import { AjaxRequest } from 'rxjs/ajax';
/**
 * `TypedAjaxRequest` is identical to an ordinary `AjaxRequest` by **rxjs**,
 * it just transports type information for the request and response body.
 */
export interface TypedAjaxRequest<Resource = any, Data = Resource> extends AjaxRequest {
}
/**
 * Request Method.
 */
export declare enum Method {
    GET = "GET",
    POST = "POST",
    PUT = "PUT",
    PATCH = "PATCH",
    DELETE = "DELETE"
}
/**
 * Response Type.
 */
export declare enum ResponseType {
    JSON = "json",
    TEXT = "text",
    BLOB = "blob"
}
/**
 * Defines a request builder.
 */
export interface Request<Resource = any, Data = Resource> {
    /**
     * Sets the url for the request.
     *
     * @param url URL.
     */
    url(url: string): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Sets the request method.
     *
     * @see Method
     * @param method Method.
     */
    method(method: Method): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Sets the response type.
     *
     * @see ResponseType
     * @param responseType Response type.
     */
    responseType(responseType: ResponseType): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Sets the data (body).
     *
     * @param body Body.
     */
    data(body: Data): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Sets the value of a specific header.
     * Undefined as value will delete the current header value.
     *
     * @param name Name.
     * @param value Value.
     */
    header(name: string, value: string | undefined): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Sets a group of headers and their values.
     * Undefined values will delete the corresponding header value.
     *
     * @param headers Headers.
     */
    headers(headers: Record<string, string | undefined>): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Sets the user.
     *
     * @param user User.
     */
    user(user: string | undefined): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Sets the password.
     *
     * @param password Password.
     */
    password(password: string | undefined): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Sets the credentials flags.
     *
     * @param withCredentials Credentials flag.
     */
    withCredentials(withCredentials: boolean): Request<Resource, Data>;
    /**
     * Gets the actual request object.
     */
    get(): TypedAjaxRequest<Resource, Data>;
}
export declare function request<Resource, Data = Resource>(configuration?: TypedAjaxRequest<Resource, Data>): Request<Resource, Data>;