usec = 0;
+    
+    FD_ZERO(&wfd);
+    FD_SET(s, &wfd);
+    
+    switch(select(s+1, NULL, &wfd, NULL, &tv))
+    {
+	case 0:
+	    /* Time out */
+	    close(s);
+	    return(-1);
+	case -1:
+	    /* Ermm.. ?? */
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	    perror("select");
+#endif
+	    close(s);
+	    return(-1);
+    }
+    
+    return(s);
+}
+ 
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost:
+ * @host:  the host name
+ * @port:  the port number
+ *
+ * Attempt a connection to the given host:port endpoint. It tries
+ * the multiple IP provided by the DNS if available.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 in case of failure, the file descriptor number otherwise
+ */
+
+static int
+xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost(const char *host, int port)
+{
+    struct hostent *h;
+    int i;
+    int s;
+    
+    h=gethostbyname(host);
+    if(h==NULL)
+    {
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	fprintf(stderr,"unable to resolve '%s'.\n", host);
+#endif
+	return(-1);
+    }
+    
+    for(i=0; h->h_addr_list[i]; i++)
+    {
+	struct in_addr ia;
+	memcpy(&ia, h->h_addr_list[i],4);
+	s = xmlNanoHTTPConnectAttempt(ia, port);
+	if(s != -1)
+	    return(s);
+    }
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+    fprintf(stderr, "unable to connect to '%s'.\n", host);
+#endif
+    return(-1);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPOpen:
+ * @URL:  The URL to load
+ * @contentType:  if available the Content-Type information will be
+ *                returned at that location
+ *
+ * This function try to open a connection to the indicated resource
+ * via HTTP GET.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL in case of failure, otherwise a request handler.
+ *     The contentType, if provided must be freed by the caller
+ */
+
+void *
+xmlNanoHTTPOpen(const char *URL, char **contentType) {
+    xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt;
+    char buf[4096];
+    int ret;
+    char *p;
+    int head;
+    int nbRedirects = 0;
+    char *redirURL = NULL;
+    
+    if (contentType != NULL) *contentType = NULL;
+
+retry:
+    if (redirURL == NULL)
+	ctxt = xmlNanoHTTPNewCtxt(URL);
+    else {
+	ctxt = xmlNanoHTTPNewCtxt(redirURL);
+	xmlFree(redirURL);
+	redirURL = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if ((ctxt->protocol == NULL) || (strcmp(ctxt->protocol, "http"))) {
+        xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+	if (redirURL != NULL) xmlFree(redirURL);
+        return(NULL);
+    }
+    if (ctxt->hostname == NULL) {
+        xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+        return(NULL);
+    }
+    ret = xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost(ctxt->hostname, ctxt->port);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+        return(NULL);
+    }
+    ctxt->fd = ret;
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),"GET %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\n\r\n",
+	     ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname);
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+    printf("-> GET %s HTTP/1.0\n-> Host: %s\n\n",
+           ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname);
+#endif
+    ctxt->outptr = ctxt->out = xmlMemStrdup(buf);
+    ctxt->state = XML_NANO_HTTP_WRITE;
+    xmlNanoHTTPSend(ctxt);
+    ctxt->state = XML_NANO_HTTP_READ;
+    head = 1;
+
+    while ((p = xmlNanoHTTPReadLine(ctxt)) != NULL) {
+        if (head && (*p == 0)) {
+	    head = 0;
+	    ctxt->content = ctxt->inrptr;
+	    break;
+	}
+	xmlNanoHTTPScanAnswer(ctxt, p);
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	if (p != NULL) printf("<- %s\n", p);
+#endif
+        if (p != NULL) xmlFree(p);
+    }
+
+    if ((ctxt->location != NULL) && (ctxt->returnValue >= 300) &&
+        (ctxt->returnValue < 400)) {
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	printf("\nRedirect to: %s\n", ctxt->location);
+#endif
+	while (xmlNanoHTTPRecv(ctxt)) ;
+        if (nbRedirects < XML_NANO_HTTP_MAX_REDIR) {
+	    nbRedirects++;
+	    redirURL = xmlMemStrdup(ctxt->location);
+	    xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+	    goto retry;
+	}
+	xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	printf("Too many redirrects, aborting ...\n");
+#endif
+	return(NULL);
+
+    }
+
+    if ((contentType != NULL) && (ctxt->contentType != NULL))
+        *contentType = xmlMemStrdup(ctxt->contentType);
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+    if (ctxt->contentType != NULL)
+	printf("\nCode %d, content-type '%s'\n\n",
+	       ctxt->returnValue, ctxt->contentType);
+    else
+	printf("\nCode %d, no content-type\n\n",
+	       ctxt->returnValue);
+#endif
+
+    return((void *) ctxt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPRead:
+ * @ctx:  the HTTP context
+ * @dest:  a buffer
+ * @len:  the buffer length
+ *
+ * This function tries to read @len bytes from the existing HTTP connection
+ * and saves them in @dest. This is a blocking call.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of byte read. 0 is an indication of an end of connection.
