diff -r 8fa1f37d32f2 -r 910bdda75c74 pidgin/pidgingdkpixbuf.h
--- a/pidgin/pidgingdkpixbuf.h	Tue Oct 26 04:04:58 2021 -0500
+++ b/pidgin/pidgingdkpixbuf.h	Tue Oct 26 04:05:39 2021 -0500
@@ -64,6 +64,140 @@
  */
 gboolean pidgin_gdk_pixbuf_is_opaque(GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);
 
+/**
+ * pidgin_pixbuf_from_data:
+ * @buf: The raw binary image data.
+ * @count: The length of buf in bytes.
+ *
+ * Create a GdkPixbuf from a chunk of image data.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): A GdkPixbuf created from the image data, or NULL if
+ *         there was an error parsing the data.
+ */
+GdkPixbuf *pidgin_pixbuf_from_data(const guchar *buf, gsize count);
+
+/**
+ * pidgin_pixbuf_anim_from_data:
+ * @buf: The raw binary image data.
+ * @count: The length of buf in bytes.
+ *
+ * Create a GdkPixbufAnimation from a chunk of image data.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): A GdkPixbufAnimation created from the image data, or NULL if
+ *         there was an error parsing the data.
+ */
+GdkPixbufAnimation *pidgin_pixbuf_anim_from_data(const guchar *buf, gsize count);
+
+/**
+ * pidgin_pixbuf_from_image:
+ * @image: a PurpleImage.
+ *
+ * Create a GdkPixbuf from a PurpleImage.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a GdkPixbuf created from the @image.
+ */
+GdkPixbuf *
+pidgin_pixbuf_from_image(PurpleImage *image);
+
+/**
+ * pidgin_pixbuf_new_from_file:
+ * @filename: Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding
+ *
+ * Helper function that calls gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file() and checks both
+ * the return code and the GError and returns NULL if either one failed.
+ *
+ * The gdk-pixbuf documentation implies that it is sufficient to check
+ * the return value of gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file() to determine
+ * whether the image was able to be loaded.  However, this is not the case
+ * with gdk-pixbuf 2.23.3 and probably many earlier versions.  In some
+ * cases a GdkPixbuf object is returned that will cause some operations
+ * (like gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple()) to rapidly consume memory in an
+ * infinite loop.
+ *
+ * This function shouldn't be necessary once Pidgin requires a version of
+ * gdk-pixbuf where the aforementioned bug is fixed.  However, it might be
+ * nice to keep this function around for the debug message that it logs.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): The GdkPixbuf if successful.  Otherwise NULL is returned and
+ *         a warning is logged.
+ */
+GdkPixbuf *pidgin_pixbuf_new_from_file(const char *filename);
+
+/**
+ * pidgin_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size:
+ * @filename: Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding
+ * @width: The width the image should have or -1 to not constrain the width
+ * @height: The height the image should have or -1 to not constrain the height
+ *
+ * Helper function that calls gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size() and checks
+ * both the return code and the GError and returns NULL if either one failed.
+ *
+ * The gdk-pixbuf documentation implies that it is sufficient to check
+ * the return value of gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size() to determine
+ * whether the image was able to be loaded.  However, this is not the case
+ * with gdk-pixbuf 2.23.3 and probably many earlier versions.  In some
+ * cases a GdkPixbuf object is returned that will cause some operations
+ * (like gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple()) to rapidly consume memory in an
+ * infinite loop.
+ *
+ * This function shouldn't be necessary once Pidgin requires a version of
+ * gdk-pixbuf where the aforementioned bug is fixed.  However, it might be
+ * nice to keep this function around for the debug message that it logs.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): The GdkPixbuf if successful.  Otherwise NULL is returned and
+ *         a warning is logged.
+ */
+GdkPixbuf *pidgin_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size(const char *filename, int width, int height);
+
+/**
+ * pidgin_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale:
+ * @filename: Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding
+ * @width: The width the image should have or -1 to not constrain the width
+ * @height: The height the image should have or -1 to not constrain the height
+ * @preserve_aspect_ratio: TRUE to preserve the image's aspect ratio
+ *
+ * Helper function that calls gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale() and checks
+ * both the return code and the GError and returns NULL if either one failed.
+ *
+ * The gdk-pixbuf documentation implies that it is sufficient to check
+ * the return value of gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale() to determine
+ * whether the image was able to be loaded.  However, this is not the case
+ * with gdk-pixbuf 2.23.3 and probably many earlier versions.  In some
+ * cases a GdkPixbuf object is returned that will cause some operations
+ * (like gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple()) to rapidly consume memory in an
+ * infinite loop.
+ *
+ * This function shouldn't be necessary once Pidgin requires a version of
+ * gdk-pixbuf where the aforementioned bug is fixed.  However, it might be
+ * nice to keep this function around for the debug message that it logs.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): The GdkPixbuf if successful.  Otherwise NULL is returned and
+ *         a warning is logged.
+ */
+GdkPixbuf *pidgin_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale(const char *filename, int width, int height, gboolean preserve_aspect_ratio);
+
+/**
+ * pidgin_pixbuf_scale_down:
+ * @src: The source image.
+ * @max_width: Maximum width in px.
+ * @max_height: Maximum height in px.
+ * @interp_type: Interpolation method.
+ * @preserve_ratio: %TRUE to preserve image's aspect ratio.
+ *
+ * Scales the image to the desired dimensions. If image is smaller, it will be
+ * returned without modifications.
+ *
+ * If new image is created, @src reference count will be decreased and new image
+ * with a ref count of 1 will be returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): The image with proper sizing. %NULL in case of error.
+ */
+GdkPixbuf *
+pidgin_pixbuf_scale_down(GdkPixbuf *src, guint max_width, guint max_height,
+    GdkInterpType interp_type, gboolean preserve_ratio);
+
+
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* PIDGIN_GDK_PIXBUF_H */