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+/* curb_easy.c - Curl easy mode
+ * Copyright (c)2006 Ross Bamford.
+ * Licensed under the Ruby License. See LICENSE for details.
+ *
+ * $Id: curb_easy.c 30 2006-12-09 12:30:24Z roscopeco $
+ */
+#include "curb_easy.h"
+#include "curb_errors.h"
+#include "curb_postfield.h"
+#include "curb_upload.h"
+#include "curb_multi.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+extern VALUE mCurl;
+
+static VALUE idCall;
+static VALUE idJoin;
+static VALUE rbstrAmp;
+
+#ifdef RDOC_NEVER_DEFINED
+  mCurl = rb_define_module("Curl");
+#endif
+
+VALUE cCurlEasy;
+
+
+/* ================== CURL HANDLER FUNCS ==============*/
+
+/* These handle both body and header data */
+static size_t default_data_handler(char *stream,
+                                   size_t size,
+                                   size_t nmemb,
+                                   VALUE out) {
+  rb_str_buf_cat(out, stream, size * nmemb);
+  return size * nmemb;
+}
+
+// size_t function( void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream);
+static size_t read_data_handler(void *ptr,
+                                size_t size,
+                                size_t nmemb,
+                                ruby_curl_easy *rbce) {
+  size_t read_bytes = (size*nmemb);
+  VALUE stream = ruby_curl_upload_stream_get(rbce->upload);
+
+  if (rb_respond_to(stream, rb_intern("read"))) {//if (rb_respond_to(stream, rb_intern("to_s"))) {
+    /* copy read_bytes from stream into ptr */
+    VALUE str = rb_funcall(stream, rb_intern("read"), 1, rb_int_new(read_bytes) );
+    if( str != Qnil ) {
+      memcpy(ptr, RSTRING_PTR(str), RSTRING_LEN(str));
+      return RSTRING_LEN(str);
+    }
+    else {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    ruby_curl_upload *rbcu;
+    VALUE str;
+    size_t len;
+    size_t remaining;
+    char *str_ptr;
+    Data_Get_Struct(rbce->upload, ruby_curl_upload, rbcu);
+    str = rb_funcall(stream, rb_intern("to_s"), 0);
+    len = RSTRING_LEN(str);
+    remaining = len - rbcu->offset;
+    str_ptr = RSTRING_PTR(str);
+    if( remaining < read_bytes ) {
+      if( remaining > 0 ) {
+        memcpy(ptr, str_ptr+rbcu->offset, remaining);
+        read_bytes = remaining;
+        rbcu->offset += remaining;
+      }
+      return remaining;
+    }
+    else if( remaining > read_bytes ) { // read_bytes <= remaining - send what we can fit in the buffer(ptr)
+      memcpy(ptr, str_ptr+rbcu->offset, read_bytes);
+      rbcu->offset += read_bytes;
+    }
+    else { // they're equal
+      memcpy(ptr, str_ptr+rbcu->offset, --read_bytes);
+      rbcu->offset += read_bytes;
+    }
+    return read_bytes;
+  }
+
+}
+
+static size_t proc_data_handler(char *stream,
+                                size_t size,
+                                size_t nmemb,
+                                VALUE proc) {
+  VALUE procret;
+
+  procret = rb_funcall(proc, idCall, 1, rb_str_new(stream, size * nmemb));
+
+  switch (rb_type(procret)) {
+    case T_FIXNUM:
+      return FIX2LONG(procret);
+    case T_BIGNUM:
+      return NUM2LONG(procret);
+    default:
+      rb_warn("Curl data handlers should return the number of bytes read as an Integer");
+      return size * nmemb;
+  }
+}
+
+static int proc_progress_handler(VALUE proc,
+                                 double dltotal,
+                                 double dlnow,
+                                 double ultotal,
+                                 double ulnow) {
+  VALUE procret;
+
+  procret = rb_funcall(proc, idCall, 4, rb_float_new(dltotal),
+                                        rb_float_new(dlnow),
+                                        rb_float_new(ultotal),
+                                        rb_float_new(ulnow));
+
+  return(((procret == Qfalse) || (procret == Qnil)) ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
+static int proc_debug_handler(CURL *curl,
+                              curl_infotype type,
+                              char *data,
+                              size_t data_len,
+                              VALUE proc) {
+  rb_funcall(proc, idCall, 2, INT2FIX(type), rb_str_new(data, data_len));
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* ================== MARK/FREE FUNC ==================*/
+void curl_easy_mark(ruby_curl_easy *rbce) {
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->url);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->proxy_url);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->body_proc);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->body_data);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->header_proc);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->header_data);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->progress_proc);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->debug_proc);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->interface_hm);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->userpwd);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->proxypwd);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->headers);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->cookies);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->cookiefile);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->cookiejar);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->cert);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->cacert);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->certpassword);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->certtype);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->encoding);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->useragent);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->success_proc);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->failure_proc);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->complete_proc);
+
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->postdata_buffer);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->bodybuf);
+  rb_gc_mark(rbce->headerbuf);
+
+  if( rbce->self != Qnil ) {
+    rb_gc_mark(rbce->self);
+  }
+
+  if( rbce->upload != Qnil ) {
+    rb_gc_mark(rbce->upload);
+  }
+}
+
+void curl_easy_free(ruby_curl_easy *rbce) {
+  if (rbce->curl_headers) {
+    curl_slist_free_all(rbce->curl_headers);
+  }
+  curl_easy_cleanup(rbce->curl);
+  free(rbce);
+}
+
+
+/* ================= ALLOC METHODS ====================*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   Curl::Easy.new                                   => #&lt;Curl::Easy...&gt;
+ *   Curl::Easy.new(url = nil)                        => #&lt;Curl::Easy...&gt;
+ *   Curl::Easy.new(url = nil) { |self| ... }         => #&lt;Curl::Easy...&gt;
+ *
+ * Create a new Curl::Easy instance, optionally supplying the URL.
+ * The block form allows further configuration to be supplied before
+ * the instance is returned.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_new(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) {
+  CURLcode ecode;
+  VALUE url, blk;
+  VALUE new_curl;
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+
+  rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01&", &url, &blk);
+
+  rbce = ALLOC(ruby_curl_easy);
+
+  /* handler */
+  rbce->curl = curl_easy_init();
+
+  /* assoc objects */
+  rbce->url = url;
+  rbce->proxy_url = Qnil;
+  rbce->body_data = Qnil;
+  rbce->body_proc = Qnil;
+  rbce->header_data = Qnil;
+  rbce->header_proc = Qnil;
+  rbce->progress_proc = Qnil;
+  rbce->debug_proc = Qnil;
+  rbce->interface_hm = Qnil;
+  rbce->userpwd = Qnil;
+  rbce->proxypwd = Qnil;
+  rbce->headers = rb_hash_new();
+  rbce->cookies = Qnil;
+  rbce->cookiefile = Qnil;
+  rbce->cookiejar = Qnil;
+  rbce->cert = Qnil;
+  rbce->cacert = Qnil;
+  rbce->certpassword = Qnil;
+  rbce->certtype = rb_str_new2("PEM");
+  rbce->encoding = Qnil;
+  rbce->useragent = Qnil;
+  rbce->success_proc = Qnil;
+  rbce->failure_proc = Qnil;
+  rbce->complete_proc = Qnil;
+
+  /* various-typed opts */
+  rbce->local_port = 0;
+  rbce->local_port_range = 0;
+  rbce->proxy_port = 0;
+  rbce->proxy_type = -1;
+  rbce->http_auth_types = 0;
+  rbce->proxy_auth_types = 0;
+  rbce->max_redirs = -1;
+  rbce->timeout = 0;
+  rbce->connect_timeout = 0;
+  rbce->dns_cache_timeout = 60;
+  rbce->ftp_response_timeout = 0;
+
+  /* bool opts */
+  rbce->proxy_tunnel = 0;
+  rbce->fetch_file_time = 0;
+  rbce->ssl_verify_peer = 1;
+  rbce->ssl_verify_host = 1;
+  rbce->header_in_body = 0;
+  rbce->use_netrc = 0;
+  rbce->follow_location = 0;
+  rbce->unrestricted_auth = 0;
+  rbce->verbose = 0;
+  rbce->multipart_form_post = 0;
+  rbce->enable_cookies = 0;
+
+  /* buffers */
+  rbce->postdata_buffer = Qnil;
+  rbce->bodybuf = Qnil;
+  rbce->headerbuf = Qnil;
+  rbce->curl_headers = NULL;
+
+  rbce->self = Qnil;
+  rbce->upload = Qnil;
+
+  new_curl = Data_Wrap_Struct(klass, curl_easy_mark, curl_easy_free, rbce);
+
+  /* set the rbce pointer to the curl handle */
+  ecode = curl_easy_setopt(rbce->curl, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, (void*)rbce);
+  if (ecode != CURLE_OK) {
+    raise_curl_easy_error_exception(ecode);
+  }
+
+  if (blk != Qnil) {
+    rb_funcall(blk, idCall, 1, new_curl);
+  }
+
+  return new_curl;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.clone                                       => #&lt;easy clone&gt;
+ *   easy.dup                                         => #&lt;easy clone&gt;
+ *
+ * Clone this Curl::Easy instance, creating a new instance.
