diff --git a/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php b/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
index 5a3a625ce..459e9e2c9 100644
--- a/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
+++ b/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function ostatus_subscribe_content(App $a)
 		$api = $contact['baseurl'] . '/api/';
 
 		// Fetching friends
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($api . 'statuses/friends.json?screen_name=' . $contact['nick']);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($api . 'statuses/friends.json?screen_name=' . $contact['nick']);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			DI::pConfig()->delete($uid, 'ostatus', 'legacy_contact');
diff --git a/mod/parse_url.php b/mod/parse_url.php
index 0e80d971a..a1faab6ef 100644
--- a/mod/parse_url.php
+++ b/mod/parse_url.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Friendica\Content\PageInfo;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
+use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Util\ParseUrl;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ function parse_url_content(App $a)
 	// Check if the URL is an image, video or audio file. If so format
 	// the URL with the corresponding BBCode media tag
 	// Fetch the header of the URL
-	$curlResponse = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url, false, ['novalidate' => true, 'nobody' => true]);
+	$curlResponse = DI::httpRequest()->get($url, false, ['novalidate' => true, 'nobody' => true]);
 
 	if ($curlResponse->isSuccess()) {
 		// Convert the header fields into an array
diff --git a/mod/redir.php b/mod/redir.php
index 4069518cd..b2f76738b 100644
--- a/mod/redir.php
+++ b/mod/redir.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ function redir_magic($a, $cid, $url)
 	}
 
 	// Test for magic auth on the target system
-	$serverret = DI::httpRequest()->curl($basepath . '/magic');
+	$serverret = DI::httpRequest()->get($basepath . '/magic');
 	if ($serverret->isSuccess()) {
 		$separator = strpos($target_url, '?') ? '&' : '?';
 		$target_url .= $separator . 'zrl=' . urlencode($visitor) . '&addr=' . urlencode($contact_url);
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index 036bc4a27..bf208a103 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class BBCode
 					continue;
 				}
 
-				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($mtch[1], true);
+				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($mtch[1], true);
 				if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 					continue;
 				}
diff --git a/src/Core/Search.php b/src/Core/Search.php
index 768a0bf27..c5c6ca08c 100644
--- a/src/Core/Search.php
+++ b/src/Core/Search.php
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class Search
 			$return = GContact::searchByName($search, $mode);
 		} else {
 			$p = $page > 1 ? 'p=' . $page : '';
-			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl(self::getGlobalDirectory() . '/search/people?' . $p . '&q=' . urlencode($search), false, ['accept_content' => 'application/json']);
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get(self::getGlobalDirectory() . '/search/people?' . $p . '&q=' . urlencode($search), false, ['accept_content' => 'application/json']);
 			if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 				$searchResult = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
 				if (!empty($searchResult['profiles'])) {
diff --git a/src/Model/GContact.php b/src/Model/GContact.php
index dabc907f8..109f5d54b 100644
--- a/src/Model/GContact.php
+++ b/src/Model/GContact.php
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ class GContact
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($gserver['noscrape'] . '/' . $data['nick']);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($gserver['noscrape'] . '/' . $data['nick']);
 
 		if ($curlResult->isSuccess() && !empty($curlResult->getBody())) {
 			$noscrape = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ class GContact
 	private static function updateFromFeed(array $data)
 	{
 		// Search for the newest entry in the feed
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($data['poll']);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($data['poll']);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			$fields = ['failed' => true, 'last_failure' => DateTimeFormat::utcNow()];
 			DBA::update('gcontact', $fields, ['nurl' => Strings::normaliseLink($data['url'])]);
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ class GContact
 
 		$url = $server . '/main/statistics';
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Model/GServer.php b/src/Model/GServer.php
index 76082fe1f..ae4332511 100644
--- a/src/Model/GServer.php
+++ b/src/Model/GServer.php
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class GServer
 
 		// When a nodeinfo is present, we don't need to dig further
 		$xrd_timeout = DI::config()->get('system', 'xrd_timeout');
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/.well-known/nodeinfo', false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout]);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/.well-known/nodeinfo', false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout]);
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			self::setFailure($url);
 			return false;
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class GServer
 					$basedata = ['detection-method' => self::DETECT_MANUAL];
 				}
 
