Downloading HTTP URLs asynchronously in C++

Question

What\'s a good way to download HTTP URLs (e.g. such as http://0.0.0.0/foo.htm ) in C++ on Linux ? I strongly prefer something asynchronous. My program will have an event l

Answer 1

Qt's QThread instance when run can have it's own event loop. Insides QThread you can have an instance of QHttp and since QHttp uses Qt Event loop to function you have your async Http calls from mail thread. Also note that inter thread communication is very easy.

Head straight to http://doc.qt.nokia.com and look at the classes's documentation to understand better.