diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index acb91fc..5470285 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -2975,98 +2975,30 @@ namespace stream {
 
 class Result {
 public:
-  Result() : chunk_size_(8192) {}
-
-  explicit Result(ClientImpl::StreamHandle &&handle, size_t chunk_size = 8192)
-      : handle_(std::move(handle)), chunk_size_(chunk_size) {}
-
-  Result(Result &&other) noexcept
-      : handle_(std::move(other.handle_)), buffer_(std::move(other.buffer_)),
-        current_size_(other.current_size_), chunk_size_(other.chunk_size_),
-        finished_(other.finished_) {
-    other.current_size_ = 0;
-    other.finished_ = true;
-  }
-
-  Result &operator=(Result &&other) noexcept {
-    if (this != &other) {
-      handle_ = std::move(other.handle_);
-      buffer_ = std::move(other.buffer_);
-      current_size_ = other.current_size_;
-      chunk_size_ = other.chunk_size_;
-      finished_ = other.finished_;
-      other.current_size_ = 0;
-      other.finished_ = true;
-    }
-    return *this;
-  }
-
+  Result();
+  explicit Result(ClientImpl::StreamHandle &&handle, size_t chunk_size = 8192);
+  Result(Result &&other) noexcept;
+  Result &operator=(Result &&other) noexcept;
   Result(const Result &) = delete;
   Result &operator=(const Result &) = delete;
 
-  // Check if the result is valid (connection succeeded and response received)
-  bool is_valid() const { return handle_.is_valid(); }
-  explicit operator bool() const { return is_valid(); }
-
-  // Response status code
-  int status() const {
-    return handle_.response ? handle_.response->status : -1;
-  }
-
-  // Response headers
-  const Headers &headers() const {
-    static const Headers empty_headers;
-    return handle_.response ? handle_.response->headers : empty_headers;
-  }
-
+  // Response info
+  bool is_valid() const;
+  explicit operator bool() const;
+  int status() const;
+  const Headers &headers() const;
   std::string get_header_value(const std::string &key,
-                               const char *def = "") const {
-    return handle_.response ? handle_.response->get_header_value(key, def)
-                            : def;
-  }
+                               const char *def = "") const;
+  bool has_header(const std::string &key) const;
+  Error error() const;
+  Error read_error() const;
+  bool has_read_error() const;
 
-  bool has_header(const std::string &key) const {
-    return handle_.response ? handle_.response->has_header(key) : false;
-  }
-
-  // Error information
-  Error error() const { return handle_.error; }
-  Error read_error() const { return handle_.get_read_error(); }
-  bool has_read_error() const { return handle_.has_read_error(); }
-
-  // Streaming iteration API
-  // Call next() to read the next chunk, then access data via data()/size()
-  // Returns true if data was read, false when stream is exhausted
-  bool next() {
-    if (!handle_.is_valid() || finished_) { return false; }
-
-    if (buffer_.size() < chunk_size_) { buffer_.resize(chunk_size_); }
-
-    ssize_t n = handle_.read(&buffer_[0], chunk_size_);
-    if (n > 0) {
-      current_size_ = static_cast<size_t>(n);
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    current_size_ = 0;
-    finished_ = true;
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Pointer to current chunk data (valid after next() returns true)
-  const char *data() const { return buffer_.data(); }
-
-  // Size of current chunk (valid after next() returns true)
-  size_t size() const { return current_size_; }
-
-  // Convenience method: read all remaining data into a string
-  std::string read_all() {
-    std::string result;
-    while (next()) {
-      result.append(data(), size());
-    }
-    return result;
-  }
+  // Stream reading
+  bool next();
+  const char *data() const;
+  size_t size() const;
+  std::string read_all();
 
 private:
   ClientImpl::StreamHandle handle_;
@@ -3331,13 +3263,8 @@ struct SSEMessage {
   std::string data;  // Event payload
   std::string id;    // Event ID for Last-Event-ID header
 
-  SSEMessage() : event("message") {}
-
-  void clear() {
-    event = "message";
-    data.clear();
-    id.clear();
-  }
+  SSEMessage();
+  void clear();
 };
 
 class SSEClient {
@@ -3346,255 +3273,40 @@ public:
   using ErrorHandler = std::function<void(Error)>;
   using OpenHandler = std::function<void()>;
 
-  SSEClient(Client &client, const std::string &path)
-      : client_(client), path_(path) {}
-
-  SSEClient(Client &client, const std::string &path, const Headers &headers)
-      : client_(client), path_(path), headers_(headers) {}
-
-  ~SSEClient() { stop(); }
+  SSEClient(Client &client, const std::string &path);
+  SSEClient(Client &client, const std::string &path, const Headers &headers);
+  ~SSEClient();
 
