ffmpeg/libavformat/url.h

/*
 *
 * This file is part of Libav.
 *
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 */

/**
 * @file
 * unbuffered private I/O API
 */

#ifndef AVFORMAT_URL_H
#define AVFORMAT_URL_H

#include "avio.h"

/**
 * Create a URLContext for accessing to the resource indicated by
 * url, but do not initiate the connection yet.
 *
 * @param puc pointer to the location where, in case of success, the
 * function puts the pointer to the created URLContext
 * @param flags flags which control how the resource indicated by url
 * is to be opened
 * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
 * AVERROR code in case of failure
 */
int ffurl_alloc(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);

/**
 * Connect an URLContext that has been allocated by ffurl_alloc
 */
int ffurl_connect(URLContext *h);

/**
 * Create an URLContext for accessing to the resource indicated by
 * url, and open it.
 *
 * @param puc pointer to the location where, in case of success, the
 * function puts the pointer to the created URLContext
 * @param flags flags which control how the resource indicated by url
 * is to be opened
 * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
 * AVERROR code in case of failure
 */
int ffurl_open(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);

/**
 * Read up to size bytes from the resource accessed by h, and store
 * the read bytes in buf.
 *
 * @return The number of bytes actually read, or a negative value
 * corresponding to an AVERROR code in case of error. A value of zero
 * indicates that it is not possible to read more from the accessed
 * resource (except if the value of the size argument is also zero).
 */
int ffurl_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);

#endif //AVFORMAT_URL_H