---
-- @module lcurl


--- Create HTTP multipart object.
--
-- @treturn[1] httppost new curl HTTP Post object context
function httppost() end

--- Create Easy object
--
-- @treturn[1] easy new curl easy object
function easy() end

--- Returns libcurl version as human readable string
--
function version() end

--- Returns libcurl version as table
--
-- @tparam[opt] string param specific version info
-- @treturn[1] table full version into if `param` was not specify
-- @return[2] specific info parameter
--
-- @usage
-- proto = curl.version_info('protocols')
-- if proto.HTTP then ... -- libcurl support http protocol
function version_info() end

--- HTTP multipart/formdata object
-- @type httppost
--
do

--- Add new part to form.
--
-- @tparam string name provide the name of this part
-- @tparam string content actual data to send
-- @tparam[opt] string type provides the content-type for this part
-- @tparam[opt] table headers specifies extra headers for the form POST section
-- @return[1] self
function httppost:add_content() end

--- Add new part to form.
--
-- @tparam string name provide the name of this part
-- @tparam string filename provides the filename field in the content header
-- @tparam string content actual data to send
-- @tparam[opt] string type provides the content-type for this part
-- @tparam[opt] table headers specifies extra headers for the form POST section
-- @return[1] self
function httppost:add_buffer() end

--- Add new part to form.
--
-- @tparam string name provide the name of this part
-- @tparam string path path to file that contain actual data to send
-- @tparam[opt] string type provides the content-type for this part
-- @tparam[opt] string filename provides the filename field in the content header.
--   By default it is basename of path.
-- @tparam[opt] table headers specifies extra headers for the form POST section
-- @return[1] self
function httppost:add_file() end

--- Serialize multipart/formdata HTTP POST chain.
--
-- @return[1] string serialized data
--
-- @usage print(post:get())
--
function httppost:get() end

--- Serialize multipart/formdata HTTP POST chain.
--
-- Writer function can return true or number of written bytes.
-- Also if function does not return anything is considered as success.
--
-- @tparam function writer
-- @param[opt] context writer context
-- @return[1] self
--
-- @usage 
-- t = {}
-- post:get(table.insert, t)
-- print(table.concat(t))
--
function httppost:get() end

--- Serialize multipart/formdata HTTP POST chain.
--
-- This call same as httppost:get(writer.write, writer)
--
-- @tparam object writer
-- @return[1] self
--
-- @usage 
-- f = io.open(...)
-- post:get(f)
--
function httppost:get() end

--- Free multipart/formdata.
--
function httppost:free() end

end

--- Easy curl object
-- @type easy
--
do

--- Set writer function.
--
-- @tparam function writer
-- @param[opt] context writer context
-- @return[1] self
--
function easy:setopt_writefunction() end

--- Set writer function.
--
-- This call same as easy:set_writefunction(writer.write, writer)
--
-- @tparam object writer
-- @return[1] self
--
function easy:setopt_writefunction() end

--- Set header function.
--
-- @tparam function writer
-- @param[opt] context writer context
-- @return[1] self
--
function easy:setopt_headerfunction() end

--- Set header function.
--
-- This call same as easy:set_headerfunction(writer.header, writer)
--
-- @tparam object writer
-- @return[1] self
--
function easy:setopt_headerfunction() end

--- Set reader function.
--
-- @tparam function reader
-- @param[opt] context reader context
-- @return[1] self
--
function easy:setopt_readfunction() end

--- Set reader function.
--
-- This call same as easy:set_readfunction(reader.read, reader)
--
-- @tparam object reader
-- @return[1] self
--
function easy:setopt_readfunction() end

--- Set HTTP multipart/formdata
--
-- @tparam httppost data
-- @return[1] self
function easy:setopt_httppost() end

--- Set HTTP multipart/formdata
--
-- @tparam string data
-- @tparam[opt=#data] number length
-- @return[1] self
function easy:setopt_postfields() end

--- Perform a file transfer
-- 
-- @return[1] self
function easy:perfom() end

--- URL encodes the given string
--
-- @tparam string url 
-- @return[1] encoded url
function easy:escape() end

--- URL decodes the given string
--
-- @tparam string url
-- @return[1] decoded url
function easy:unescape() end

--- End easy session
-- 
function easy:close() end

end