Complete examples in beast html documentation

examples/http_example.cpp

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+//
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+#include <beast/http.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+int main()
+{
+    // Normal boost::asio setup
+    std::string const host = "boost.org";
+    boost::asio::io_service ios;
+    boost::asio::ip::tcp::resolver r(ios);
+    boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket sock(ios);
+    boost::asio::connect(sock,
+        r.resolve(boost::asio::ip::tcp::resolver::query{host, "http"}));
+
+    using namespace beast::http;
+
+    // Send HTTP request using beast
+    request<empty_body> req({method_t::http_get, "/", 11});
+    req.headers.replace("Host", host + ":" + std::to_string(sock.remote_endpoint().port()));
+    req.headers.replace("User-Agent", "Beast");
+    write(sock, req);
+
+    // Receive and print HTTP response using beast
+    beast::streambuf sb;
+    response<streambuf_body> resp;
+    read(sock, sb, resp);
+    std::cout << resp;
+}