   SSEClient(const SSEClient &) = delete;
   SSEClient &operator=(const SSEClient &) = delete;
 
   // Event handlers
-  SSEClient &on_message(MessageHandler handler) {
-    on_message_ = std::move(handler);
-    return *this;
-  }
-
-  SSEClient &on_event(const std::string &type, MessageHandler handler) {
-    event_handlers_[type] = std::move(handler);
-    return *this;
-  }
-
-  SSEClient &on_open(OpenHandler handler) {
-    on_open_ = std::move(handler);
-    return *this;
-  }
-
-  SSEClient &on_error(ErrorHandler handler) {
-    on_error_ = std::move(handler);
-    return *this;
-  }
-
-  SSEClient &set_reconnect_interval(int ms) {
-    reconnect_interval_ms_ = ms;
-    return *this;
-  }
-
-  SSEClient &set_max_reconnect_attempts(int n) {
-    max_reconnect_attempts_ = n;
-    return *this;
-  }
+  SSEClient &on_message(MessageHandler handler);
+  SSEClient &on_event(const std::string &type, MessageHandler handler);
+  SSEClient &on_open(OpenHandler handler);
+  SSEClient &on_error(ErrorHandler handler);
+  SSEClient &set_reconnect_interval(int ms);
+  SSEClient &set_max_reconnect_attempts(int n);
 
   // State accessors
-  bool is_connected() const { return connected_.load(); }
-  const std::string &last_event_id() const { return last_event_id_; }
+  bool is_connected() const;
+  const std::string &last_event_id() const;
 
   // Blocking start - runs event loop with auto-reconnect
-  void start() {
-    running_.store(true);
-    run_event_loop();
-  }
+  void start();
 
   // Non-blocking start - runs in background thread
-  void start_async() {
-    running_.store(true);
-    async_thread_ = std::thread([this]() { run_event_loop(); });
-  }
+  void start_async();
 
   // Stop the client (thread-safe)
-  void stop() {
-    running_.store(false);
-    client_.stop(); // Cancel any pending operations
-    if (async_thread_.joinable()) { async_thread_.join(); }
-  }
+  void stop();
 