+ *         -1 indicates a parameter error.
+ */
+int
+xmlNanoHTTPRead(void *ctx, void *dest, int len) {
+    xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr) ctx;
+
+    if (ctx == NULL) return(-1);
+    if (dest == NULL) return(-1);
+    if (len <= 0) return(0);
+
+    while (ctxt->inptr - ctxt->inrptr < len) {
+        if (xmlNanoHTTPRecv(ctxt) == 0) break;
+    }
+    if (ctxt->inptr - ctxt->inrptr < len)
+        len = ctxt->inptr - ctxt->inrptr;
+    memcpy(dest, ctxt->inrptr, len);
+    ctxt->inrptr += len;
+    return(len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPClose:
+ * @ctx:  the HTTP context
+ *
+ * This function closes an HTTP context, it ends up the connection and
+ * free all data related to it.
+ */
+void
+xmlNanoHTTPClose(void *ctx) {
+    xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr) ctx;
+
+    if (ctx == NULL) return;
+
+    xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPMethod:
+ * @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
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL in case of failure, otherwise a request handler.
+ *     The contentType, if provided must be freed by the caller
+ */
+
+#ifndef DEBUG_HTTP
+#define DEBUG_HTTP
+#endif
+void *
+xmlNanoHTTPMethod(const char *URL, const char *method, const char *input,
+                  char **contentType, const char *headers) {
+    xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt;
+    char buf[20000];
+    int ret;
+    char *p;
+    int head;
+    int nbRedirects = 0;
+    char *redirURL = NULL;
+    
+    if (URL == NULL) return(NULL);
+    if (method == NULL) method = "GET";
+    if (contentType != NULL) *contentType = NULL;
+
+retry:
+    if (redirURL == NULL)
+	ctxt = xmlNanoHTTPNewCtxt(URL);
+    else {
+	ctxt = xmlNanoHTTPNewCtxt(redirURL);
+	xmlFree(redirURL);
+	redirURL = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if ((ctxt->protocol == NULL) || (strcmp(ctxt->protocol, "http"))) {
+        xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+	if (redirURL != NULL) xmlFree(redirURL);
+        return(NULL);
+    }
+    if (ctxt->hostname == NULL) {
+        xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+        return(NULL);
+    }
+    ret = xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost(ctxt->hostname, ctxt->port);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+        return(NULL);
+    }
+    ctxt->fd = ret;
+
+    if (input == NULL) {
+        if (headers == NULL) {
+	    if ((contentType == NULL) || (*contentType == NULL)) {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+		         "%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\n\r\n",
+			 method, ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname);
+	    } else {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+		     "%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\nContent-Type: %s\r\n\r\n",
+			 method, ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname, *contentType);
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    if ((contentType == NULL) || (*contentType == NULL)) {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+		         "%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\n%s\r\n",
+			 method, ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname, headers);
+	    } else {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+		 "%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\nContent-Type: %s\r\n%s\r\n",
+			 method, ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname, *contentType,
+			 headers);
+	    }
+	}
+    } else {
+        int len = strlen(input);
+        if (headers == NULL) {
+	    if ((contentType == NULL) || (*contentType == NULL)) {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+		 "%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\n\r\n%s",
+			 method, ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname, len, input);
+	    } else {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+"%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\nContent-Type: %s\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\n\r\n%s",
+			 method, ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname, *contentType, len,
+			 input);
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    if ((contentType == NULL) || (*contentType == NULL)) {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+	     "%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\n%s\r\n%s",
+			 method, ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname, len,
+			 headers, input);
+	    } else {
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+"%s %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\nContent-Type: %s\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\n%s\r\n%s",
