Cheat Sheet with HTTP C ++ Libraries

#include <tchar.h> #include <wininet.h> /// .... HINTERNET hIntSession = ::InternetOpen(_T("MyApp"), INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_DIRECT, NULL, NULL, 0); HINTERNET hHttpSession = InternetConnect(hIntSession, _T("api.twitter.com"), 80, 0, 0, INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP, 0, NULL); HINTERNET hHttpRequest = HttpOpenRequest( hHttpSession, _T("GET"), _T("1/statuses/user_timeline.xml?screen_name=twitterapi"), 0, 0, 0, INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0); TCHAR* szHeaders = _T("Content-Type: text/html\nMySpecialHeder: whatever"); CHAR szReq[1024] = ""; if( !HttpSendRequest(hHttpRequest, szHeaders, _tcslen(szHeaders), szReq, strlen(szReq))) { DWORD dwErr = GetLastError(); /// handle error } CHAR szBuffer[1025]; DWORD dwRead=0; while(::InternetReadFile(hHttpRequest, szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer)-1, &dwRead) && dwRead) { szBuffer[dwRead] = 0; OutputDebugStringA(szBuffer); dwRead=0; } ::InternetCloseHandle(hHttpRequest); ::InternetCloseHandle(hHttpSession); ::InternetCloseHandle(hIntSession); 

 DWORD dwSize = 0; DWORD dwDownloaded = 0; LPSTR pszOutBuffer; BOOL bResults = FALSE; HINTERNET hSession = NULL, hConnect = NULL, hRequest = NULL; // Use WinHttpOpen to obtain a session handle. hSession = WinHttpOpen( L"WinHTTP Example/1.0", WINHTTP_ACCESS_TYPE_DEFAULT_PROXY, WINHTTP_NO_PROXY_NAME, WINHTTP_NO_PROXY_BYPASS, 0 ); // Specify an HTTP server. if( hSession ) hConnect = WinHttpConnect( hSession, L"www.microsoft.com", INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTPS_PORT, 0 ); // Create an HTTP request handle. if( hConnect ) hRequest = WinHttpOpenRequest( hConnect, L"GET", NULL, NULL, WINHTTP_NO_REFERER, WINHTTP_DEFAULT_ACCEPT_TYPES, WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE ); // Send a request. if( hRequest ) bResults = WinHttpSendRequest( hRequest, WINHTTP_NO_ADDITIONAL_HEADERS, 0, WINHTTP_NO_REQUEST_DATA, 0, 0, 0 ); // End the request. if( bResults ) bResults = WinHttpReceiveResponse( hRequest, NULL ); // Keep checking for data until there is nothing left. if( bResults ) { do { // Check for available data. dwSize = 0; if( !WinHttpQueryDataAvailable( hRequest, &dwSize ) ) printf( "Error %u in WinHttpQueryDataAvailable.\n", GetLastError( ) ); // Allocate space for the buffer. pszOutBuffer = new char[dwSize+1]; if( !pszOutBuffer ) { printf( "Out of memory\n" ); dwSize=0; } else { // Read the data. ZeroMemory( pszOutBuffer, dwSize+1 ); if( !WinHttpReadData( hRequest, (LPVOID)pszOutBuffer, dwSize, &dwDownloaded ) ) printf( "Error %u in WinHttpReadData.\n", GetLastError( ) ); else printf( "%s", pszOutBuffer ); // Free the memory allocated to the buffer. delete [] pszOutBuffer; } } while( dwSize > 0 ); } // Report any errors. if( !bResults ) printf( "Error %d has occurred.\n", GetLastError( ) ); // Close any open handles. if( hRequest ) WinHttpCloseHandle( hRequest ); if( hConnect ) WinHttpCloseHandle( hConnect ); if( hSession ) WinHttpCloseHandle( hSession ); 

 http_client client(L"http://www.myhttpserver.com"); http_request request(methods::GET); client.request(request).then([](http_response response) { // Perform actions here to inspect the HTTP response... if(response.status_code() == status_codes::OK) { } }); 

 #include "handler.h" Handler::Handler(QObject *parent) :QObject(parent) { http = new QHttp(this); connect(http, SIGNAL(stateChanged(int)), this, SLOT(stateChanged(int))); connect(http, SIGNAL(responseHeaderReceived(QHttpResponseHeader)), this, SLOT(responseHeaderReceived(QHttpResponseHeader))); connect(http, SIGNAL(requestFinished(int,bool)), this, SLOT(requestFinished(int,bool))); } void Handler::doHttp() { http->setHost("google.com"); http->get("/"); } void Handler::stateChanged(int state) { switch(state) { case 0: qDebug() << "Unconnected"; break; case 1: qDebug() << "Host Lookup"; break; case 2: qDebug() << "Connecting"; break; case 3: qDebug() << "Sending"; break; case 4: qDebug() << "Reading"; break; case 5: qDebug() << "Connect"; break; case 6: qDebug() << "Closing"; break; } } void Handler::responseHeaderReceived(const QHttpResponseHeader &resp) { qDebug() << "Size : " << resp.contentLength(); qDebug() << "Type : " << resp.contentType(); qDebug() << "Status Code : " << resp.statusCode(); } void Handler::requestFinished(int id, bool error) { qDebug() << "Request Id : " << id; if(error) { qDebug() << "Error"; } else { qDebug() << http->readAll(); } } 

