[opensource] C++ & HTTP

[Nick Hurley]

On 17 Apr 2007, at 02:30, Alex Moore wrote:
> Does anybody know how to get files from a website (or just the  
> webpage) in a c++ program ? I've always wondered this and now I  
> actually have a use for it in a program.

I recommend libcurl (http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/). It does HTTP,  
HTTPS (when combined with openssl), FTP, and a WHOLE bunch of other  
things. Plus, it has bindings into all sorts of languages (C/C++,  
Perl, PHP, ...). And, on top of all that, it's what is used by  curl 
(1), likely the best cli download tool (hence the similarity in the  
names).
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Peace,
   Nick

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