--- a/src/core/http.cc	Tue Jun 11 15:11:09 2024 -0400
+++ b/src/core/http.cc	Wed Jun 12 04:07:10 2024 -0400
@@ -8,6 +8,60 @@
 
 namespace HTTP {
 
+std::string UrlEncode(const std::string& data) {
+	/* why do I need to init curl just for this? wtf? */
+	CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+	if (!curl)
+		return ""; /* no way! */
+
+	char* output = curl_easy_escape(curl, data.data(), data.size());
+	if (!output) {
+		curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+		return "";
+	}
+
+	std::string str(output);
+
+	curl_free(output);
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+std::string UrlDecode(const std::string& data) {
+	CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+	if (!curl)
+		return "";
+
+	int outlength;
+	char* output = curl_easy_unescape(curl, data.data(), data.size(), &outlength);
+	if (!output) {
+		curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+		return "";
+	}
+
+	std::string str(output, outlength);
+
+	curl_free(output);
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+std::string EncodeParamsList(std::string base, const std::map<std::string, std::string>& params) {
+	std::size_t count = 0;
+	for (const auto& param : params) {
+		base += (!count ? "?" : "&");
+		base += UrlEncode(param.first);
+		base += "=";
+		base += UrlEncode(param.second);
+
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	return base;
+}
+
 static size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata) {
 	reinterpret_cast<QByteArray*>(userdata)->append(reinterpret_cast<char*>(contents), size * nmemb);
 	return size * nmemb;
@@ -35,7 +89,7 @@
 		session.IncrementRequests();
 		curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 		if (res != CURLE_OK)
-			std::cerr << "curl_easy_perform(curl) failed!: " << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;
+			session.SetStatusBar(std::string("curl_easy_perform(curl) failed!: ") + curl_easy_strerror(res));
 	}
 	return userdata;
 }
@@ -122,7 +176,7 @@
 
 		callback_data_mutex_.lock();
 		if (res != CURLE_OK && !(res == CURLE_WRITE_ERROR && cancelled_))
-			std::cerr << "curl_easy_perform(curl) failed!: " << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;
+			session.SetStatusBar(std::string("curl_easy_perform(curl) failed!: ") + curl_easy_strerror(res));
 		callback_data_mutex_.unlock();
 	}