 void Downloader::doDownload() { manager = new QNetworkAccessManager(this); connect(manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(replyFinished(QNetworkReply*))); manager->get(QNetworkRequest(QUrl("http://google.com"))); } void Downloader::replyFinished (QNetworkReply *reply) { if(reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) { qDebug() << "ERROR!"; qDebug() << reply->errorString(); } else { qDebug() << reply->header(QNetworkRequest::ContentTypeHeader).toString(); qDebug() << reply->header(QNetworkRequest::LastModifiedHeader).toDateTime().toString(); qDebug() << reply->header(QNetworkRequest::ContentLengthHeader).toULongLong(); qDebug() << reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute).toInt(); qDebug() << reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpReasonPhraseAttribute).toString(); QFile file("C:/Qt/Dummy/downloaded.txt"); if(file.open(QFile::Append)) { file.write(reply->readAll()); } } reply->deleteLater(); } 

 #include <Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h> #include <Poco/Net/HTTPRequest.h> #include <Poco/Net/HTTPResponse.h> #include <Poco/StreamCopier.h> #include <Poco/Path.h> #include <Poco/URI.h> #include <Poco/Exception.h> #include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace Poco::Net; using namespace Poco; using namespace std; int main(int argc, char **argv) { if (argc != 2) { cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <uri>" << endl; cout << " fetches the resource identified by <uri> and print it" << endl; return -1; } try { // prepare session URI uri(argv[1]); HTTPClientSession session(uri.getHost(), uri.getPort()); // prepare path string path(uri.getPathAndQuery()); if (path.empty()) path = "/"; // send request HTTPRequest req(HTTPRequest::HTTP_GET, path, HTTPMessage::HTTP_1_1); session.sendRequest(req); // get response HTTPResponse res; cout << res.getStatus() << " " << res.getReason() << endl; // print response istream &is = session.receiveResponse(res); StreamCopier::copyStream(is, cout); } catch (Exception &ex) { cerr << ex.displayText() << endl; return -1; } return 0; } 

 #include <wx/sstream.h> #include <wx/protocol/http.h> wxHTTP get; get.SetHeader(_T("Content-type"), _T("text/html; charset=utf-8")); get.SetTimeout(10); // 10 seconds of timeout instead of 10 minutes ... // this will wait until the user connects to the internet. It is important in case of dialup (or ADSL) connections while (!get.Connect(_T("www.google.com"))) // only the server, no pages here yet ... wxSleep(5); wxApp::IsMainLoopRunning(); // should return true // use _T("/") for index.html, index.php, default.asp, etc. wxInputStream *httpStream = get.GetInputStream(_T("/intl/en/about.html")); // wxLogVerbose( wxString(_T(" GetInputStream: ")) << get.GetResponse() << _T("-") << ((resStream)? _T("OK ") : _T("FAILURE ")) << get.GetError() ); if (get.GetError() == wxPROTO_NOERR) { wxString res; wxStringOutputStream out_stream(&res); httpStream->Read(out_stream); wxMessageBox(res); // wxLogVerbose( wxString(_T(" returned document length: ")) << res.Length() ); } else { wxMessageBox(_T("Unable to connect!")); } wxDELETE(httpStream); get.Close(); 

 #include <iostream> #include <istream> #include <ostream> #include <string> #include <boost/asio.hpp> using boost::asio::ip::tcp; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { try { if (argc != 3) { std::cout << "Usage: sync_client <server> <path>\n"; std::cout << "Example:\n"; std::cout << " sync_client www.boost.org /LICENSE_1_0.txt\n"; return 1; } boost::asio::io_service io_service; // Get a list of endpoints corresponding to the server name. tcp::resolver resolver(io_service); tcp::resolver::query query(argv[1], "http"); tcp::resolver::iterator endpoint_iterator = resolver.resolve(query); // Try each endpoint until we successfully establish a connection. tcp::socket socket(io_service); boost::asio::connect(socket, endpoint_iterator); // Form the request. We specify the "Connection: close" header so that the // server will close the socket after transmitting the response. This will // allow us to treat all data up until the EOF as the content. boost::asio::streambuf request; std::ostream request_stream(&request); request_stream << "GET " << argv[2] << " HTTP/1.0\r\n"; request_stream << "Host: " << argv[1] << "\r\n"; request_stream << "Accept: */*\r\n"; request_stream << "Connection: close\r\n\r\n"; // Send the request. boost::asio::write(socket, request); // Read the response status line. The response streambuf will automatically // grow to accommodate the entire line. The growth may be limited by passing // a maximum size to the streambuf constructor. boost::asio::streambuf response; boost::asio::read_until(socket, response, "\r\n"); // Check that response is OK. std::istream response_stream(&response); std::string http_version; response_stream >> http_version; unsigned int status_code; response_stream >> status_code; std::string status_message; std::getline(response_stream, status_message); if (!response_stream || http_version.substr(0, 5) != "HTTP/") { std::cout << "Invalid response\n"; return 1; } if (status_code != 200) { std::cout << "Response returned with status code " << status_code << "\n"; return 1; } // Read the response headers, which are terminated by a blank line. boost::asio::read_until(socket, response, "\r\n\r\n"); // Process the response headers. std::string header; while (std::getline(response_stream, header) && header != "\r") std::cout << header << "\n"; std::cout << "\n"; // Write whatever content we already have to output. if (response.size() > 0) std::cout << &response; // Read until EOF, writing data to output as we go. boost::system::error_code error; while (boost::asio::read(socket, response, boost::asio::transfer_at_least(1), error)) std::cout << &response; if (error != boost::asio::error::eof) throw boost::system::system_error(error); } catch (std::exception& e) { std::cout << "Exception: " << e.what() << "\n"; } return 0; } 