+ * This method duplicates the underlying CURL* handle.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_clone(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce, *newrbce;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+
+  newrbce = ALLOC(ruby_curl_easy);
+  memcpy(newrbce, rbce, sizeof(ruby_curl_easy));
+  newrbce->curl = curl_easy_duphandle(rbce->curl);
+  newrbce->curl_headers = NULL;
+
+  return Data_Wrap_Struct(cCurlEasy, curl_easy_mark, curl_easy_free, newrbce);
+}
+
+
+/* ================ OBJ ATTRIBUTES ==================*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.url = "http://some.url/"                    => "http://some.url/"
+ *
+ * Set the URL for subsequent calls to +perform+. It is acceptable
+ * (and even recommended) to reuse Curl::Easy instances by reassigning
+ * the URL between calls to +perform+.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_url_set(VALUE self, VALUE url) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, url);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.url                                         => "http://some.url/"
+ *
+ * Obtain the URL that will be used by subsequent calls to +perform+.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_url_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, url);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxy_url = "some.url"                      => "some.url"
+ *
+ * Set the URL of the HTTP proxy to use for subsequent calls to +perform+.
+ * The URL should specify the the host name or dotted IP address. To specify
+ * port number in this string, append :[port] to the end of the host name.
+ * The proxy string may be prefixed with [protocol]:// since any such prefix
+ * will be ignored. The proxy's port number may optionally be specified with
+ * the separate option proxy_port .
+ *
+ * When you tell the library to use an HTTP proxy, libcurl will transparently
+ * convert operations to HTTP even if you specify an FTP URL etc. This may have
+ * an impact on what other features of the library you can use, such as
+ * FTP specifics that don't work unless you tunnel through the HTTP proxy. Such
+ * tunneling is activated with proxy_tunnel = true.
+ *
+ * libcurl respects the environment variables *http_proxy*, *ftp_proxy*,
+ * *all_proxy* etc, if any of those is set. The proxy_url option does however
+ * override any possibly set environment variables.
+ *
+ * Starting with libcurl 7.14.1, the proxy host string given in environment
+ * variables can be specified the exact same way as the proxy can be set with
+ * proxy_url, including protocol prefix (http://) and embedded user + password.
+  */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_url_set(VALUE self, VALUE proxy_url) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_url);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxy_url                                   => "some.url"
+ *
+ * Obtain the HTTP Proxy URL that will be used by subsequent calls to +perform+.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_url_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_url);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.headers = "Header: val"                              => ["Header: val", ...]
+ *   easy.headers = {"Header" => "val" ..., "Header" => "val"} => ["Header: val", ...]
+ *   easy.headers = ["Header: val" ..., "Header: val"]         => ["Header: val", ...]
+ *
+ * Set custom HTTP headers for following requests. This can be used to add
+ * custom headers, or override standard headers used by libcurl. It defaults to a
+ * Hash.
+ *
+ * For example to set a standard or custom header:
+ *
+ *    easy.headers["MyHeader"] = "myval"
+ *
+ * To remove a standard header (this is useful when removing libcurls default
+ * 'Expect: 100-Continue' header when using HTTP form posts):
+ *
+ *    easy.headers["Expect:"] = ''
+ *
+ * Anything passed to libcurl as a header will be converted to a string during
+ * the perform step.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_headers_set(VALUE self, VALUE headers) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, headers);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.headers                                              => Hash, Array or Str
+ *
+ * Obtain the custom HTTP headers for following requests.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_headers_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, headers);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.interface = "interface"                     => "interface"
+ *
+ * Set the interface name to use as the outgoing network interface.
+ * The name can be an interface name, an IP address or a host name.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_interface_set(VALUE self, VALUE interface_hm) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, interface_hm);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.interface                                   => "interface"
+ *
+ * Obtain the interface name that is used as the outgoing network interface.
+ * The name can be an interface name, an IP address or a host name.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_interface_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, interface_hm);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.userpwd = "pwd string"                      => "pwd string"
+ *
+ * Set the username/password string to use for subsequent calls to +perform+.
+ * The supplied string should have the form "username:password"
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_userpwd_set(VALUE self, VALUE userpwd) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, userpwd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.userpwd                                     => "pwd string"
+ *
+ * Obtain the username/password string that will be used for subsequent
+ * calls to +perform+.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_userpwd_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, userpwd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxypwd = "pwd string"                     => "pwd string"
+ *
+ * Set the username/password string to use for proxy connection during
+ * subsequent calls to +perform+. The supplied string should have the
+ * form "username:password"
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxypwd_set(VALUE self, VALUE proxypwd) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxypwd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxypwd                                    => "pwd string"
+ *
+ * Obtain the username/password string that will be used for proxy
+ * connection during subsequent calls to +perform+. The supplied string
+ * should have the form "username:password"
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxypwd_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxypwd);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cookies = "name1=content1; name2=content2;"                => "pwd string"
+ *
+ * Set cookies to be sent by this Curl::Easy instance. The format of the string should
+ * be NAME=CONTENTS, where NAME is the cookie name and CONTENTS is what the cookie should contain.
+ * Set multiple cookies in one string like this: "name1=content1; name2=content2;" etc.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cookies_set(VALUE self, VALUE cookies) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cookies);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cookies                                   => "name1=content1; name2=content2;"
+ *
+ * Obtain the cookies for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cookies_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cookies);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cookiefile = "cookies.txt"                => "pwd string"
+ *
+ * Set a file that contains cookies to be sent in subsequent requests by this Curl::Easy instance.
+ *
+ * *Note* that you must set enable_cookies true to enable the cookie
+ * engine, or this option will be ignored.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cookiefile_set(VALUE self, VALUE cookiefile) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cookiefile);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cookiefile                                   => "cookies.txt"
+ *
+ * Obtain the cookiefile file for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cookiefile_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cookiefile);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cookiejar = "cookiejar.file"                => "pwd string"
+ *
+ * Set a cookiejar file to use for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * Cookies from the response will be written into this file.
+ *
+ * *Note* that you must set enable_cookies true to enable the cookie
+ * engine, or this option will be ignored.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cookiejar_set(VALUE self, VALUE cookiejar) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cookiejar);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cookiejar                                   => "cookiejar.file"
+ *
+ * Obtain the cookiejar file to use for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cookiejar_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cookiejar);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cert = "cert.file"                          => ""
+ *
+ * Set a cert file to use for this Curl::Easy instance. This file
+ * will be used to validate SSL connections.
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cert_set(VALUE self, VALUE cert) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cert);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cert                                        => "cert.file"
+ *
+ * Obtain the cert file to use for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cert_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cert);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cacert = "cacert.file"                      => ""
+ *
+ * Set a cacert bundle to use for this Curl::Easy instance. This file
+ * will be used to validate SSL certificates.
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cacert_set(VALUE self, VALUE cacert) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cacert);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.cacert                                      => "cacert.file"
+ *
+ * Obtain the cacert file to use for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cacert_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, cacert);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.certpassword = "cert password"                   => ""
+ *
+ * Set a password used to open the specified cert
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_certpassword_set(VALUE self, VALUE certpassword) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, certpassword);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.certtype = "PEM|DER"                        => ""
+ *
+ * Set a cert type to use for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * Default is PEM
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_certtype_set(VALUE self, VALUE certtype) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, certtype);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.certtype                                  => "cert.type"
+ *
+ * Obtain the cert type used for this Curl::Easy instance
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_certtype_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, certtype);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.encoding=                                     => "string"
+ *
+ * Set the accepted encoding types, curl will handle all of the decompression
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_encoding_set(VALUE self, VALUE encoding) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, encoding);
+}
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.encoding                                     => "string"
+ *
+ * Get the set encoding types
+ *
+*/
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_encoding_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, encoding);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.useragent = "Ruby/Curb"                      => ""
+ *
+ * Set the user agent string for this Curl::Easy instance
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_useragent_set(VALUE self, VALUE useragent) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, useragent);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.useragent                                  => "Ruby/Curb"
+ *
+ * Obtain the user agent string used for this Curl::Easy instance
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_useragent_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, useragent);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.post_body = "some=form%20data&to=send" => string or nil
+ * 
+ * Sets the POST body of this Curl::Easy instance.  This is expected to be
+ * URL encoded; no additional processing or encoding is done on the string.
+ * The content-type header will be set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
+ * 
+ * This is handy if you want to perform a POST against a Curl::Multi instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_post_body_set(VALUE self, VALUE post_body) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  CURL *curl;
+  
+  char *data;
+  long len;
+  
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  
+  curl = rbce->curl;
+  
+  if ( post_body == Qnil ) {
+    rbce->postdata_buffer = Qnil;
+    
+  } else {  
+    data = StringValuePtr(post_body);
+    len = RSTRING_LEN(post_body);
+  
+    // Store the string, since it has to hang around for the duration of the 
+    // request.  See CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS in the libcurl docs.
