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+/*
+ * Ricochet - A minimalist CLI web browser for fast, distraction-free navigation.
+ * Copyright (C) 2026  Richard Qin
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "ricochet/net/http_utils.hh"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace ricochet::net {
+
+std::string dechunk( std::string_view body )
+{
+  std::string result;
+  std::size_t pos = 0;
+  while ( pos < body.size() ) {
+    auto line_end = body.find( "\r\n", pos );
+    if ( line_end == std::string_view::npos ) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    const std::string len_str( body.substr( pos, line_end - pos ) );
+    unsigned int chunk_size = 0;
+    try {
+      chunk_size = std::stoul( len_str, nullptr, 16 );
+    } catch ( ... ) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    if ( chunk_size == 0 ) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    pos = line_end + 2;
+    if ( pos + chunk_size > body.size() ) {
+      break;
+    }
+    result.append( body.substr( pos, chunk_size ) );
+
+    pos += chunk_size + 2;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+std::string remove_html_comments( std::string html )
+{
+  std::size_t start_pos = 0;
+  while ( ( start_pos = html.find( "<!--", start_pos ) ) != std::string::npos ) {
+    auto end_pos = html.find( "-->", start_pos );
+    if ( end_pos != std::string::npos ) {
+      html.erase( start_pos, end_pos - start_pos + 3 );
+    } else {
+      html.erase( start_pos );
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return html;
+}
+
+std::string remove_tag_blocks( std::string html, // NOLINT(bugprone-easily-swappable-parameters)
+                               const std::string& tag_name )
+{
+  const std::string open_tag = "<" + tag_name;
+  const std::string close_tag = "</" + tag_name + ">";
+  std::size_t start_pos = 0;
+
+  while ( ( start_pos = html.find( open_tag, start_pos ) ) != std::string::npos ) {
+    const std::size_t end_pos = html.find( close_tag, start_pos );
+    if ( end_pos != std::string::npos ) {
+      html.erase( start_pos, end_pos - start_pos + close_tag.length() );
+    } else {
+      html.erase( start_pos );
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return html;
+}
+
+} // namespace ricochet::net