-				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($baseurl, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout]);
+				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($baseurl, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout]);
 				if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 					$basedata = self::analyseRootHeader($curlResult, $basedata);
 					$basedata = self::analyseRootBody($curlResult, $basedata, $baseurl);
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ class GServer
 	{
 		Logger::info('Discover relay data', ['server' => $server_url]);
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($server_url . '/.well-known/x-social-relay');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($server_url . '/.well-known/x-social-relay');
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	private static function fetchStatistics(string $url)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/statistics.json');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/statistics.json');
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return [];
 		}
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	private static function parseNodeinfo1(string $nodeinfo_url)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($nodeinfo_url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($nodeinfo_url);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return [];
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	private static function parseNodeinfo2(string $nodeinfo_url)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($nodeinfo_url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($nodeinfo_url);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return [];
 		}
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	private static function fetchSiteinfo(string $url, array $serverdata)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/siteinfo.json');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/siteinfo.json');
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return $serverdata;
 		}
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ class GServer
 	private static function validHostMeta(string $url)
 	{
 		$xrd_timeout = DI::config()->get('system', 'xrd_timeout');
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/.well-known/host-meta', false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout]);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/.well-known/host-meta', false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout]);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ class GServer
 	{
 		$serverdata['poco'] = '';
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/poco');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/poco');
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return $serverdata;
 		}
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	public static function checkMastodonDirectory(string $url, array $serverdata)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/api/v1/directory?limit=1');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/api/v1/directory?limit=1');
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return $serverdata;
 		}
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	private static function detectNextcloud(string $url, array $serverdata)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/status.php');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/status.php');
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() || ($curlResult->getBody() == '')) {
 			return $serverdata;
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	private static function detectMastodonAlikes(string $url, array $serverdata)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/api/v1/instance');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/api/v1/instance');
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() || ($curlResult->getBody() == '')) {
 			return $serverdata;
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	private static function detectHubzilla(string $url, array $serverdata)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/api/statusnet/config.json');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/api/statusnet/config.json');
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() || ($curlResult->getBody() == '')) {
 			return $serverdata;
 		}
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ class GServer
 	private static function detectGNUSocial(string $url, array $serverdata)
 	{
 		// Test for GNU Social
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/api/gnusocial/version.json');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/api/gnusocial/version.json');
 		if ($curlResult->isSuccess() && ($curlResult->getBody() != '{"error":"not implemented"}') &&
 			($curlResult->getBody() != '') && (strlen($curlResult->getBody()) < 30)) {
 			$serverdata['platform'] = 'gnusocial';
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ class GServer
 		}
 
 		// Test for Statusnet
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/api/statusnet/version.json');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/api/statusnet/version.json');
 		if ($curlResult->isSuccess() && ($curlResult->getBody() != '{"error":"not implemented"}') &&
 			($curlResult->getBody() != '') && (strlen($curlResult->getBody()) < 30)) {
 
@@ -1317,9 +1317,9 @@ class GServer
 	 */
 	private static function detectFriendica(string $url, array $serverdata)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/friendica/json');
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/friendica/json');
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
-			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url . '/friendika/json');
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url . '/friendika/json');
 			$friendika = true;
 			$platform = 'Friendika';
 		} else {
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ class GServer
 		if (!empty($accesstoken)) {
 			$api = 'https://instances.social/api/1.0/instances/list?count=0';
 			$header = ['Authorization: Bearer '.$accesstoken];
-			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($api, false, ['headers' => $header]);
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($api, false, ['headers' => $header]);
 
 			if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 				$servers = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
diff --git a/src/Model/Photo.php b/src/Model/Photo.php
index a10711db2..7d984a8ce 100644
--- a/src/Model/Photo.php
+++ b/src/Model/Photo.php
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ class Photo
 
 		$filename = basename($image_url);
 		if (!empty($image_url)) {
-			$ret = DI::httpRequest()->curl($image_url, true);
+			$ret = DI::httpRequest()->get($image_url, true);
 			$img_str = $ret->getBody();
 			$type = $ret->getContentType();
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index d32940ae6..0cff8ba28 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class Profile
 			$magic_path = $basepath . '/magic' . '?owa=1&dest=' . $dest . '&' . $addr_request;
 
 			// We have to check if the remote server does understand /magic without invoking something
-			$serverret = DI::httpRequest()->curl($basepath . '/magic');
+			$serverret = DI::httpRequest()->get($basepath . '/magic');
 			if ($serverret->isSuccess()) {
 				Logger::log('Doing magic auth for visitor ' . $my_url . ' to ' . $magic_path, Logger::DEBUG);
 				System::externalRedirect($magic_path);
diff --git a/src/Model/User.php b/src/Model/User.php
index 9980c48d5..78ae95804 100644
--- a/src/Model/User.php
+++ b/src/Model/User.php
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ class User
 			$photo_failure = false;
 