+    rbce->postdata_buffer = post_body;
+  
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, len);
+    
+    return post_body;
+  }
+  
+  return Qnil;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.post_body                                  => "string" or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the POST body used in this Curl::Easy instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_post_body_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, postdata_buffer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.put_data = data                             => ""
+ * 
+ * Points this Curl::Easy instance to data to be uploaded via PUT.  This
+ * sets the request to a PUT type request - useful if you want to PUT via
+ * a multi handle.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_put_data_set(VALUE self, VALUE data) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  CURL *curl;
+  VALUE upload;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+
+  upload = ruby_curl_upload_new(cCurlUpload);
+  ruby_curl_upload_stream_set(upload,data);
+
+  curl = rbce->curl;
+  rbce->upload = upload; /* keep the upload object alive as long as
+                            the easy handle is active or until the upload
+                            is complete or terminated... */
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY,0);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, (curl_read_callback)read_data_handler);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, rbce);
+
+  /* 
+   * we need to set specific headers for the PUT to work... so
+   * convert the internal headers structure to a HASH if one is set
+   */
+  if (rbce->headers != Qnil) {
+    if (rb_type(rbce->headers) == T_ARRAY || rb_type(rbce->headers) == T_STRING) {
+      rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Must set headers as a HASH to modify the headers in an PUT request");
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (rb_respond_to(data, rb_intern("read"))) {
+    VALUE stat = rb_funcall(data, rb_intern("stat"), 0);
+    if( stat ) {
+      VALUE size;
+      if( rb_hash_aref(rbce->headers, rb_str_new2("Expect")) == Qnil ) {
+        rb_hash_aset(rbce->headers, rb_str_new2("Expect"), rb_str_new2(""));
+      }
+      size = rb_funcall(stat, rb_intern("size"), 0);
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, FIX2INT(size));
+    }
+    else if( rb_hash_aref(rbce->headers, rb_str_new2("Transfer-Encoding")) == Qnil ) {
+      rb_hash_aset(rbce->headers, rb_str_new2("Transfer-Encoding"), rb_str_new2("chunked"));
+    }
+  }
+  else if (rb_respond_to(data, rb_intern("to_s"))) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, RSTRING_LEN(data));
+    if( rb_hash_aref(rbce->headers, rb_str_new2("Expect")) == Qnil ) {
+      rb_hash_aset(rbce->headers, rb_str_new2("Expect"), rb_str_new2(""));
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "PUT data must respond to read or to_s");
+  }
+  
+  // if we made it this far, all should be well.
+  return data;
+}
+
+/* ================== IMMED ATTRS ==================*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.local_port = fixnum or nil                  => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the local port that will be used for the following +perform+ calls.
+ *
+ * Passing +nil+ will return to the default behaviour (no local port
+ * preference).
+ *
+ * This option is ignored if compiled against libcurl < 7.15.2.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_local_port_set(VALUE self, VALUE local_port) {
+  CURB_IMMED_PORT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, local_port, "port");
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.local_port                                  => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the local port that will be used for the following +perform+ calls.
+ *
+ * This option is ignored if compiled against libcurl < 7.15.2.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_local_port_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_IMMED_PORT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, local_port);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.local_port_range = fixnum or nil            => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the local port range that will be used for the following +perform+
+ * calls. This is a number (between 0 and 65535) that determines how far
+ * libcurl may deviate from the supplied +local_port+ in order to find
+ * an available port.
+ *
+ * If you set +local_port+ it's also recommended that you set this, since
+ * it is fairly likely that your specified port will be unavailable.
+ *
+ * This option is ignored if compiled against libcurl < 7.15.2.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_local_port_range_set(VALUE self, VALUE local_port_range) {
+  CURB_IMMED_PORT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, local_port_range, "port range");
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.local_port_range                            => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the local port range that will be used for the following +perform+
+ * calls.
+ *
+ * This option is ignored if compiled against libcurl < 7.15.2.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_local_port_range_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_IMMED_PORT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, local_port_range);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxy_port = fixnum or nil                  => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the proxy port that will be used for the following +perform+ calls.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_port_set(VALUE self, VALUE proxy_port) {
+  CURB_IMMED_PORT_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_port, "port");
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxy_port                                  => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the proxy port that will be used for the following +perform+ calls.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_port_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_IMMED_PORT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_port);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxy_type = fixnum or nil                  => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the proxy type that will be used for the following +perform+ calls.
+ * This should be one of the Curl::CURLPROXY constants.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_type_set(VALUE self, VALUE proxy_type) {
+  CURB_IMMED_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_type, -1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxy_type                                  => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the proxy type that will be used for the following +perform+ calls.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_type_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_IMMED_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_type, -1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.http_auth_types = fixnum or nil             => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the HTTP authentication types that may be used for the following
+ * +perform+ calls. This is a bitmap made by ORing together the
+ * Curl::CURLAUTH constants.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_http_auth_types_set(VALUE self, VALUE http_auth_types) {
+  CURB_IMMED_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, http_auth_types, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.http_auth_types                             => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the HTTP authentication types that may be used for the following
+ * +perform+ calls.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_http_auth_types_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_IMMED_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, http_auth_types, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxy_auth_types = fixnum or nil            => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the proxy authentication types that may be used for the following
+ * +perform+ calls. This is a bitmap made by ORing together the
+ * Curl::CURLAUTH constants.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_auth_types_set(VALUE self, VALUE proxy_auth_types) {
+  CURB_IMMED_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_auth_types, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.proxy_auth_types                            => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the proxy authentication types that may be used for the following
+ * +perform+ calls.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_auth_types_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_IMMED_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_auth_types, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.max_redirects = fixnum or nil               => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the maximum number of redirections to follow in the following +perform+
+ * calls. Set to nil or -1 allow an infinite number (the default). Setting this
+ * option only makes sense if +follow_location+ is also set true.
+ *
+ * With libcurl >= 7.15.1, setting this to 0 will cause libcurl to refuse any
+ * redirect.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_max_redirects_set(VALUE self, VALUE max_redirs) {
+  CURB_IMMED_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, max_redirs, -1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.max_redirects                               => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the maximum number of redirections to follow in the following
+ * +perform+ calls.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_max_redirects_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_IMMED_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, max_redirs, -1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.timeout = fixnum or nil                     => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the maximum time in seconds that you allow the libcurl transfer
+ * operation to take. Normally, name lookups can take a considerable time
+ * and limiting operations to less than a few minutes risk aborting
+ * perfectly normal operations.
+ *
+ * Set to nil (or zero) to disable timeout (it will then only timeout
+ * on the system's internal timeouts).
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_timeout_set(VALUE self, VALUE timeout) {
+  CURB_IMMED_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, timeout, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.timeout                                     => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the maximum time in seconds that you allow the libcurl transfer
+ * operation to take.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_timeout_get(VALUE self, VALUE timeout) {
+  CURB_IMMED_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, timeout, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.connect_timeout = fixnum or nil             => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the maximum time in seconds that you allow the connection to the
+ * server to take. This only limits the connection phase, once it has
+ * connected, this option is of no more use.
+ *
+ * Set to nil (or zero) to disable connection timeout (it will then only
+ * timeout on the system's internal timeouts).
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_connect_timeout_set(VALUE self, VALUE connect_timeout) {
+  CURB_IMMED_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, connect_timeout, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.connect_timeout                             => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the maximum time in seconds that you allow the connection to the
+ * server to take.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_connect_timeout_get(VALUE self, VALUE connect_timeout) {
+  CURB_IMMED_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, connect_timeout, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.dns_cache_timeout = fixnum or nil           => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set the dns cache timeout in seconds. Name resolves will be kept in
+ * memory for this number of seconds. Set to zero (0) to completely disable
+ * caching, or set to nil (or -1) to make the cached entries remain forever.
+ * By default, libcurl caches this info for 60 seconds.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_dns_cache_timeout_set(VALUE self, VALUE dns_cache_timeout) {
+  CURB_IMMED_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, dns_cache_timeout, -1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.dns_cache_timeout                           => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the dns cache timeout in seconds.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_dns_cache_timeout_get(VALUE self, VALUE dns_cache_timeout) {
+  CURB_IMMED_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, dns_cache_timeout, -1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.ftp_response_timeout = fixnum or nil        => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Set a timeout period (in seconds) on the amount of time that the server
+ * is allowed to take in order to generate a response message for a command
+ * before the session is considered hung. While curl is waiting for a
+ * response, this value overrides +timeout+. It is recommended that if used
+ * in conjunction with +timeout+, you set +ftp_response_timeout+ to a value
+ * smaller than +timeout+.
+ *
+ * Ignored if libcurl version is < 7.10.8.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_ftp_response_timeout_set(VALUE self, VALUE ftp_response_timeout) {
+  CURB_IMMED_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, ftp_response_timeout, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.ftp_response_timeout                        => fixnum or nil
+ *
+ * Obtain the maximum time that libcurl will wait for FTP command responses.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_ftp_response_timeout_get(VALUE self, VALUE ftp_response_timeout) {
+  CURB_IMMED_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, ftp_response_timeout, 0);
+}
+
+/* ================== BOOL ATTRS ===================*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   proxy_tunnel = boolean                           => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance will use proxy tunneling.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_tunnel_set(VALUE self, VALUE proxy_tunnel) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_tunnel);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   proxy_tunnel?                                    => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance will use proxy tunneling.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_proxy_tunnel_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, proxy_tunnel);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   fetch_file_time = boolean                        => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance will fetch remote file
+ * times, if available.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_fetch_file_time_set(VALUE self, VALUE fetch_file_time) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, fetch_file_time);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   fetch_file_time?                                 => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance will fetch remote file
+ * times, if available.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_fetch_file_time_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, fetch_file_time);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   ssl_verify_peer = boolean                        => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance will verify the SSL peer
+ * certificate. When true (the default), and the verification fails to
+ * prove that the certificate is authentic, the connection fails. When
+ * false, the connection succeeds regardless.
+ *
+ * Authenticating the certificate is not by itself very useful. You
+ * typically want to ensure that the server, as authentically identified
+ * by its certificate, is the server you mean to be talking to.
+ * The ssl_verify_host? options controls that.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_peer_set(VALUE self, VALUE ssl_verify_peer) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, ssl_verify_peer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   ssl_verify_peer?                                 => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance will verify the SSL peer
+ * certificate.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_peer_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, ssl_verify_peer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   ssl_verify_host = boolean                        => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance will verify that the server cert
+ * is for the server it is known as. When true (the default) the server
+ * certificate must indicate that the server is the server to which you
+ * meant to connect, or the connection fails. When false, the connection
+ * will succeed regardless of the names in the certificate.
+ *
+ * this option controls is of the identity that the server claims.
+ * The server could be lying. To control lying, see ssl_verify_peer? .
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_host_set(VALUE self, VALUE ssl_verify_host) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, ssl_verify_host);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   ssl_verify_host?                                 => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance will verify that the server cert
+ * is for the server it is known as.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_host_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, ssl_verify_host);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   header_in_body = boolean                         => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance will return HTTP headers
+ * combined with body data. If this option is set true, both header
+ * and body data will go to +body_str+ (or the configured +on_body+ handler).
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_header_in_body_set(VALUE self, VALUE header_in_body) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, header_in_body);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   header_in_body?                                  => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance will verify the SSL peer
+ * certificate.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_header_in_body_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, header_in_body);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   use_netrc = boolean                              => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance will use data from the user's
+ * .netrc file for FTP connections.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_use_netrc_set(VALUE self, VALUE use_netrc) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, use_netrc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   use_netrc?                                       => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance will use data from the user's
+ * .netrc file for FTP connections.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_use_netrc_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, use_netrc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   follow_location = boolean                        => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance will follow Location: headers
+ * in HTTP responses. Redirects will only be followed to the extent
+ * specified by +max_redirects+.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_follow_location_set(VALUE self, VALUE follow_location) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, follow_location);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   follow_location?                                 => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance will follow Location: headers
+ * in HTTP responses.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_follow_location_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, follow_location);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   unrestricted_auth = boolean                      => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance may use any HTTP authentication
+ * method available when necessary.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_unrestricted_auth_set(VALUE self, VALUE unrestricted_auth) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, unrestricted_auth);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   unrestricted_auth?                               => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance may use any HTTP authentication
+ * method available when necessary.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_unrestricted_auth_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, unrestricted_auth);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.verbose = boolean                           => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance gives verbose output to STDERR
+ * during transfers. Ignored if this instance has an on_debug handler.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_verbose_set(VALUE self, VALUE verbose) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, verbose);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.verbose?                                    => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance gives verbose output to STDERR
+ * during transfers.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_verbose_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, verbose);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.multipart_form_post = boolean               => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether this Curl instance uses multipart/formdata content
+ * type for HTTP POST requests. If this is false (the default), then the
+ * application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type is used for the form
+ * data.
+ *
+ * If this is set true, you must pass one or more PostField instances
+ * to the http_post method - no support for posting multipart forms from
+ * a string is provided.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_multipart_form_post_set(VALUE self, VALUE multipart_form_post)
+{
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, multipart_form_post);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.multipart_form_post?                        => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether this Curl instance uses multipart/formdata content
+ * type for HTTP POST requests.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_multipart_form_post_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, multipart_form_post);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.enable_cookies = boolean                    => boolean
+ *
+ * Configure whether the libcurl cookie engine is enabled for this Curl::Easy
+ * instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_enable_cookies_set(VALUE self, VALUE enable_cookies)
+{
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, enable_cookies);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.enable_cookies?                        => boolean
+ *
+ * Determine whether the libcurl cookie engine is enabled for this
+ * Curl::Easy instance.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_enable_cookies_q(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_BOOLEAN_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, enable_cookies);
+}
+
+/* ================= EVENT PROCS ================== */
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.on_body { |body_data| ... }                 => &lt;old handler&gt;
+ *
+ * Assign or remove the +on_body+ handler for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * To remove a previously-supplied handler, call this method with no
+ * attached block.
+ *
+ * The +on_body+ handler is called for each chunk of response body passed back
+ * by libcurl during +perform+. It should perform any processing necessary,
+ * and return the actual number of bytes handled. Normally, this will
+ * equal the length of the data string, and CURL will continue processing.
+ * If the returned length does not equal the input length, CURL will abort
+ * the processing with a Curl::Err::AbortedByCallbackError.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_on_body_set(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+  CURB_HANDLER_PROC_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, body_proc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.on_success { ... }                 => &lt;old handler&gt;
+ *
+ * Assign or remove the +on_success+ handler for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * To remove a previously-supplied handler, call this method with no
+ * attached block.
+ *
+ * The +on_success+ handler is called when the request is finished with a
+ * status of 20x
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_on_success_set(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+  CURB_HANDLER_PROC_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, success_proc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.on_failure { ... }                 => &lt;old handler&gt;
+ *
+ * Assign or remove the +on_failure+ handler for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * To remove a previously-supplied handler, call this method with no
+ * attached block.
+ *
+ * The +on_failure+ handler is called when the request is finished with a
+ * status of 50x
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_on_failure_set(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+  CURB_HANDLER_PROC_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, failure_proc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.on_complete { ... }                 => &lt;old handler&gt;
+ *
+ * Assign or remove the +on_complete+ handler for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * To remove a previously-supplied handler, call this method with no
+ * attached block.
+ *
+ * The +on_complete+ handler is called when the request is finished.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_on_complete_set(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+  CURB_HANDLER_PROC_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, complete_proc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.on_header { |header_data| ... }             => &lt;old handler&gt;
+ *
+ * Assign or remove the +on_header+ handler for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * To remove a previously-supplied handler, call this method with no
+ * attached block.
+ *
+ * The +on_header+ handler is called for each chunk of response header passed
+ * back by libcurl during +perform+. The semantics are the same as for the
+ * block supplied to +on_body+.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_on_header_set(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+  CURB_HANDLER_PROC_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, header_proc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.on_progress { |dl_total, dl_now, ul_total, ul_now| ... } => &lt;old handler&gt;
+ *
+ * Assign or remove the +on_progress+ handler for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * To remove a previously-supplied handler, call this method with no
+ * attached block.
+ *
+ * The +on_progress+ handler is called regularly by libcurl (approximately once
+ * per second) during transfers to allow the application to receive progress
+ * information. There is no guarantee that the reported progress will change
+ * between calls.
+ *
+ * The result of the block call determines whether libcurl continues the transfer.
+ * Returning a non-true value (i.e. nil or false) will cause the transfer to abort,
+ * throwing a Curl::Err::AbortedByCallbackError.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_on_progress_set(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+  CURB_HANDLER_PROC_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, progress_proc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.on_debug { |type, data| ... }               => &lt;old handler&gt;
+ *
+ * Assign or remove the +on_debug+ handler for this Curl::Easy instance.
+ * To remove a previously-supplied handler, call this method with no
+ * attached block.
+ *
+ * The +on_debug+ handler, if configured, will receive detailed information
+ * from libcurl during the perform call. This can be useful for debugging.
+ * Setting a debug handler overrides libcurl's internal handler, disabling
+ * any output from +verbose+, if set.
+ *
+ * The type argument will match one of the Curl::Easy::CURLINFO_XXXX
+ * constants, and specifies the kind of information contained in the
+ * data. The data is passed as a String.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_on_debug_set(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+  CURB_HANDLER_PROC_SETTER(ruby_curl_easy, debug_proc);
+}
+
+
+/* =================== PERFORM =====================*/
+
+/***********************************************
+ * This is an rb_iterate callback used to set up http headers.
+ */
+static VALUE cb_each_http_header(VALUE header, struct curl_slist **list) {
+  VALUE header_str = Qnil;
+
+  //rb_p(header);
+
+  if (rb_type(header) == T_ARRAY) {
+    // we're processing a hash, header is [name, val]
+    VALUE name, value;
+
+    name = rb_obj_as_string(rb_ary_entry(header, 0));
+    value = rb_obj_as_string(rb_ary_entry(header, 1));
+
+    // This is a bit inefficient, but we don't want to be modifying
+    // the actual values in the original hash.
+    header_str = rb_str_plus(name, rb_str_new2(": "));
+    header_str = rb_str_plus(header_str, value);
+  } else {
+    header_str = rb_obj_as_string(header);
+  }
+
+  //rb_p(header_str);
+
+  *list = curl_slist_append(*list, StringValuePtr(header_str));
+  return header_str;
+}
+
+/***********************************************
+ *
+ * Setup a connection
+ *
+ * Always returns Qtrue, rb_raise on error.
+ */
+VALUE ruby_curl_easy_setup( ruby_curl_easy *rbce, VALUE *body_buffer, VALUE *header_buffer, struct curl_slist **hdrs ) {
+  // TODO this could do with a bit of refactoring...
