How do you make a HTTP request with C++?

Question

Is there any way to easily make a HTTP request with C++? Specifically, I want to download the contents of a page (an API) and check the contents to see if it contains a 1 o

Answer 1

Although a little bit late. You may prefer https://github.com/Taymindis/backcurl .

It allows you to do http call on mobile c++ development. Suitable for Mobile game developement

bcl::init(); // init when using

bcl::execute([&](bcl::Request *req) {
    bcl::setOpts(req, CURLOPT_URL , "http://www.google.com",
             CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L,
             CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, &bcl::writeContentCallback,
             CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, req->dataPtr,
             CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "libcurl-agent/1.0",
             CURLOPT_RANGE, "0-200000"
            );
}, [&](bcl::Response * resp) {
    std::string ret =  std::string(resp->getBody()->c_str());
    printf("Sync === %s\n", ret.c_str());
});


bcl::cleanUp(); // clean up when no more using