This repository contains a simple C++ wrapper for the cURL API (cURL is a powerful C library for creating HTTP clients - e.g. for GETing and POSTing stuff).
Retrieve a URL into a string:
curl::global g;
std::string s;
curl::calback::string cb(s);
curl::handle h(g, cb);
h.get("file://curl.hh");
std::cout << s;
Retrieve a URL into a vector:
curl::global g;
std::vector v;
curl::calback::vector cb(v);
curl::handle h(g, cb);
h.get("http:://lwn.net");
There is also a predefined callback class for std::ostreams -
you get the idea.
curl::global g;
std::string s;
curl::calback::string cb(s);
curl::handle h(g, cb);
curl::tag tag;
tag = h.get("http://www.heise.de/");
std::cout << s << '\n' << tag << '\n';
cb.reset();
try {
tag = h.get("http://www.heise.de/", &tag);
std::cout << s << '\n' << tag << '\n';
} catch (const underflow_error &e) {
std::cout << "Saved page retrieval.\n";
}
A curl::tag object encapsulates ETag and/or Last-Modified header content.
Usage of namespaces, exceptions and setting some sane defaults for cURL (see the code).
Georg Sauthoff mail@georg.so
GPVv3+