+  CURL *curl;
+  VALUE url;
+
+  curl = rbce->curl;
+
+  if (rbce->url == Qnil) {
+    rb_raise(eCurlErrError, "No URL supplied");
+  }
+
+  url = rb_check_string_type(rbce->url);
+
+  // Need to configure the handler as per settings in rbce
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, StringValuePtr(url));
+
+  // network stuff and auth
+  if (rbce->interface_hm != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INTERFACE, StringValuePtr(rbce->interface_hm));
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INTERFACE, NULL);
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->userpwd != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, StringValuePtr(rbce->userpwd));
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, NULL);
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->proxy_url != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, StringValuePtr(rbce->proxy_url));
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, NULL);
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->proxypwd != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, StringValuePtr(rbce->proxypwd));
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, NULL);
+  }
+
+  // body/header procs
+  if (rbce->body_proc != Qnil) {
+    *body_buffer = Qnil;
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, (curl_write_callback)&proc_data_handler);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, rbce->body_proc);
+  } else {
+    *body_buffer = rb_str_buf_new(32768);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, (curl_write_callback)&default_data_handler);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, *body_buffer);
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->header_proc != Qnil) {
+    *header_buffer = Qnil;
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, (curl_write_callback)&proc_data_handler);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, rbce->header_proc);
+  } else {
+    *header_buffer = rb_str_buf_new(32768);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, (curl_write_callback)&default_data_handler);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, *header_buffer);
+  }
+
+  /* encoding */
+  if (rbce->encoding != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, StringValuePtr(rbce->encoding));
+  }
+
+  // progress and debug procs
+  if (rbce->progress_proc != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, (curl_progress_callback)&proc_progress_handler);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, rbce->progress_proc);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->debug_proc != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION, (curl_debug_callback)&proc_debug_handler);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DEBUGDATA, rbce->debug_proc);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
+  } else {
+    // have to remove handler to re-enable standard verbosity
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION, NULL);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DEBUGDATA, NULL);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, rbce->verbose);
+  }
+
+  /* general opts */
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, rbce->header_in_body);
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, rbce->follow_location);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, rbce->max_redirs);
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, rbce->proxy_tunnel);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FILETIME, rbce->fetch_file_time);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, rbce->ssl_verify_peer);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, rbce->ssl_verify_peer);
+
+  if ((rbce->use_netrc != Qnil) && (rbce->use_netrc != Qfalse)) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, CURL_NETRC_IGNORED);
+  }
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH, rbce->unrestricted_auth);
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, rbce->timeout);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, rbce->connect_timeout);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT, rbce->dns_cache_timeout);
+
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070a08
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, rbce->ftp_response_timeout);
+#else
+  if (rbce->ftp_response_timeout > 0) {
+    rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support ftp_response_timeout");
+  }
+#endif
+
+  // Set up localport / proxy port
+  // FIXME these won't get returned to default if they're unset Ruby
+  if (rbce->proxy_port > 0) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, rbce->proxy_port);
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->local_port > 0) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070f02
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOCALPORT, rbce->local_port);
+
+    if (rbce->local_port_range > 0) {
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE, rbce->local_port_range);
+    }
+#else
+    rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support local_port");
+#endif
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->proxy_type != -1) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070a00
+    if (rbce->proxy_type == -2) {
+      rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support the selected proxy type");
+    } else {
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, rbce->proxy_type);
+    }
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_HTTP);
+#else
+    rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support proxy_type");
+#endif
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->http_auth_types > 0) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070a06
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, rbce->http_auth_types);
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
+#else
+    rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support http_auth_types");
+#endif
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->proxy_auth_types > 0) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070a07
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH, rbce->proxy_auth_types);
+  } else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
+#else
+    rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support proxy_auth_types");
+#endif
+  }
+
+  /* Set up HTTP cookie handling if necessary
+     FIXME this may not get disabled if it's enabled, the disabled again from ruby.
+     */
+  if (rbce->enable_cookies) {
+    if (rbce->cookiejar != Qnil) {
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, StringValuePtr(rbce->cookiejar));
+    }
+
+    if (rbce->cookiefile != Qnil) {
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, StringValuePtr(rbce->cookiefile));
+    } else {
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, ""); /* "" = magic to just enable */
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (rbce->cookies != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIE, StringValuePtr(rbce->cookies));
+  }
+
+  /* Set up HTTPS cert handling if necessary */
+  if (rbce->cert != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE, StringValuePtr(rbce->certtype));
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, StringValuePtr(rbce->cert));
+    if (rbce->certpassword != Qnil) {
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD, StringValuePtr(rbce->certpassword));
+    }
+  }
+  if (rbce->cacert != Qnil) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL_CONFIG_CA
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, CURL_CONFIG_CA);
+#else
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, "/usr/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt");
+#endif
+  }
+  
+  /* Set the user-agent string if specified */
+  if (rbce->useragent != Qnil) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, StringValuePtr(rbce->useragent));
+  }
+
+  /* Setup HTTP headers if necessary */
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, NULL);   // XXX: maybe we shouldn't be clearing this?
+
+  if (rbce->headers != Qnil) {
+    if ((rb_type(rbce->headers) == T_ARRAY) || (rb_type(rbce->headers) == T_HASH)) {
+      rb_iterate(rb_each, rbce->headers, cb_each_http_header, (VALUE)hdrs);
+    } else {
+      VALUE headers_str = rb_obj_as_string(rbce->headers);
+      *hdrs = curl_slist_append(*hdrs, StringValuePtr(headers_str));
+    }
+
+    if (*hdrs) {
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, *hdrs);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return Qnil;
+}
+/***********************************************
+ *
+ * Clean up a connection
+ *
+ * Always returns Qtrue.
+ */
+VALUE ruby_curl_easy_cleanup( VALUE self, ruby_curl_easy *rbce, VALUE bodybuf, VALUE headerbuf, struct curl_slist *headers ) {
+
+  CURL *curl = rbce->curl;
+  
+  // Free everything up
+  if (headers) {
+    curl_slist_free_all(headers);
+    rbce->curl_headers = NULL;
+  }
+
+  // Sort out the built-in body/header data.
+  if (bodybuf != Qnil) {
+    if (TYPE(bodybuf) == T_STRING) {
+      rbce->body_data = rb_str_to_str(bodybuf);
+    }
+    else if (rb_respond_to(bodybuf, rb_intern("to_s"))) {
+      rbce->body_data = rb_funcall(bodybuf, rb_intern("to_s"), 0);
+    }
+    else {
+      rbce->body_data = Qnil;
+    }
+  } else {
+    rbce->body_data = Qnil;
+  }
+
+  if (headerbuf != Qnil) {
+    if (TYPE(headerbuf) == T_STRING) {
+      rbce->header_data = rb_str_to_str(headerbuf);
+    }
+    else if (rb_respond_to(headerbuf, rb_intern("to_s"))) {
+      rbce->header_data = rb_funcall(headerbuf, rb_intern("to_s"), 0);
+    }
+    else {
+      rbce->header_data = Qnil;
+    }
+  } else {
+    rbce->header_data = Qnil;
+  }
+  
+  // clean up a PUT request's curl options.
+  if (rbce->upload != Qnil) {
+    rbce->upload = Qnil; // set the upload object to Qnil to let the GC clean up
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, NULL);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, NULL);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, 0);
+  }
+
+  return Qnil;
+}
+
+/***********************************************
+ *
+ * This is the main worker for the perform methods (get, post, head, put).
+ * It's not surfaced as a Ruby method - instead, the individual request
+ * methods are responsible for setting up stuff specific to that type,
+ * then calling this to handle common stuff and do the perform.
+ *
+ * Always returns Qtrue, rb_raise on error.
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE handle_perform(VALUE self, ruby_curl_easy *rbce) {
+
+  VALUE ret;
+  VALUE multi = ruby_curl_multi_new(cCurlMulti);
+
+  rb_funcall(multi, rb_intern("add"), 1, self );
+  ret = rb_funcall(multi, rb_intern("perform"), 0);
+
+  /* check for errors in the easy response and raise exceptions if anything went wrong and their is no on_failure handler */
+  if( rbce->last_result != 0 && rbce->failure_proc == Qnil ) {
+    raise_curl_easy_error_exception(rbce->last_result);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.http_get                                    => true
+ *
+ * GET the currently configured URL using the current options set for
+ * this Curl::Easy instance. This method always returns true, or raises
+ * an exception (defined under Curl::Err) on error.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_perform_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  CURL *curl;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl = rbce->curl;
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1);
+
+  return handle_perform(self,rbce);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.http_delete
+ *
+ * DELETE the currently configured URL using the current options set for
+ * this Curl::Easy instance. This method always returns true, or raises
+ * an exception (defined under Curl::Err) on error.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_perform_delete(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  CURL *curl;
+  VALUE retval;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl = rbce->curl;
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
+
+  retval = handle_perform(self,rbce);
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, NULL);
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.perform                                     => true
+ *
+ * Transfer the currently configured URL using the options set for this
+ * Curl::Easy instance. If this is an HTTP URL, it will be transferred via
+ * the GET or HEAD request method.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_perform(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+
+  return handle_perform(self,rbce);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.http_post("url=encoded%20form%20data;and=so%20on") => true
+ *   easy.http_post("url=encoded%20form%20data", "and=so%20on", ...) => true
+ *   easy.http_post("url=encoded%20form%20data", Curl::PostField, "and=so%20on", ...) => true
+ *   easy.http_post(Curl::PostField, Curl::PostField ..., Curl::PostField) => true
+ *
+ * POST the specified formdata to the currently configured URL using
+ * the current options set for this Curl::Easy instance. This method
+ * always returns true, or raises an exception (defined under
+ * Curl::Err) on error.
+ *
+ * The Content-type of the POST is determined by the current setting
+ * of multipart_form_post? , according to the following rules:
+ * * When false (the default): the form will be POSTed with a
+ *   content-type of 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', and any of the
+ *   four calling forms may be used.