 #include <stdio.h> #include <curl/curl.h> int main(void) { CURL *curl; CURLcode res; curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com"); /* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to follow redirection */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L); /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */ res = curl_easy_perform(curl); /* Check for errors */ if(res != CURLE_OK) fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res)); /* always cleanup */ curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } return 0; } 

 #include <ne_session.h> #include <ne_request.h> #include <ne_utils.h> #include <ne_uri.h> int httpResponseReader(void *userdata, const char *buf, size_t len) { string *str = (string *)userdata; str->append(buf, len); return 0; } int do_get(string host) { ne_session *sess; ne_request *req; string response; ne_sock_init(); sess = ne_session_create("http", host.c_str(), 80); ne_set_useragent(sess, "MyAgent/1.0"); req = ne_request_create(sess, "GET", "/SomeURL/method?with=parameter&value=data"); // if accepting only 2xx codes, use "ne_accept_2xx" ne_add_response_body_reader(req, ne_accept_always, httpResponseReader, &response); int result = ne_request_dispatch(req); int status = ne_get_status(req)->code; ne_request_destroy(req); string errorMessage = ne_get_error(sess); ne_session_destroy(sess); printf("result %d, status %d\n", result, status); cout << response << "\n"; switch (result) { case NE_OK: break; case NE_CONNECT: throw ConnectionError(errorMessage); case NE_TIMEOUT: throw TimeOutError(errorMessage); case NE_AUTH: throw AuthenticationError(errorMessage); default: throw AnotherWebError(errorMessage); } return 0; } 

 #using <System.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Net; using namespace System::Text; using namespace System::IO; // Specify the URL to receive the request. int main() { array<String^>^args = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs(); HttpWebRequest^ request = dynamic_cast<HttpWebRequest^>(WebRequest::Create( args[ 1 ] )); // Set some reasonable limits on resources used by this request request->MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 4; request->MaximumResponseHeadersLength = 4; // Set credentials to use for this request. request->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultCredentials; HttpWebResponse^ response = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse^>(request->GetResponse()); Console::WriteLine( "Content length is {0}", response->ContentLength ); Console::WriteLine( "Content type is {0}", response->ContentType ); // Get the stream associated with the response. Stream^ receiveStream = response->GetResponseStream(); // Pipes the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format. StreamReader^ readStream = gcnew StreamReader( receiveStream,Encoding::UTF8 ); Console::WriteLine( "Response stream received." ); Console::WriteLine( readStream->ReadToEnd() ); response->Close(); readStream->Close(); } 

 #include <atlbase.h> #include <msxml6.h> HRESULT hr; CComPtr<IXMLHTTPRequest> request; hr = request.CoCreateInstance(CLSID_XMLHTTP60); hr = request->open( _bstr_t("GET"), _bstr_t("https://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo11w.png"), _variant_t(VARIANT_FALSE), _variant_t(), _variant_t()); hr = request->send(_variant_t()); // get status - 200 if succuss long status; hr = request->get_status(&status); // load image data (if url points to an image) VARIANT responseVariant; hr = request->get_responseStream(&responseVariant); IStream* stream = (IStream*)responseVariant.punkVal; CImage *image = new CImage(); image->Load(stream); stream->Release(); 

 static int count=0; // invoked when response headers have been received void OnBegin( const happyhttp::Response* r, void* userdata ) { printf( "BEGIN (%d %s)\n", r->getstatus(), r->getreason() ); count = 0; } // invoked to process response body data (may be called multiple times) void OnData( const happyhttp::Response* r, void* userdata, const unsigned char* data, int n ) { fwrite( data,1,n, stdout ); count += n; } // invoked when response is complete void OnComplete( const happyhttp::Response* r, void* userdata ) { printf( "COMPLETE (%d bytes)\n", count ); } void TestGET() { happyhttp::Connection conn( "www.scumways.com", 80 ); conn.setcallbacks( OnBegin, OnData, OnComplete, 0 ); conn.request( "GET", "/happyhttp/test.php" ); while( conn.outstanding() ) conn.pump(); } 

 using namespace boost::network; using namespace boost::network::http; client::request request_("http://127.0.0.1:8000/"); request_ << header("Connection", "close"); client client_; client::response response_ = client_.get(request_); std::string body_ = body(response_);