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+// Copyright (c) 2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_HTTPSERVER_H
+#define BITCOIN_HTTPSERVER_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/function.hpp>
+
+struct evhttp_request;
+struct event_base;
+class CService;
+class HTTPRequest;
+
+/** Start HTTP server */
+bool StartHTTPServer(boost::thread_group& threadGroup);
+/** Interrupt HTTP server threads */
+void InterruptHTTPServer();
+/** Stop HTTP server */
+void StopHTTPServer();
+
+/** Handler for requests to a certain HTTP path */
+typedef boost::function<void(HTTPRequest* req, const std::string &)> HTTPRequestHandler;
+/** Register handler for prefix.
+ * If multiple handlers match a prefix, the first-registered one will
+ * be invoked.
+ */
+void RegisterHTTPHandler(const std::string &prefix, bool exactMatch, const HTTPRequestHandler &handler);
+/** Unregister handler for prefix */
+void UnregisterHTTPHandler(const std::string &prefix, bool exactMatch);
+
+/** Return evhttp event base. This can be used by submodules to
+ * queue timers or custom events.
+ */
+struct event_base* EventBase();
+
+/** In-flight HTTP request.
+ * Thin C++ wrapper around evhttp_request.
+ */
+class HTTPRequest
+{
+private:
+ struct evhttp_request* req;
+ bool replySent;
+
+public:
+ HTTPRequest(struct evhttp_request* req);
+ ~HTTPRequest();
+
+ enum RequestMethod {
+ UNKNOWN,
+ GET,
+ POST,
+ HEAD,
+ PUT
+ };
+
+ /** Get requested URI.
+ */
+ std::string GetURI();
+
+ /** Get CService (address:ip) for the origin of the http request.
+ */
+ CService GetPeer();
+
+ /** Get request method.
+ */
+ RequestMethod GetRequestMethod();
+
+ /**
+ * Get the request header specified by hdr, or an empty string.
+ * Return an pair (isPresent,string).
+ */
+ std::pair<bool, std::string> GetHeader(const std::string& hdr);
+
+ /**
+ * Read request body.
+ *
+ * @note As this consumes the underlying buffer, call this only once.
+ * Repeated calls will return an empty string.
+ */
+ std::string ReadBody();
+
+ /**
+ * Write output header.
+ *
+ * @note call this before calling WriteErrorReply or Reply.
+ */
+ void WriteHeader(const std::string& hdr, const std::string& value);
+
+ /**
+ * Write HTTP reply.
+ * nStatus is the HTTP status code to send.
+ * strReply is the body of the reply. Keep it empty to send a standard message.
+ *
+ * @note Can be called only once. As this will give the request back to the
+ * main thread, do not call any other HTTPRequest methods after calling this.
+ */
+ void WriteReply(int nStatus, const std::string& strReply = "");
+};
+
+/** Event handler closure.
+ */
+class HTTPClosure
+{
+public:
+ virtual void operator()() = 0;
+ virtual ~HTTPClosure() {}
+};
+
+/** Event class. This can be used either as an cross-thread trigger or as a timer.
+ */
+class HTTPEvent
+{
+public:
+ /** Create a new event */
+ HTTPEvent(struct event_base* base, bool deleteWhenTriggered, HTTPClosure* handler);
+ ~HTTPEvent();
+
+ /** Trigger the event. If tv is 0, trigger it immediately. Otherwise trigger it after
+ * the given time has elapsed.
+ */
+ void trigger(struct timeval* tv);
+
+ /** Internal function for handling, do not call directly */
+ void _handle();
+
+private:
+ bool deleteWhenTriggered;
+ struct event* ev;
+ boost::scoped_ptr<HTTPClosure> handler;
+};
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_HTTPSERVER_H