+ * * When true: the form will be POSTed with a content-type of
+ *   'multipart/formdata'. Only the last calling form may be used,
+ *   i.e. only PostField instances may be POSTed. In this mode,
+ *   individual fields' content-types are recognised, and file upload
+ *   fields are supported.
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_perform_post(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  CURL *curl;
+  int i;
+  VALUE args_ary;
+
+  rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "*", &args_ary);
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl = rbce->curl;
+
+  if (rbce->multipart_form_post) {
+    VALUE ret;
+    struct curl_httppost *first = NULL, *last = NULL;
+
+    // Make the multipart form
+    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+      if (rb_obj_is_instance_of(argv[i], cCurlPostField)) {
+        append_to_form(argv[i], &first, &last);
+      } else {
+        rb_raise(eCurlErrInvalidPostField, "You must use PostFields only with multipart form posts");
+        return Qnil;
+      }
+    }
+
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, first);
+    ret = handle_perform(self,rbce);
+    curl_formfree(first);
+
+    return ret;
+  } else {
+    VALUE post_body;
+    if ((post_body = rb_funcall(args_ary, idJoin, 1, rbstrAmp)) == Qnil) {
+      rb_raise(eCurlErrError, "Failed to join arguments");
+      return Qnil;
+    } else {
+      ruby_curl_easy_post_body_set(self, post_body);
+
+      return handle_perform(self,rbce);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.http_head                                   => true
+ *
+ * Request headers from the currently configured URL using the HEAD
+ * method and current options set for this Curl::Easy instance. This
+ * method always returns true, or raises an exception (defined under
+ * Curl::Err) on error.
+ *
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_perform_head(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  CURL *curl;
+  VALUE ret;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl = rbce->curl;
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1);
+
+  ret = handle_perform(self,rbce);
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ *call-seq:
+ * easy = Curl::Easy.new("url") do|c|
+ *  c.head = true
+ * end
+ * easy.perform
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_set_head_option(VALUE self, VALUE onoff) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+
+  if( onoff == Qtrue ) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(rbce->curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1);
+  }
+  else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(rbce->curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0);
+  }
+
+  return onoff;
+}
+/*
+ *call-seq:
+ * easy = Curl::Easy.new("url") do|c|
+ *  c.delete = true
+ * end
+ * easy.perform
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_set_delete_option(VALUE self, VALUE onoff) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+
+  if( onoff == Qtrue ) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(rbce->curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
+  }
+  else {
+    curl_easy_setopt(rbce->curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, NULL);
+  }
+
+  return onoff;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.http_put(data)                              => true
+ *
+ * PUT the supplied data to the currently configured URL using the
+ * current options set for this Curl::Easy instance. This method always
+ * returns true, or raises an exception (defined under Curl::Err) on error.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_perform_put(VALUE self, VALUE data) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  CURL *curl;
+  
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl = rbce->curl;
+  
+  ruby_curl_easy_put_data_set(self, data);
+  
+  return handle_perform(self, rbce);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   Curl::Easy.http_put(url, data) {|c| ... }
+ *
+ * see easy.http_put
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_put(VALUE klass, VALUE url, VALUE data) {
+  VALUE c = ruby_curl_easy_new(1, &url, klass);
+  ruby_curl_easy_perform_put(c, data);
+  return c;
+}
+
+/* =================== DATA FUNCS =============== */
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.body_str                                    => "response body"
+ *
+ * Return the response body from the previous call to +perform+. This
+ * is populated by the default +on_body+ handler - if you supply
+ * your own body handler, this string will be empty.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_body_str_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, body_data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.header_str                                  => "response header"
+ *
+ * Return the response header from the previous call to +perform+. This
+ * is populated by the default +on_header+ handler - if you supply
+ * your own header handler, this string will be empty.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_header_str_get(VALUE self) {
+  CURB_OBJECT_GETTER(ruby_curl_easy, header_data);
+}
+
+
+/* ============== LASTCONN INFO FUNCS ============ */
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.last_effective_url                          => "http://some.url" or nil
+ *
+ * Retrieve the last effective URL used by this instance.
+ * This is the URL used in the last +perform+ call,
+ * and may differ from the value of easy.url.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_last_effective_url_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  char* url;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &url);
+
+  if (url && url[0]) {    // curl returns empty string if none
+    return rb_str_new2(url);
+  } else {
+    return Qnil;
+  }
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.response_code                               => fixnum
+ *
+ * Retrieve the last received HTTP or FTP code. This will be zero
+ * if no server response code has been received. Note that a proxy's
+ * CONNECT response should be read with +http_connect_code+
+ * and not this method.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_response_code_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long code;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+#ifdef HAVE_CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &code);
+#else
+  // old libcurl
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE, &code);
+#endif
+
+  return LONG2NUM(code);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.http_connect_code                           => fixnum
+ *
+ * Retrieve the last received proxy response code to a CONNECT request.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_http_connect_code_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long code;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE, &code);
+
+  return LONG2NUM(code);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.file_time                                   => fixnum
+ *
+ * Retrieve the remote time of the retrieved document (in number of
+ * seconds since 1 jan 1970 in the GMT/UTC time zone). If you get -1,
+ * it can be because of many reasons (unknown, the server hides it
+ * or the server doesn't support the command that tells document time
+ * etc) and the time of the document is unknown.
+ *
+ * Note that you must tell the server to collect this information
+ * before the transfer is made, by setting +fetch_file_time?+ to true,
+ * or you will unconditionally get a -1 back.
+ *
+ * This requires libcurl 7.5 or higher - otherwise -1 is unconditionally
+ * returned.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_file_time_get(VALUE self) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CURLINFO_FILETIME
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long time;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_FILETIME, &time);
+
+  return LONG2NUM(time);
+#else
+  rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support file_time");
+  return INT2FIX(0);
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.total_time                                  => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the total time in seconds for the previous transfer,
+ * including name resolving, TCP connect etc.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_total_time_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double time;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME, &time);
+
+  return rb_float_new(time);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.name_lookup_time                            => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the
+ * name resolving was completed.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_name_lookup_time_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double time;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME, &time);
+
+  return rb_float_new(time);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.connect_time                                => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the
+ * connect to the remote host (or proxy) was completed.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_connect_time_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double time;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME, &time);
+
+  return rb_float_new(time);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.pre_transfer_time                           => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the
+ * file transfer is just about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer
+ * commands and negotiations that are specific to the particular protocol(s)
+ * involved.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_pre_transfer_time_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double time;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME, &time);
+
+  return rb_float_new(time);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.start_transfer_time                         => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the first byte
+ * is just about to be transferred. This includes the +pre_transfer_time+ and
+ * also the time the server needs to calculate the result.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_start_transfer_time_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double time;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME, &time);
+
+  return rb_float_new(time);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.redirect_time                               => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the total time, in seconds, it took for all redirection steps
+ * include name lookup, connect, pretransfer and transfer before final
+ * transaction was started. +redirect_time+ contains the complete
+ * execution time for multiple redirections.
+ *
+ * Requires libcurl 7.9.7 or higher, otherwise -1 is always returned.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_redirect_time_get(VALUE self) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double time;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME, &time);
+
+  return rb_float_new(time);
+#else
+  rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support redirect_time");
+  return rb_float_new(-1);
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.redirect_count                           => integer
+ *
+ * Retrieve the total number of redirections that were actually followed.
+ *
+ * Requires libcurl 7.9.7 or higher, otherwise -1 is always returned.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_redirect_count_get(VALUE self) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long count;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, &count);
+
+  return LONG2NUM(count);
+#else
+  rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support redirect_count");
+  return INT2FIX(-1);
+#endif
+
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.uploaded_bytes                              => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the total amount of bytes that were uploaded in the
+ * preceeding transfer.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_uploaded_bytes_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double bytes;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD, &bytes);
+
+  return rb_float_new(bytes);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.downloaded_bytes                            => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the total amount of bytes that were downloaded in the
+ * preceeding transfer.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_downloaded_bytes_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double bytes;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD, &bytes);
+
+  return rb_float_new(bytes);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.upload_speed                                => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the average upload speed that curl measured for the
+ * preceeding complete upload.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_upload_speed_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double bytes;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD, &bytes);
+
+  return rb_float_new(bytes);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.download_speed                              => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the average download speed that curl measured for
+ * the preceeding complete download.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_download_speed_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double bytes;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD, &bytes);
+
+  return rb_float_new(bytes);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.header_size                                 => fixnum
+ *
+ * Retrieve the total size of all the headers received in the
+ * preceeding transfer.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_header_size_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long size;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE, &size);
+
+  return LONG2NUM(size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.request_size                                => fixnum
+ *
+ * Retrieve the total size of the issued requests. This is so far
+ * only for HTTP requests. Note that this may be more than one request
+ * if +follow_location?+ is true.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_request_size_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long size;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, &size);
+
+  return LONG2NUM(size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.ssl_verify_result                           => integer
+ *
+ * Retrieve the result of the certification verification that was requested
+ * (by setting +ssl_verify_peer?+ to +true+).