 private:
-  // Parse a single SSE field line
-  // Returns true if this line ends an event (blank line)
-  bool parse_sse_line(const std::string &line, SSEMessage &msg, int &retry_ms) {
-    // Blank line signals end of event
-    if (line.empty() || line == "\r") { return true; }
-
-    // Lines starting with ':' are comments (ignored)
-    if (!line.empty() && line[0] == ':') { return false; }
-
-    // Find the colon separator
-    auto colon_pos = line.find(':');
-    if (colon_pos == std::string::npos) {
-      // Line with no colon is treated as field name with empty value
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    auto field = line.substr(0, colon_pos);
-    std::string value;
-
-    // Value starts after colon, skip optional single space
-    if (colon_pos + 1 < line.size()) {
-      auto value_start = colon_pos + 1;
-      if (line[value_start] == ' ') { value_start++; }
-      value = line.substr(value_start);
-      // Remove trailing \r if present
-      if (!value.empty() && value.back() == '\r') { value.pop_back(); }
-    }
-
-    // Handle known fields
-    if (field == "event") {
-      msg.event = value;
-    } else if (field == "data") {
-      // Multiple data lines are concatenated with newlines
-      if (!msg.data.empty()) { msg.data += "\n"; }
-      msg.data += value;
-    } else if (field == "id") {
-      // Empty id is valid (clears the last event ID)
-      msg.id = value;
-    } else if (field == "retry") {
-      // Parse retry interval in milliseconds
-      {
-        int v = 0;
-        auto res =
-            detail::from_chars(value.data(), value.data() + value.size(), v);
-        if (res.ec == std::errc{}) { retry_ms = v; }
-      }
-    }
-    // Unknown fields are ignored per SSE spec
-
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Main event loop with auto-reconnect
-  void run_event_loop() {
-    auto reconnect_count = 0;
-
-    while (running_.load()) {
-      // Build headers, including Last-Event-ID if we have one
-      auto request_headers = headers_;
-      if (!last_event_id_.empty()) {
-        request_headers.emplace("Last-Event-ID", last_event_id_);
-      }
-
-      // Open streaming connection
-      auto result = stream::Get(client_, path_, request_headers);
-
-      // Connection error handling
-      if (!result) {
-        connected_.store(false);
-        if (on_error_) { on_error_(result.error()); }
-
-        if (!should_reconnect(reconnect_count)) { break; }
-        wait_for_reconnect();
-        reconnect_count++;
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      if (result.status() != 200) {
-        connected_.store(false);
-        // For certain errors, don't reconnect
-        if (result.status() == 204 || // No Content - server wants us to stop
-            result.status() == 404 || // Not Found
-            result.status() == 401 || // Unauthorized
-            result.status() == 403) { // Forbidden
-          if (on_error_) { on_error_(Error::Connection); }
-          break;
-        }
-
-        if (on_error_) { on_error_(Error::Connection); }
-
-        if (!should_reconnect(reconnect_count)) { break; }
-        wait_for_reconnect();
-        reconnect_count++;
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      // Connection successful
-      connected_.store(true);
-      reconnect_count = 0;
-      if (on_open_) { on_open_(); }
-
-      // Event receiving loop
-      std::string buffer;
-      SSEMessage current_msg;
-
-      while (running_.load() && result.next()) {
-        buffer.append(result.data(), result.size());
-
-        // Process complete lines in the buffer
-        size_t line_start = 0;
-        size_t newline_pos;
-
-        while ((newline_pos = buffer.find('\n', line_start)) !=
-               std::string::npos) {
-          auto line = buffer.substr(line_start, newline_pos - line_start);
-          line_start = newline_pos + 1;
-
-          // Parse the line and check if event is complete
-          auto event_complete =
-              parse_sse_line(line, current_msg, reconnect_interval_ms_);
-
-          if (event_complete && !current_msg.data.empty()) {
-            // Update last_event_id for reconnection
-            if (!current_msg.id.empty()) { last_event_id_ = current_msg.id; }
-
-            // Dispatch event to appropriate handler
-            dispatch_event(current_msg);
-
-            current_msg.clear();
-          }
-        }
-
-        // Keep unprocessed data in buffer
-        buffer.erase(0, line_start);
-      }
-
-      // Connection ended
-      connected_.store(false);
-
-      if (!running_.load()) { break; }
-
-      // Check for read errors
-      if (result.has_read_error()) {
-        if (on_error_) { on_error_(result.read_error()); }
-      }
-
-      if (!should_reconnect(reconnect_count)) { break; }
-      wait_for_reconnect();
-      reconnect_count++;
-    }
-
-    connected_.store(false);
-  }
-
-  // Dispatch event to appropriate handler
-  void dispatch_event(const SSEMessage &msg) {
-    // Check for specific event type handler first
-    auto it = event_handlers_.find(msg.event);
-    if (it != event_handlers_.end()) {
-      it->second(msg);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Fall back to generic message handler
-    if (on_message_) { on_message_(msg); }
-  }
-
-  // Check if we should attempt to reconnect
-  bool should_reconnect(int count) const {
-    if (!running_.load()) { return false; }
-    if (max_reconnect_attempts_ == 0) { return true; } // unlimited
-    return count < max_reconnect_attempts_;
-  }
-
-  // Wait for reconnect interval
-  void wait_for_reconnect() {
-    // Use small increments to check running_ flag frequently
-    auto waited = 0;
-    while (running_.load() && waited < reconnect_interval_ms_) {
-      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
-      waited += 100;
-    }
-  }
+  bool parse_sse_line(const std::string &line, SSEMessage &msg, int &retry_ms);
+  void run_event_loop();
+  void dispatch_event(const SSEMessage &msg);
+  bool should_reconnect(int count) const;
+  void wait_for_reconnect();
 
   // Client and path
   Client &client_;
@@ -3628,6 +3340,344 @@ private:
  * Implementation that will be part of the .cc file if split into .h + .cc.
  */
 
+namespace stream {
+
+// stream::Result implementations
+inline Result::Result() : chunk_size_(8192) {}
+
+inline Result::Result(ClientImpl::StreamHandle &&handle, size_t chunk_size)
+    : handle_(std::move(handle)), chunk_size_(chunk_size) {}
+
+inline Result::Result(Result &&other) noexcept
+    : handle_(std::move(other.handle_)), buffer_(std::move(other.buffer_)),
+      current_size_(other.current_size_), chunk_size_(other.chunk_size_),
+      finished_(other.finished_) {
+  other.current_size_ = 0;
+  other.finished_ = true;
+}
+
+inline Result &Result::operator=(Result &&other) noexcept {
+  if (this != &other) {
+    handle_ = std::move(other.handle_);
+    buffer_ = std::move(other.buffer_);
+    current_size_ = other.current_size_;
+    chunk_size_ = other.chunk_size_;
+    finished_ = other.finished_;
+    other.current_size_ = 0;
+    other.finished_ = true;
+  }
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline bool Result::is_valid() const { return handle_.is_valid(); }
+inline Result::operator bool() const { return is_valid(); }
+
+inline int Result::status() const {
+  return handle_.response ? handle_.response->status : -1;
+}
+
+inline const Headers &Result::headers() const {
+  static const Headers empty_headers;
+  return handle_.response ? handle_.response->headers : empty_headers;
+}
+
+inline std::string Result::get_header_value(const std::string &key,
+                                            const char *def) const {
+  return handle_.response ? handle_.response->get_header_value(key, def) : def;
+}
+
+inline bool Result::has_header(const std::string &key) const {
+  return handle_.response ? handle_.response->has_header(key) : false;
+}
+
+inline Error Result::error() const { return handle_.error; }
+inline Error Result::read_error() const { return handle_.get_read_error(); }
+inline bool Result::has_read_error() const { return handle_.has_read_error(); }
+
+inline bool Result::next() {
+  if (!handle_.is_valid() || finished_) { return false; }
+
+  if (buffer_.size() < chunk_size_) { buffer_.resize(chunk_size_); }
+
+  ssize_t n = handle_.read(&buffer_[0], chunk_size_);
+  if (n > 0) {
+    current_size_ = static_cast<size_t>(n);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  current_size_ = 0;
+  finished_ = true;
+  return false;
+}
+
+inline const char *Result::data() const { return buffer_.data(); }
+inline size_t Result::size() const { return current_size_; }
+
+inline std::string Result::read_all() {
+  std::string result;
+  while (next()) {
+    result.append(data(), size());
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+} // namespace stream
+
+namespace sse {
+
+// SSEMessage implementations
+inline SSEMessage::SSEMessage() : event("message") {}
+
+inline void SSEMessage::clear() {
+  event = "message";
+  data.clear();
+  id.clear();
+}
+
+// SSEClient implementations
+inline SSEClient::SSEClient(Client &client, const std::string &path)
+    : client_(client), path_(path) {}
+
+inline SSEClient::SSEClient(Client &client, const std::string &path,
+                            const Headers &headers)
+    : client_(client), path_(path), headers_(headers) {}
+
+inline SSEClient::~SSEClient() { stop(); }
+
+inline SSEClient &SSEClient::on_message(MessageHandler handler) {
+  on_message_ = std::move(handler);
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline SSEClient &SSEClient::on_event(const std::string &type,
+                                      MessageHandler handler) {
+  event_handlers_[type] = std::move(handler);
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline SSEClient &SSEClient::on_open(OpenHandler handler) {
+  on_open_ = std::move(handler);
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline SSEClient &SSEClient::on_error(ErrorHandler handler) {
+  on_error_ = std::move(handler);
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline SSEClient &SSEClient::set_reconnect_interval(int ms) {
+  reconnect_interval_ms_ = ms;
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline SSEClient &SSEClient::set_max_reconnect_attempts(int n) {
+  max_reconnect_attempts_ = n;
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline bool SSEClient::is_connected() const { return connected_.load(); }
+
+inline const std::string &SSEClient::last_event_id() const {
+  return last_event_id_;
+}
+
+inline void SSEClient::start() {
+  running_.store(true);
+  run_event_loop();
+}
+
+inline void SSEClient::start_async() {
+  running_.store(true);
+  async_thread_ = std::thread([this]() { run_event_loop(); });
+}
+
+inline void SSEClient::stop() {
+  running_.store(false);
+  client_.stop(); // Cancel any pending operations
+  if (async_thread_.joinable()) { async_thread_.join(); }
+}
+
+inline bool SSEClient::parse_sse_line(const std::string &line, SSEMessage &msg,
+                                      int &retry_ms) {
+  // Blank line signals end of event
+  if (line.empty() || line == "\r") { return true; }
+
+  // Lines starting with ':' are comments (ignored)
+  if (!line.empty() && line[0] == ':') { return false; }
+
+  // Find the colon separator
+  auto colon_pos = line.find(':');
+  if (colon_pos == std::string::npos) {
+    // Line with no colon is treated as field name with empty value
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  auto field = line.substr(0, colon_pos);
+  std::string value;
+
+  // Value starts after colon, skip optional single space
+  if (colon_pos + 1 < line.size()) {
+    auto value_start = colon_pos + 1;
+    if (line[value_start] == ' ') { value_start++; }
+    value = line.substr(value_start);
+    // Remove trailing \r if present
+    if (!value.empty() && value.back() == '\r') { value.pop_back(); }
+  }
+
+  // Handle known fields
+  if (field == "event") {
+    msg.event = value;
+  } else if (field == "data") {
+    // Multiple data lines are concatenated with newlines
+    if (!msg.data.empty()) { msg.data += "\n"; }
+    msg.data += value;
+  } else if (field == "id") {
+    // Empty id is valid (clears the last event ID)
+    msg.id = value;
+  } else if (field == "retry") {
+    // Parse retry interval in milliseconds
+    {
+      int v = 0;
+      auto res =
+          detail::from_chars(value.data(), value.data() + value.size(), v);
+      if (res.ec == std::errc{}) { retry_ms = v; }
+    }
+  }
+  // Unknown fields are ignored per SSE spec
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+inline void SSEClient::run_event_loop() {
+  auto reconnect_count = 0;
+
+  while (running_.load()) {
+    // Build headers, including Last-Event-ID if we have one
+    auto request_headers = headers_;
+    if (!last_event_id_.empty()) {
+      request_headers.emplace("Last-Event-ID", last_event_id_);
+    }
+
+    // Open streaming connection
+    auto result = stream::Get(client_, path_, request_headers);
+
+    // Connection error handling
+    if (!result) {
+      connected_.store(false);
+      if (on_error_) { on_error_(result.error()); }
+
+      if (!should_reconnect(reconnect_count)) { break; }
+      wait_for_reconnect();
+      reconnect_count++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (result.status() != 200) {
+      connected_.store(false);
+      // For certain errors, don't reconnect
+      if (result.status() == 204 || // No Content - server wants us to stop
+          result.status() == 404 || // Not Found
+          result.status() == 401 || // Unauthorized
+          result.status() == 403) { // Forbidden
+        if (on_error_) { on_error_(Error::Connection); }
+        break;
+      }
+
+      if (on_error_) { on_error_(Error::Connection); }
+
+      if (!should_reconnect(reconnect_count)) { break; }
+      wait_for_reconnect();
+      reconnect_count++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Connection successful
+    connected_.store(true);
+    reconnect_count = 0;
+    if (on_open_) { on_open_(); }
+
+    // Event receiving loop
+    std::string buffer;
+    SSEMessage current_msg;
+
+    while (running_.load() && result.next()) {
+      buffer.append(result.data(), result.size());
+
+      // Process complete lines in the buffer
+      size_t line_start = 0;
+      size_t newline_pos;
+
+      while ((newline_pos = buffer.find('\n', line_start)) !=
+             std::string::npos) {
+        auto line = buffer.substr(line_start, newline_pos - line_start);
+        line_start = newline_pos + 1;
+
+        // Parse the line and check if event is complete
+        auto event_complete =
+            parse_sse_line(line, current_msg, reconnect_interval_ms_);
+
+        if (event_complete && !current_msg.data.empty()) {
+          // Update last_event_id for reconnection
+          if (!current_msg.id.empty()) { last_event_id_ = current_msg.id; }
+
+          // Dispatch event to appropriate handler
+          dispatch_event(current_msg);
+
+          current_msg.clear();
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Keep unprocessed data in buffer
+      buffer.erase(0, line_start);
+    }
+
+    // Connection ended
+    connected_.store(false);
+
+    if (!running_.load()) { break; }
+
+    // Check for read errors
+    if (result.has_read_error()) {
+      if (on_error_) { on_error_(result.read_error()); }
+    }
+
+    if (!should_reconnect(reconnect_count)) { break; }
+    wait_for_reconnect();
+    reconnect_count++;
+  }
+
+  connected_.store(false);
+}
+
+inline void SSEClient::dispatch_event(const SSEMessage &msg) {
+  // Check for specific event type handler first
+  auto it = event_handlers_.find(msg.event);
+  if (it != event_handlers_.end()) {
+    it->second(msg);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Fall back to generic message handler
+  if (on_message_) { on_message_(msg); }
+}
+
+inline bool SSEClient::should_reconnect(int count) const {
+  if (!running_.load()) { return false; }
+  if (max_reconnect_attempts_ == 0) { return true; } // unlimited
+  return count < max_reconnect_attempts_;
+}
+
+inline void SSEClient::wait_for_reconnect() {
+  // Use small increments to check running_ flag frequently
+  auto waited = 0;
+  while (running_.load() && waited < reconnect_interval_ms_) {
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+    waited += 100;
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace sse
+
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_SSL_ENABLED
 /*
  * TLS abstraction layer - internal function declarations