agfeo / zurl

HTTP client worker with ZeroMQ interface

Zurl 1.0
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Date: September 24th, 2012
Author: Justin Karneges <[e-mail]>

HTTP client worker with ZeroMQ interface, written in Qt/C++.

License:

  - Zurl is offered under the GNU GPL. See the COPYING file.

Features:

  - Request HTTP and HTTPS URLs
  - Completely event-driven, using JDNS and QNetworkAccessManager
  - Handle thousands of simultaneous outbound connections
  - Two access methods: REQ and PUSH/SUB (think Mongrel2 in reverse!)
  - Streaming requests and responses
  - Packet format uses TNetStrings
  - Set access policies (e.g. block requests to 10.*)

Requirements:

  qt >= 4.7
  qca >= 2.0 (and a cert-supporting plugin, like qca-ossl)
  libzmq >= 2.0

If accessing from Git, be sure to pull submodules:

  git submodule init
  git submodule update

Build:

  ./configure
  make

Run:

  ./zurl --verbose --config=zurl.conf.example

Test:

  python tools/get.py http://fanout.io/