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+// Download files via HTTP with support for If-Modified-Since
+
+// Copyright (C) 2019 Simon Ruderich
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+ "io/ioutil"
+ "net/http"
+ "time"
+)
+
+// Global variable to permit reuse of connections (keep-alive)
+var client *http.Client
+
+func init() {
+ client = &http.Client{}
+}
+
+func fetchIfModified(url string, lastModified *time.Time) (int, []byte, error) {
+ req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+ if err != nil {
+ return 0, nil, err
+ }
+ if !lastModified.IsZero() {
+ req.Header.Add("If-Modified-Since",
+ lastModified.Format(http.TimeFormat))
+ }
+
+ resp, err := client.Do(req)
+ if err != nil {
+ return 0, nil, err
+ }
+ defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+ body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+ if err != nil {
+ return 0, nil, err
+ }
+
+ modified, err := http.ParseTime(resp.Header.Get("Last-Modified"))
+ if err == nil {
+ *lastModified = modified
+ }
+
+ return resp.StatusCode, body, nil
+}