 			$filename = basename($photo);
-			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($photo, true);
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($photo, true);
 			if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 				$img_str = $curlResult->getBody();
 				$type = $curlResult->getContentType();
diff --git a/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php b/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
index ad84bb6ab..a130c4839 100644
--- a/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
+++ b/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class Summary extends BaseAdmin
 	private static function checkSelfHostMeta()
 	{
 		// Fetch the host-meta to check if this really is a vital server
-		return DI::httpRequest()->curl(DI::baseUrl()->get() . '/.well-known/host-meta')->isSuccess();
+		return DI::httpRequest()->get(DI::baseUrl()->get() . '/.well-known/host-meta')->isSuccess();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Module/Magic.php b/src/Module/Magic.php
index a025617d8..95b742bb3 100644
--- a/src/Module/Magic.php
+++ b/src/Module/Magic.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Magic extends BaseModule
 				);
 
 				// Try to get an authentication token from the other instance.
-				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($basepath . '/owa', false, ['headers' => $headers]);
+				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($basepath . '/owa', false, ['headers' => $headers]);
 
 				if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 					$j = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php b/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
index 3e5091e07..f9279fa60 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
+++ b/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class HTTPRequest
 	 * @return CurlResult
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public function curl(string $url, bool $binary = false, array $opts = [], int &$redirects = 0)
+	public function get(string $url, bool $binary = false, array $opts = [], int &$redirects = 0)
 	{
 		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class HTTPRequest
 			$redirects++;
 			$this->logger->notice('Curl redirect.', ['url' => $url, 'to' => $curlResponse->getRedirectUrl()]);
 			@curl_close($ch);
-			return $this->curl($curlResponse->getRedirectUrl(), $binary, $opts, $redirects);
+			return $this->get($curlResponse->getRedirectUrl(), $binary, $opts, $redirects);
 		}
 
 		@curl_close($ch);
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class HTTPRequest
 	 */
 	public function fetchUrlFull(string $url, bool $binary = false, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = '', string $cookiejar = '', int &$redirects = 0)
 	{
-		return $this->curl(
+		return $this->get(
 			$url,
 			$binary,
 			[
diff --git a/src/Network/Probe.php b/src/Network/Probe.php
index 01dc28408..c41006b12 100644
--- a/src/Network/Probe.php
+++ b/src/Network/Probe.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Probe
 		Logger::info('Probing', ['host' => $host, 'ssl_url' => $ssl_url, 'url' => $url, 'callstack' => System::callstack(20)]);
 		$xrd = null;
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($ssl_url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => 'application/xrd+xml']);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($ssl_url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => 'application/xrd+xml']);
 		$ssl_connection_error = ($curlResult->getErrorNumber() == CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT) || ($curlResult->getReturnCode() == 0);
 		if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			$xml = $curlResult->getBody();
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class Probe
 		}
 
 		if (!is_object($xrd) && !empty($url)) {
-			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => 'application/xrd+xml']);
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => 'application/xrd+xml']);
 			$connection_error = ($curlResult->getErrorNumber() == CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT) || ($curlResult->getReturnCode() == 0);
 			if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 				Logger::info('Probing timeout', ['url' => $url]);
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class Probe
 	 */
 	private static function getHideStatus($url)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ class Probe
 
 	public static function pollZot($url, $data)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			return $data;
 		}
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ class Probe
 	{
 		$xrd_timeout = DI::config()->get('system', 'xrd_timeout', 20);
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => $type]);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => $type]);
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			self::$istimeout = true;
 			return [];
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ class Probe
 	 */
 	private static function pollNoscrape($noscrape_url, $data)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($noscrape_url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($noscrape_url);
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			self::$istimeout = true;
 			return [];
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ class Probe
 	 */
 	private static function pollHcard($hcard_url, $data, $dfrn = false)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($hcard_url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($hcard_url);
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			self::$istimeout = true;
 			return [];
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ class Probe
 							$pubkey = substr($pubkey, 5);
 						}
 					} elseif (Strings::normaliseLink($pubkey) == 'http://') {
-						$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($pubkey);
+						$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($pubkey);
 						if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 							self::$istimeout = true;
 							return $short ? false : [];
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ class Probe
 		}
 
 		// Fetch all additional data from the feed
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($data["poll"]);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($data["poll"]);
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			self::$istimeout = true;
 			return [];
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ class Probe
 	 */
 	private static function pumpioProfileData($profile_link)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($profile_link);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($profile_link);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return [];
 		}
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ class Probe
 	 */
 	private static function feed($url, $probe = true)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			self::$istimeout = true;
 			return [];
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub.php
index f41708011..6b29eabce 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 namespace Friendica\Protocol;
 
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
+use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\APContact;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Util\HTTPSignature;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ class ActivityPub
 			return HTTPSignature::fetch($url, $uid);
 		}
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/activity+json, application/ld+json']);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/activity+json, application/ld+json']);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() || empty($curlResult->getBody())) {
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 7c87ee0b2..8190806a0 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ class DFRN
 