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_result_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long result;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT, &result);
+
+  return LONG2NUM(result);
+}
+
+/* TODO CURLINFO_SSL_ENGINES
+
+Pass the address of a 'struct curl_slist *' to receive a linked-list of OpenSSL crypto-engines supported. Note that engines are normally implemented in separate dynamic libraries. Hence not all the returned engines may be available at run-time. NOTE: you must call curl_slist_free_all(3) on the list pointer once you're done with it, as libcurl will not free the data for you. (Added in 7.12.3)
+*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.downloaded_content_length                   => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the content-length of the download. This is the value read
+ * from the Content-Length: field.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_downloaded_content_length_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double bytes;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD, &bytes);
+
+  return rb_float_new(bytes);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.uploaded_content_length                     => float
+ *
+ * Retrieve the content-length of the upload.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_uploaded_content_length_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  double bytes;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD, &bytes);
+
+  return rb_float_new(bytes);
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.content_type                                => "content/type" or nil
+ *
+ * Retrieve the content-type of the downloaded object. This is the value read
+ * from the Content-Type: field. If you get +nil+, it means that the server
+ * didn't send a valid Content-Type header or that the protocol used doesn't
+ * support this.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_content_type_get(VALUE self) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  char* type;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, &type);
+
+  if (type && type[0]) {    // curl returns empty string if none
+    return rb_str_new2(type);
+  } else {
+    return Qnil;
+  }
+}
+
+
+/* NOT REQUIRED?
+CURLINFO_PRIVATE
+
+Pass a pointer to a 'char *' to receive the pointer to the private data associated with the curl handle (set with the CURLOPT_PRIVATE option to curl_easy_setopt(3)). (Added in 7.10.3)
+*/
+
+/* TODO these will need constants setting up too for checking the bits.
+ *
+ * Alternatively, could return an object that wraps the long, and has
+ * question methods to query the auth types. Could return long from to_i(nt)
+ *
+CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL
+
+Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication method(s) available. The meaning of the bits is explained in the CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH option for curl_easy_setopt(3). (Added in 7.10.8)
+
+CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL
+
+Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication method(s) available for your proxy authentication. (Added in 7.10.8)
+*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.os_errno                                    => integer
+ *
+ * Retrieve the errno variable from a connect failure (requires
+ * libcurl 7.12.2 or higher, otherwise 0 is always returned).
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_os_errno_get(VALUE self) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CURLINFO_OS_ERRNO
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long result;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_OS_ERRNO, &result);
+
+  return LONG2NUM(result);
+#else
+  rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support os_errno");
+  return INT2FIX(0);
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.num_connects                                    => integer
+ *
+ * Retrieve the number of new connections libcurl had to create to achieve
+ * the previous transfer (only the successful connects are counted).
+ * Combined with +redirect_count+ you are able to know how many times libcurl
+ * successfully reused existing connection(s) or not.
+ *
+ * See the Connection Options of curl_easy_setopt(3) to see how libcurl tries
+ * to make persistent connections to save time.
+ *
+ * (requires libcurl 7.12.3 or higher, otherwise -1 is always returned).
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_num_connects_get(VALUE self) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  long result;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS, &result);
+
+  return LONG2NUM(result);
+#else
+  rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support num_connects");
+  return INT2FIX(-1);
+#endif
+}
+
+
+/* TODO this needs to be implemented.
+
+CURLINFO_COOKIELIST
+
+Pass a pointer to a 'struct curl_slist *' to receive a linked-list of all cookies cURL knows (expired ones, too). Don't forget to curl_slist_free_all(3) the list after it has been used. If there are no cookies (cookies for the handle have not been enabled or simply none have been received) 'struct curl_slist *' will be set to point to NULL. (Added in 7.14.1)
+*/
+
+/* TODO this needs to be implemented. Could probably support CONNECT_ONLY by having this
+ *      return an open Socket or something.
+ *
+CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET
+
+Pass a pointer to a long to receive the last socket used by this curl session. If the socket is no longer valid, -1 is returned. When you finish working with the socket, you must call curl_easy_cleanup() as usual and let libcurl close the socket and cleanup other resources associated with the handle. This is typically used in combination with CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY. (Added in 7.15.2)
+*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.content_type                                => "content/type" or nil
+ *
+ * Retrieve the path of the entry path. That is the initial path libcurl ended
+ * up in when logging on to the remote FTP server. This returns +nil+ if
+ * something is wrong.
+ *
+ * (requires libcurl 7.15.4 or higher, otherwise +nil+ is always returned).
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_ftp_entry_path_get(VALUE self) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  char* path = NULL;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  curl_easy_getinfo(rbce->curl, CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH, &path);
+
+  if (path && path[0]) {    // curl returns NULL or empty string if none
+    return rb_str_new2(path);
+  } else {
+    return Qnil;
+  }
+#else
+  rb_warn("Installed libcurl is too old to support num_connects");
+  return Qnil;
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.inspect                                => "#<Curl::Easy http://google.com/>"
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_inspect(VALUE self) {
+  char buf[64];
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+  /* if we don't have a url set... we'll crash... */
+  if(rbce->url != Qnil && rb_type(rbce->url) == T_STRING) {
+    size_t len = 13+((RSTRING_LEN(rbce->url) > 50) ? 50 : RSTRING_LEN(rbce->url));
+    /* "#<Net::HTTP http://www.google.com/:80 open=false>" */
+    memcpy(buf,"#<Curl::Easy ", 13);
+    memcpy(buf+13,RSTRING_PTR(rbce->url), (len - 13));
+    buf[len-1] = '>';
+    return rb_str_new(buf,len);
+  }
+  return rb_str_new2("#<Curl::Easy");
+}
+
+
+/* ================== ESCAPING FUNCS ==============*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.escape("some text")                         => "some%20text"
+ *
+ * Convert the given input string to a URL encoded string and return
+ * the result. All input characters that are not a-z, A-Z or 0-9 are
+ * converted to their "URL escaped" version (%NN where NN is a
+ * two-digit hexadecimal number).
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_escape(VALUE self, VALUE svalue) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  char *result;
+  VALUE rresult;
+  VALUE str = svalue;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+
+  /* NOTE: make sure the value is a string, if not call to_s */
+  if( rb_type(str) != T_STRING ) { str = rb_funcall(str,rb_intern("to_s"),0); }
+
+#if (LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070f04)
+  result = (char*)curl_easy_escape(rbce->curl, StringValuePtr(str), RSTRING_LEN(str));
+#else
+  result = (char*)curl_escape(StringValuePtr(str), RSTRING_LEN(str));
+#endif
+
+  rresult = rb_str_new2(result);
+  curl_free(result);
+
+  return rresult;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   easy.unescape("some text")                       => "some%20text"
+ *
+ * Convert the given URL encoded input string to a "plain string" and return
+ * the result. All input characters that are URL encoded (%XX where XX is a
+ * two-digit hexadecimal number) are converted to their binary versions.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_unescape(VALUE self, VALUE str) {
+  ruby_curl_easy *rbce;
+  int rlen;
+  char *result;
+  VALUE rresult;
+
+  Data_Get_Struct(self, ruby_curl_easy, rbce);
+
+#if (LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070f04)
+  result = (char*)curl_easy_unescape(rbce->curl, StringValuePtr(str), RSTRING_LEN(str), &rlen);
+#else
+  result = (char*)curl_unescape(StringValuePtr(str), RSTRING_LEN(str));
+  rlen = strlen(result);
+#endif
+
+  rresult = rb_str_new(result, rlen);
+  curl_free(result);
+
+  return rresult;
+}
+
+
+/* ================= CLASS METHODS ==================*/
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   Curl::Easy.perform(url) { |easy| ... }           => #&lt;Curl::Easy...&gt;
+ *
+ * Convenience method that creates a new Curl::Easy instance with
+ * the specified URL and calls the general +perform+ method, before returning
+ * the new instance. For HTTP URLs, this is equivalent to calling +http_get+.
+ *
+ * If a block is supplied, the new instance will be yielded just prior to
+ * the +http_get+ call.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_class_perform(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) {
+  VALUE c = ruby_curl_easy_new(argc, argv, klass);
+
+  if (rb_block_given_p()) {
+    rb_yield(c);
+  }
+
+  ruby_curl_easy_perform(c);
+  return c;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   Curl::Easy.http_get(url) { |easy| ... }          => #&lt;Curl::Easy...&gt;
+ *
+ * Convenience method that creates a new Curl::Easy instance with
+ * the specified URL and calls +http_get+, before returning the new instance.
+ *
+ * If a block is supplied, the new instance will be yielded just prior to
+ * the +http_get+ call.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_get(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) {
+  VALUE c = ruby_curl_easy_new(argc, argv, klass);
+
+  ruby_curl_easy_perform_get(c);
+  return c;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   Curl::Easy.http_delete(url) { |easy| ... }          => #&lt;Curl::Easy...&gt;
+ *
+ * Convenience method that creates a new Curl::Easy instance with
+ * the specified URL and calls +http_delete+, before returning the new instance.
+ *
+ * If a block is supplied, the new instance will be yielded just prior to
+ * the +http_delete+ call.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_delete(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) {
+  VALUE c = ruby_curl_easy_new(argc, argv, klass);
+
+  ruby_curl_easy_perform_delete(c);
+  return c;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   Curl::Easy.http_head(url) { |easy| ... }          => #&lt;Curl::Easy...&gt;
+ *
+ * Convenience method that creates a new Curl::Easy instance with
+ * the specified URL and calls +http_head+, before returning the new instance.
