+(** HTTP messages parsing *)
+
+open Http_types;;
+
+ (** given an HTTP like query string (e.g. "name1=value1&name2=value2&...")
+ @return a list of pairs [("name1", "value1"); ("name2", "value2")]
+ @raise Malformed_query if the string isn't a valid query string
+ @raise Malformed_query_part if some piece of the query isn't valid
+ *)
+val split_query_params: string -> (string * string) list
+
+ (** parse 1st line of an HTTP request
+ @param inchan input channel from which parse request
+ @return a triple meth * url * version, meth is the HTTP method invoked, url is
+ the requested url, version is the HTTP version specified or None if no version
+ was specified
+ @raise Malformed_request if request 1st linst isn't well formed
+ @raise Malformed_request_URI if requested URI isn't well formed *)
+val parse_request_fst_line: in_channel -> meth * Neturl.url * version option
+
+ (** parse 1st line of an HTTP response
+ * @param inchan input channel from which parse response
+ * @raise Malformed_response if first line isn't well formed
+ *)
+val parse_response_fst_line: in_channel -> version * status
+
+ (** parse HTTP GET parameters from an URL; paramater which were passed with no
+ value (like 'x' in "/foo.cgi?a=10&x=&c=9") are returned associated with the
+ empty ("") string.
+ @return a list of pairs param_name * param_value *)
+val parse_query_get_params: Neturl.url -> (string * string) list
+
+ (** parse the base path (removing query string, fragment, ....) from an URL *)
+val parse_path: Neturl.url -> string
+
+ (** parse HTTP headers. Consumes also trailing CRLF at the end of header list
+ @param inchan input channel from which parse headers
+ @return a list of pairs header_name * header_value
+ @raise Invalid_header if a not well formed header is encountered *)
+val parse_headers: in_channel -> (string * string) list