 		Logger::log('dfrn_deliver: ' . $url);
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			return -2; // timed out
diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index a9ee2277e..9c87f367a 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ class OStatus
 
 		self::$conv_list[$conversation] = true;
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($conversation, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/atom+xml, text/html']);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($conversation, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/atom+xml, text/html']);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return;
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ class OStatus
 					}
 				}
 				if ($file != '') {
-					$conversation_atom = DI::httpRequest()->curl($attribute['href']);
+					$conversation_atom = DI::httpRequest()->get($attribute['href']);
 
 					if ($conversation_atom->isSuccess()) {
 						$xml = $conversation_atom->getBody();
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ class OStatus
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($self);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($self);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return;
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ class OStatus
 		}
 
 		$stored = false;
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($related, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/atom+xml, text/html']);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($related, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/atom+xml, text/html']);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return;
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ class OStatus
 					}
 				}
 				if ($atom_file != '') {
-					$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($atom_file);
+					$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($atom_file);
 
 					if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 						Logger::log('Fetched XML for URI ' . $related_uri, Logger::DEBUG);
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ class OStatus
 
 		// Workaround for older GNU Social servers
 		if (($xml == '') && strstr($related, '/notice/')) {
-			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl(str_replace('/notice/', '/api/statuses/show/', $related) . '.atom');
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get(str_replace('/notice/', '/api/statuses/show/', $related) . '.atom');
 
 			if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 				Logger::log('GNU Social workaround to fetch XML for URI ' . $related_uri, Logger::DEBUG);
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ class OStatus
 		// Even more worse workaround for GNU Social ;-)
 		if ($xml == '') {
 			$related_guess = self::convertHref($related_uri);
-			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl(str_replace('/notice/', '/api/statuses/show/', $related_guess) . '.atom');
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get(str_replace('/notice/', '/api/statuses/show/', $related_guess) . '.atom');
 
 			if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 				Logger::log('GNU Social workaround 2 to fetch XML for URI ' . $related_uri, Logger::DEBUG);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
index f118ffa94..5216e3937 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\GContact;
 use Friendica\Model\GServer;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPRequest;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ class PortableContact
 	 */
 	private static function fetchServerlist($poco)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($poco . "/@server");
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($poco . "/@server");
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return;
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ class PortableContact
 
 		Logger::info("Fetch all users from the server " . $server["url"]);
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 
 		if ($curlResult->isSuccess() && !empty($curlResult->getBody())) {
 			$data = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
@@ -314,7 +313,7 @@ class PortableContact
 
 				$success = false;
 
-				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 
 				if ($curlResult->isSuccess() && !empty($curlResult->getBody())) {
 					Logger::info("Fetch all global contacts from the server " . $server["nurl"]);
@@ -372,7 +371,7 @@ class PortableContact
 				// Fetch all contacts from a given user from the other server
 				$url = $server['poco'] . '/' . $username . '/?fields=displayName,urls,photos,updated,network,aboutMe,currentLocation,tags,contactType,generation';
 
-				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+				$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 
 				if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 					$data = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
diff --git a/src/Util/ExAuth.php b/src/Util/ExAuth.php
index 593386082..25eb3cc62 100644
--- a/src/Util/ExAuth.php
+++ b/src/Util/ExAuth.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class ExAuth
 
 		$url = ($ssl ? 'https' : 'http') . '://' . $host . '/noscrape/' . $user;
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return false;
diff --git a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
index 84a11b8ec..89da59ba2 100644
--- a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
+++ b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class HTTPSignature
 		$curl_opts = $opts;
 		$curl_opts['header'] = $headers;
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($request, false, $curl_opts);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($request, false, $curl_opts);
 		$return_code = $curlResult->getReturnCode();
 
 		Logger::log('Fetched for user ' . $uid . ' from ' . $request . ' returned ' . $return_code, Logger::DEBUG);
diff --git a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
index cf38ffd7b..01ad79d4f 100644
--- a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
+++ b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use Friendica\Content\OEmbed;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
+use Friendica\DI;
 
 /**
  * Get information about a given URL
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ class ParseUrl
 			return $siteinfo;
 		}
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return $siteinfo;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Worker/OnePoll.php b/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
index ed6bfacb3..fbd1ab4e5 100644
--- a/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
+++ b/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class OnePoll
 			. '&type=data&last_update=' . $last_update
 			. '&perm=' . $perm;
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() && ($curlResult->getErrorNumber() == CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT)) {
 			// set the last-update so we don't keep polling
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class OnePoll
 		}
 
 		$cookiejar = tempnam(get_temppath(), 'cookiejar-onepoll-');
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->curl($contact['poll'], false, ['cookiejar' => $cookiejar]);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($contact['poll'], false, ['cookiejar' => $cookiejar]);
 		unlink($cookiejar);
 
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {