http in c++

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ashion · Post by **ashion** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:49 am

Hey all,
I need to learn how to get and save an txt/html file from a web page (URL) in my c++ program

10x to all the helpers

Arker · Post by **Arker** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:36 am

Lemme guess... Due tomorrow?

~djc

Jeremy_Z · Post by **Jeremy_Z** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:38 am

LMAO !

If you want to do it "by hand" :
-connect a socket
-send http request
-receive the data
-write to file

Easy.

Perhaps there are libs to do it for you, i don't know.

ashion · Post by **ashion** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:17 pm

Arker wrote:Lemme guess... Due tomorrow?

~djc

naaaa not for tomorrow it's a part of my "final year" project

and I know how to do it manual. i'm going to do that but with libs it will be better for me.

I found libcurl. but I think I will make my own lib

yahont · Post by **yahont** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:35 pm

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emerge wvstreams

easy and readable.

nevynxxx · Post by **nevynxxx** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:06 pm

Nice, platform dependant way No.1) exec wget.

Nice, platform dependant way No.2 ) incorperate the wget code into your prog.

To be evil to the person marking it (not a good idea if you want good grades) go for 2) and *don't* put the wget code in a gheader or anything, just include it in the middle of your code.

Make sure to have a copy of the GPL in the source tree too.