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         <li><a href="#timers">Timers</a>
         <li><a href="#files">File System I/O</a>
         <li><a href="#tcp">TCP</a>
+          <ol>
+          <li><a href="#tcp_server">Server</a>
+          <li><a href="#tcp_connection">Connection</a>
+          </ol>
         <li><a href="#http">HTTP</a>
           <ol>
           <li><a href="#http_server">Server</a>
-          <li><a href="#http_server_request">ServerRequest</a>
-          <li><a href="#http_server_response">ServerResponse</a>
+            <ol>
+            <li><a href="#http_server_request">Request</a>
+            <li><a href="#http_server_response">Response</a>
+            </ol>
           <li><a href="#http_client">Client</a>
+            <ol>
+            <li><a href="#http_client_request">Request</a>
+            <li><a href="#http_client_response">Response</a>
+            </ol>
           </ol>
         <li><a href="#modules">Modules</a>
       </ol>
@@ -119,7 +131,7 @@ puts("Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/");</pre>
 Node is an evented sandbox where users cannot execute blocking I/O. 
 This is
 already natural for Javascript programmers, as the DOM is almost entirely
-asynchronous and allows for effieceny.  The goal is to provide an easy way to create
+asynchronous.  The goal is to provide an easy way to create
 efficient network applications.
 
 
@@ -146,7 +158,7 @@ make
 make install</pre>
 
 
-<h2 id="api">Application Programming Interface</h2>
+<h2 id="api">API</h2>
 
 <p>Conventions: Callbacks are object members which are prefixed with
 <code class="sh_javascript">on</code>. All methods and members are camel cased. Constructors
@@ -279,7 +291,6 @@ req.onBody = function (chunk) {
   <dd>
     Set the encoding for the request body. Either <code class="sh_javascript">"utf8"</code> or
     <code class="sh_javascript">"raw"</code>. Defaults to raw.
-    <big>TODO</big>
 </dl>
 
 <h4 id="http_server_response"><code class="sh_javascript">node.http.ServerResponse</code></h4>
@@ -366,6 +377,84 @@ normally are without bodies but HTTP does not forbid it, so neither do we.)
 
 </dl>
 
+<h4 id="http_client_request"><code class="sh_javascript">node.http.ClientRequest</code></h4>
+
+<p>This object created internally and returned from the request methods of a
+<code>node.http.Client</code>. It represents an <i>in-progress</i> request
+whose header has already been sent. 
+
+<dl>
+  <dt><code class="sh_javascript">req.sendBody(chunk, encoding)</code></dt>
+  <dd> Sends a sucessive peice of the body.  By calling this method many times,
+the user can stream a request body to a server&mdash;in that case it is
+suggested to use the <code class="sh_javascript">["Transfer-Encoding",
+"chunked"]</code> header line when creating the request.  
+
+  <p>The <code>chunk</code> argument should be an array of integers or a string.
+
+  <p>The <code>encoding</code> argument is optional and only applies when
+    <code>chunk</code> is a string. The encoding argument should be either
+    <code>"utf8"</code> or <code>"ascii"</code>. By default the body uses ASCII
+    encoding, as it is faster.
+
+  <p> TODO
+
+  <dt><code class="sh_javascript">req.finish(response_handler)</code></dt>
+
+  <dd> Finishes sending the request. If any parts of the body are
+    unsent, it will flush them to the socket. If the request is chunked, this
+    will send the terminating <code class="sh_javascript">"0\r\n\r\n"</code>.
+
+  <p>The parameter <code>response_handler</code> is a user-supplied callback which will 
+    be executed exactly once when the server response headers have been received. 
+    The <code>response_handler</code> callback is executed with one argument: a
+    <code>ClientResponse</code> object.    
+</dl>
+
+<h4 id="http_client_response"><code class="sh_javascript">node.http.ClientResponse</code></h4>
+
+<p>This object is created internally and passed to the
+<code>response_handler</code> callback (is given to the client in
+<code>req.finish</code> function).  The response object appears exactly as the
+header is completely received but before any part of the response body has been
+read. 
+
+<dl>
+  <dt><code class="sh_javascript">res.status_code</code></dt>
+  <dd>The 3-digit HTTP response status code. (E.G. <code class="sh_javascript">404</code>.)</dd>
+
+  <dt><code class="sh_javascript">res.http_version</code></dt>
+  <dd>The HTTP version of the connected-to server. Probably either 
+      <code class="sh_javascript">"1.1"</code> or 
+      <code class="sh_javascript">"1.0"</code>.
+  </dd>
+
+  <dt><code class="sh_javascript">res.headers</code></dt>
+  <dd>The response headers. An Array of 2-element arrays.</dd>
+
+  <dt><code class="sh_javascript">res.onBody</code></dt>
+  <dd>Callback. Should be set by the user to be informed of when a piece
+  of the message body is received.
+  A chunk of the body is given as the single argument. The transfer-encoding
+  has been removed. 
+
+  <p>The body chunk is either a <code>String</code> in the case of UTF-8
+  encoding or an array of numbers in the case of raw encoding. The body 
+  encoding is set with <code class="sh_javascript">res.setBodyEncoding()</code>.
+
+  <dt><code class="sh_javascript">res.onBodyComplete</code></dt>
+  <dd>Callback. Made exactly once for each message. No arguments. After
+  <code class="sh_javascript">onBodyComplete</code> is executed 
+  <code class="sh_javascript">onBody</code> will no longer be called.
+  </dd>
+
+  <dt><code class="sh_javascript">res.setBodyEncoding(encoding)</code></dt>
+  <dd>
+    Set the encoding for the response body. Either <code class="sh_javascript">"utf8"</code> or
+    <code class="sh_javascript">"raw"</code>. Defaults to raw.
+  </dd>
+</dl>
+
 <h3 id="modules">Modules</h3>
 
 <p>Node has a simple module loading system.  In Node, files and modules are

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