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=pod

=head1 NAME

HTTP::Handle - HTTP Class designed for streaming

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 use HTTP::Handle;

 my $http = HTTP::Handle->new( uri => "http://www.google.com/" );
 $http->connect();
 
 my $fd = $http->fd();
 
 while (<$fd>) {
 	print "--> $_";
 }

=head1 VERSION

Version: 0.2

$Id: Handle.pm,v 1.6 2004/07/03 08:44:53 psionic Exp $

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The C<HTTP::Handle> module allows you to make HTTP requests and handle
the data yourself. The general ideas is that you use this module to make
a HTTP request and handle non-header data yourself. I needed such a 
feature for my mp3 player to listen to icecast streams.

=cut

package HTTP::Handle;

use strict;
use IO::Handle;
use Socket;
use URI;

my $VERSION = "0.2";

=pod

=over 4

=item HTTP::Handle->new()

Create a new HTTP::Handle object thingy.

Arguments possible:

=over 4

=item url => "http://www.google.com/"

Sets the initial URL to connect to.

=item follow_redirects => [ 0 | 1 ]

Automatically follow HTTP redirects. This defaults to true (1). Set to 0 to disable this.

=item http_request => HASHREF