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@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ -Libsoup is an HTTP library implementation in C. It was originally part -of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but -the SOAP and non-SOAP parts have now been split into separate packages. +Soup is an HTTP library implementation in C. It was originally part of +a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation, but most of the +SOAP code has since been removed. -libsoup uses the Glib main loop and is designed to work well with GTK +Soup uses the Glib main loop and is designed to work well with GTK applications. This enables GNOME applications to access HTTP servers on the network in a completely asynchronous fashion, very similar to the Gtk+ programming model (a synchronous operation mode is also supported for those who want it). +Soup also contains code to implement an HTTP/1.1 server. + Features: - * Completely Asynchronous - * Connection cache - * HTTP chunked transfer support - * HTTP, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 authenticated proxy support - * SSL Support using OpenSSL or GnuTLS + * (Optionally) completely asynchronous + * Automatically caches connections + * SSL Support using GnuTLS + * Proxy support, including authentication and SSL tunneling * Client support for Digest, NTLM, and Basic authentication - * HTTP server * Server support for Digest and Basic authentication To subscribe to the Soup discussion list, send mail with the word |