+ *
+ * If a block is supplied, the new instance will be yielded just prior to
+ * the +http_head+ call.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_head(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) {
+  VALUE c = ruby_curl_easy_new(argc, argv, klass);
+
+  ruby_curl_easy_perform_head(c);
+
+  return c;
+}
+
+// TODO: add convenience method for http_post
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   Curl::Easy.http_post(url, "some=urlencoded%20form%20data&and=so%20on") => true
+ *   Curl::Easy.http_post(url, "some=urlencoded%20form%20data", "and=so%20on", ...) => true
+ *   Curl::Easy.http_post(url, "some=urlencoded%20form%20data", Curl::PostField, "and=so%20on", ...) => true
+ *   Curl::Easy.http_post(url, Curl::PostField, Curl::PostField ..., Curl::PostField) => true
+ *
+ * POST the specified formdata to the currently configured URL using
+ * the current options set for this Curl::Easy instance. This method
+ * always returns true, or raises an exception (defined under
+ * Curl::Err) on error.
+ *
+ * If you wish to use multipart form encoding, you'll need to supply a block
+ * in order to set multipart_form_post true. See #http_post for more
+ * information.
+ */
+static VALUE ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_post(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) {
+  VALUE url, fields;
+  VALUE c;
+
+  rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "1*", &url, &fields);
+
+  c = ruby_curl_easy_new(1, &url, klass);
+
+  if (argc > 1) {
+    ruby_curl_easy_perform_post(argc - 1, &argv[1], c);
+  } else {
+    ruby_curl_easy_perform_post(0, NULL, c);
+  }
+
+  return c;
+}
+
+
+/* =================== INIT LIB =====================*/
+void init_curb_easy() {
+  idCall = rb_intern("call");
+  idJoin = rb_intern("join");
+
+  rbstrAmp = rb_str_new2("&");
+  rb_global_variable(&rbstrAmp);
+
+  cCurlEasy = rb_define_class_under(mCurl, "Easy", rb_cObject);
+
+  /* Class methods */
+  rb_define_singleton_method(cCurlEasy, "new", ruby_curl_easy_new, -1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(cCurlEasy, "perform", ruby_curl_easy_class_perform, -1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(cCurlEasy, "http_delete", ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_delete, -1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(cCurlEasy, "http_get", ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_get, -1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(cCurlEasy, "http_post", ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_post, -1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(cCurlEasy, "http_head", ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_head, -1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(cCurlEasy, "http_put", ruby_curl_easy_class_perform_put, 2);
+
+  /* Attributes for config next perform */
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "url=", ruby_curl_easy_url_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "url", ruby_curl_easy_url_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_url=", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_url_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_url", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_url_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "headers=", ruby_curl_easy_headers_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "headers", ruby_curl_easy_headers_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "interface=", ruby_curl_easy_interface_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "interface", ruby_curl_easy_interface_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "userpwd=", ruby_curl_easy_userpwd_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "userpwd", ruby_curl_easy_userpwd_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxypwd=", ruby_curl_easy_proxypwd_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxypwd", ruby_curl_easy_proxypwd_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cookies=", ruby_curl_easy_cookies_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cookies", ruby_curl_easy_cookies_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cookiefile=", ruby_curl_easy_cookiefile_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cookiefile", ruby_curl_easy_cookiefile_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cookiejar=", ruby_curl_easy_cookiejar_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cookiejar", ruby_curl_easy_cookiejar_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cert=", ruby_curl_easy_cert_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cert", ruby_curl_easy_cert_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cacert=", ruby_curl_easy_cacert_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "cacert", ruby_curl_easy_cacert_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "certpassword=", ruby_curl_easy_certpassword_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "certtype=", ruby_curl_easy_certtype_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "certtype", ruby_curl_easy_certtype_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "encoding=", ruby_curl_easy_encoding_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "encoding", ruby_curl_easy_encoding_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "useragent=", ruby_curl_easy_useragent_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "useragent", ruby_curl_easy_useragent_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "post_body=", ruby_curl_easy_post_body_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "post_body", ruby_curl_easy_post_body_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "put_data=", ruby_curl_easy_put_data_set, 1);
+
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "local_port=", ruby_curl_easy_local_port_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "local_port", ruby_curl_easy_local_port_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "local_port_range=", ruby_curl_easy_local_port_range_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "local_port_range", ruby_curl_easy_local_port_range_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_port=", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_port_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_port", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_port_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_type=", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_type_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_type", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_type_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "http_auth_types=", ruby_curl_easy_http_auth_types_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "http_auth_types", ruby_curl_easy_http_auth_types_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_auth_types=", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_auth_types_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_auth_types", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_auth_types_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "max_redirects=", ruby_curl_easy_max_redirects_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "max_redirects", ruby_curl_easy_max_redirects_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "timeout=", ruby_curl_easy_timeout_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "timeout", ruby_curl_easy_timeout_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "connect_timeout=", ruby_curl_easy_connect_timeout_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "connect_timeout", ruby_curl_easy_connect_timeout_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "dns_cache_timeout=", ruby_curl_easy_dns_cache_timeout_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "dns_cache_timeout", ruby_curl_easy_dns_cache_timeout_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "ftp_response_timeout=", ruby_curl_easy_ftp_response_timeout_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "ftp_response_timeout", ruby_curl_easy_ftp_response_timeout_get, 0);
+
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_tunnel=", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_tunnel_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "proxy_tunnel?", ruby_curl_easy_proxy_tunnel_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "fetch_file_time=", ruby_curl_easy_fetch_file_time_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "fetch_file_time?", ruby_curl_easy_fetch_file_time_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "ssl_verify_peer=", ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_peer_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "ssl_verify_peer?", ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_peer_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "ssl_verify_host=", ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_host_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "ssl_verify_host?", ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_host_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "header_in_body=", ruby_curl_easy_header_in_body_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "header_in_body?", ruby_curl_easy_header_in_body_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "use_netrc=", ruby_curl_easy_use_netrc_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "use_netrc?", ruby_curl_easy_use_netrc_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "follow_location=", ruby_curl_easy_follow_location_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "follow_location?", ruby_curl_easy_follow_location_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "unrestricted_auth=", ruby_curl_easy_unrestricted_auth_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "unrestricted_auth?", ruby_curl_easy_unrestricted_auth_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "verbose=", ruby_curl_easy_verbose_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "verbose?", ruby_curl_easy_verbose_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "multipart_form_post=", ruby_curl_easy_multipart_form_post_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "multipart_form_post?", ruby_curl_easy_multipart_form_post_q, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "enable_cookies=", ruby_curl_easy_enable_cookies_set, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "enable_cookies?", ruby_curl_easy_enable_cookies_q, 0);
+
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "on_body", ruby_curl_easy_on_body_set, -1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "on_header", ruby_curl_easy_on_header_set, -1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "on_progress", ruby_curl_easy_on_progress_set, -1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "on_debug", ruby_curl_easy_on_debug_set, -1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "on_success", ruby_curl_easy_on_success_set, -1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "on_failure", ruby_curl_easy_on_failure_set, -1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "on_complete", ruby_curl_easy_on_complete_set, -1);
+
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "perform", ruby_curl_easy_perform, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "http_delete", ruby_curl_easy_perform_delete, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "http_get", ruby_curl_easy_perform_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "http_post", ruby_curl_easy_perform_post, -1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "http_head", ruby_curl_easy_perform_head, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "http_put", ruby_curl_easy_perform_put, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "head=", ruby_curl_easy_set_head_option, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "delete=", ruby_curl_easy_set_delete_option, 1);
+
+  /* Post-perform info methods */
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "body_str", ruby_curl_easy_body_str_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "header_str", ruby_curl_easy_header_str_get, 0);
+
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "last_effective_url", ruby_curl_easy_last_effective_url_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "response_code", ruby_curl_easy_response_code_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "http_connect_code", ruby_curl_easy_http_connect_code_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "file_time", ruby_curl_easy_file_time_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "total_time", ruby_curl_easy_total_time_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "name_lookup_time", ruby_curl_easy_name_lookup_time_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "connect_time", ruby_curl_easy_connect_time_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "pre_transfer_time", ruby_curl_easy_pre_transfer_time_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "start_transfer_time", ruby_curl_easy_start_transfer_time_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "redirect_time", ruby_curl_easy_redirect_time_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "redirect_count", ruby_curl_easy_redirect_count_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "downloaded_bytes", ruby_curl_easy_downloaded_bytes_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "uploaded_bytes", ruby_curl_easy_uploaded_bytes_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "download_speed", ruby_curl_easy_download_speed_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "upload_speed", ruby_curl_easy_upload_speed_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "header_size", ruby_curl_easy_header_size_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "request_size", ruby_curl_easy_request_size_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "ssl_verify_result", ruby_curl_easy_ssl_verify_result_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "downloaded_content_length", ruby_curl_easy_downloaded_content_length_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "uploaded_content_length", ruby_curl_easy_uploaded_content_length_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "content_type", ruby_curl_easy_content_type_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "os_errno", ruby_curl_easy_os_errno_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "num_connects", ruby_curl_easy_num_connects_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "ftp_entry_path", ruby_curl_easy_ftp_entry_path_get, 0);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "inspect", ruby_curl_easy_inspect, 0);
+
+  /* Curl utils */
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "escape", ruby_curl_easy_escape, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "unescape", ruby_curl_easy_unescape, 1);
+
+  /* Runtime support */
+  rb_define_method(cCurlEasy, "clone", ruby_curl_easy_clone, 0);
+  rb_define_alias(cCurlEasy, "dup", "clone");
+}