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Send GET, POST, or HEAD requests to an HTTP server.
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Supports SSL.
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Can save cookies to a persistant XML-based file store.
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Can automatically add cookies from a persistent file store to HTTP requests.
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Sophisticated caching capabilities.
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Cache can extend across multiple hard drives.
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Supports Basic HTTP authentication (login/password).
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Supports HTTP proxies.
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Supports two caching algorithms: LMFactor and constant-freshness.
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Can automatically follow redirects.
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Provides read and connect timeout properties.
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Allows for custom HTTP request headers to be added to any request.
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Handles international (non-English) web pages including Asian and Middle Eastern languages.
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Automatically manages a pool of connections with HTTP servers.
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Can mimic FireFox or Internet Explorer.
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Provides access to all HTTP response header fields.
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Supports XMLHTTP.
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Supports multipart/form-data for easy uploads to HTTP server.