+			 method, ctxt->path, ctxt->hostname, *contentType,
+			 len, headers, input);
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+    printf("-> %s", buf);
+#endif
+    ctxt->outptr = ctxt->out = xmlMemStrdup(buf);
+    ctxt->state = XML_NANO_HTTP_WRITE;
+    xmlNanoHTTPSend(ctxt);
+    ctxt->state = XML_NANO_HTTP_READ;
+    head = 1;
+
+    while ((p = xmlNanoHTTPReadLine(ctxt)) != NULL) {
+        if (head && (*p == 0)) {
+	    head = 0;
+	    ctxt->content = ctxt->inrptr;
+	    if (p != NULL) xmlFree(p);
+	    break;
+	}
+	xmlNanoHTTPScanAnswer(ctxt, p);
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	if (p != NULL) printf("<- %s\n", p);
+#endif
+        if (p != NULL) xmlFree(p);
+    }
+
+    if ((ctxt->location != NULL) && (ctxt->returnValue >= 300) &&
+        (ctxt->returnValue < 400)) {
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	printf("\nRedirect to: %s\n", ctxt->location);
+#endif
+	while (xmlNanoHTTPRecv(ctxt)) ;
+        if (nbRedirects < XML_NANO_HTTP_MAX_REDIR) {
+	    nbRedirects++;
+	    redirURL = xmlMemStrdup(ctxt->location);
+	    xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+	    goto retry;
+	}
+	xmlNanoHTTPFreeCtxt(ctxt);
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+	printf("Too many redirrects, aborting ...\n");
+#endif
+	return(NULL);
+
+    }
+
+    if ((contentType != NULL) && (ctxt->contentType != NULL))
+        *contentType = xmlMemStrdup(ctxt->contentType);
+    else if (contentType != NULL)
+        *contentType = NULL;
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_HTTP
+    if (ctxt->contentType != NULL)
+	printf("\nCode %d, content-type '%s'\n\n",
+	       ctxt->returnValue, ctxt->contentType);
+    else
+	printf("\nCode %d, no content-type\n\n",
+	       ctxt->returnValue);
+#endif
+
+    return((void *) ctxt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPFetch:
+ * @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
+ *
+ * This function try to fetch the indicated resource via HTTP GET
+ * and save it's content in the file.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 in case of failure, 0 incase of success. The contentType,
+ *     if provided must be freed by the caller
+ */
+int
+xmlNanoHTTPFetch(const char *URL, const char *filename, char **contentType) {
+    void *ctxt;
+    char buf[4096];
+    int fd;
+    int len;
+    
+    ctxt = xmlNanoHTTPOpen(URL, contentType);
+    if (ctxt == NULL) return(-1);
+
+    if (!strcmp(filename, "-")) 
+        fd = 0;
+    else {
+        fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+	    xmlNanoHTTPClose(ctxt);
+	    if ((contentType != NULL) && (*contentType != NULL)) {
+	        xmlFree(*contentType);
+		*contentType = NULL;
+	    }
+	    return(-1);
+	}
+    }
+
+    while ((len = xmlNanoHTTPRead(ctxt, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+	write(fd, buf, len);
+    }
+
+    xmlNanoHTTPClose(ctxt);
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPSave:
+ * @ctx:  the HTTP context
+ * @filename:  the filename where the content should be saved
+ *
+ * This function saves the output of the HTTP transaction to a file
+ * It closes and free the context at the end
+ *
+ * Returns -1 in case of failure, 0 incase of success.
+ */
+int
+xmlNanoHTTPSave(void *ctxt, const char *filename) {
+    char buf[4096];
+    int fd;
+    int len;
+    
+    if (ctxt == NULL) return(-1);
+
+    if (!strcmp(filename, "-")) 
+        fd = 0;
+    else {
+        fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+	    xmlNanoHTTPClose(ctxt);
+	    return(-1);
+	}
+    }
+
+    while ((len = xmlNanoHTTPRead(ctxt, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+	write(fd, buf, len);
+    }
+
+    xmlNanoHTTPClose(ctxt);
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode:
+ * @ctx:  the HTTP context
+ *
+ * Returns the HTTP return code for the request.
+ */
+int
+xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode(void *ctx) {
+    xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr) ctx;
+
+    if (ctxt == NULL) return(-1);
+
+    return(ctxt->returnValue);
+}
+
+#ifdef STANDALONE
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    char *contentType = NULL;
+
+    if (argv[1] != NULL) {
+	if (argv[2] != NULL) 
+	    xmlNanoHTTPFetch(argv[1], argv[2], &contentType);
+        else
+	    xmlNanoHTTPFetch(argv[1], "-", &contentType);
+	if (contentType != NULL) xmlFree(contentType);
+    } else {
+        printf("%s: minimal HTTP GET implementation\n", argv[0]);
+        printf("\tusage %s [ URL [ filename ] ]\n", argv[0]);
+    }
+    return(0);
+}
+#endif /* STANDALONE */