joejuma / libcurl

Precompiled LibCURL

libcurl

This is a repo containing a precompiled version of the C++ cURL library, libcURL. This was built for both x86 and x64 projects in Visual Studio 2019 (VS version 16).

How to Use

1. Download the *.zip file, and extract the curl folder inside wherever you want the curl dependencies to be in your project.
2. Open your project configuration in Visual Studio.
3. Add the include directory for your respective build in the C++ additional include directories section.
4. Add the libs directory for your respective build in the linker's additional directories section.
5. Also add the following to the linker, Normaliz.lib;Ws2_32.lib;Wldap32.lib;Crypt32.lib;advapi32.lib; in every config.
6. Then add either the libcurl_a.lib or libcurl_a_debug.lib dependency to the linker depending on your build.
7. Add #define CURL_STATICLIB right before the curl include, then add the curl include (#include <curl/curl.h>).
8. You should be all set to use curl now!

Testing if it worked

Add the following boilerplate curl code to part of your program to test if everything is working.

CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl)
{
    // Success
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
else
{
    // Failed.
};

If you compile this successfully, it should be all set. Additionally, feel free to test out by adding print-out statements where the // Success and // Failed. comments are in the above code.