Simple API for HTTP GET?

[Bryan Field-Elliot]

We are building a module which, among other things, needs to do a simple HTTP GET (or HTTPS GET) from another website. Operationally this will be very similar to what mod_proxy does, though our module serves a completely different purpose.

My question is, in the Apache 2.x codebase, is there a simple API call, in any of the utility files, which can make this easier for us?

e.g. an API call such as: "char* http_get(char* url)", which could be invoked from any module...

Thank you,

Bryan