// // Copyright (c) 2013-2017 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) // //[example_http_client #include #include #include #include #include #include #include using tcp = boost::asio::ip::tcp; // from namespace http = beast::http; // from int main() { // A helper for reporting errors auto const fail = [](std::string what, beast::error_code ec) { std::cerr << what << ": " << ec.message() << std::endl; return EXIT_FAILURE; }; beast::error_code ec; // Set up an asio socket boost::asio::io_service ios; tcp::resolver r{ios}; tcp::socket sock{ios}; // Look up the domain name std::string const host = "www.example.com"; auto const lookup = r.resolve({host, "http"}, ec); if(ec) return fail("resolve", ec); // Make the connection on the IP address we get from a lookup boost::asio::connect(sock, lookup, ec); if(ec) return fail("connect", ec); // Set up an HTTP GET request message http::request req{http::verb::get, "/", 11}; req.set(http::field::host, host + ":" + std::to_string(sock.remote_endpoint().port())); req.set(http::field::user_agent, BEAST_VERSION_STRING); req.prepare_payload(); // Write the HTTP request to the remote host http::write(sock, req, ec); if(ec) return fail("write", ec); // This buffer is used for reading and must be persisted beast::flat_buffer b; // Declare a container to hold the response http::response res; // Read the response http::read(sock, b, res, ec); if(ec) return fail("read", ec); // Write the message to standard out std::cout << res << std::endl; // Gracefully close the socket sock.shutdown(tcp::socket::shutdown_both, ec); // not_connected happens sometimes // so don't bother reporting it. // if(ec && ec != beast::errc::not_connected) return fail("shutdown", ec); // If we get here then the connection is closed gracefully return EXIT_SUCCESS; } //]