boost_beast/doc/examples.qbk

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[section:example Examples]

These usage examples are intended to quickly impress upon readers the
flavor of the library. They are complete programs which may be built
and run. Source code and build scripts for these programs may be found
in the examples directory.

[heading HTTP GET]

Use HTTP to request the root page from a website and print the response:

```
#include <beast/http.hpp>
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include <boost/lexical_cast.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"}));

    // Send HTTP request using beast
    beast::http::request<beast::http::string_body> req;
    req.method = "GET";
    req.url = "/";
    req.version = 11;
    req.fields.replace("Host", host + ":" +
        boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(sock.remote_endpoint().port()));
    req.fields.replace("User-Agent", "Beast");
    beast::http::prepare(req);
    beast::http::write(sock, req);

    // Receive and print HTTP response using beast
    beast::streambuf sb;
    beast::http::response<beast::http::dynamic_body> resp;
    beast::http::read(sock, sb, resp);
    std::cout << resp;
}
```
[heading WebSocket]

Establish a WebSocket connection, send a message and receive the reply:
```
#include <beast/core/to_string.hpp>
#include <beast/websocket.hpp>
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
    // Normal boost::asio setup
    std::string const host = "echo.websocket.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, "80"}));

    // WebSocket connect and send message using beast
    beast::websocket::stream<boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket&> ws{sock};
    ws.handshake(host, "/");
    ws.write(boost::asio::buffer(std::string("Hello, world!")));

    // Receive WebSocket message, print and close using beast
    beast::streambuf sb;
    beast::websocket::opcode op;
    ws.read(op, sb);
    ws.close(beast::websocket::close_code::normal);
    std::cout << beast::to_string(sb.data()) << "\n";
}
```

[heading WebSocket Echo Server]

This example demonstrates both synchronous and asynchronous
WebSocket server implementations.

* [@examples/websocket_async_echo_server.hpp]
* [@examples/websocket_sync_echo_server.hpp]
* [@examples/websocket_echo.cpp]

[heading Secure WebSocket]

Establish a WebSocket connection over an encrypted TLS connection,
send a message and receive the reply. Requires OpenSSL to build.

* [@examples/websocket_ssl_example.cpp]

[heading HTTPS GET]

This example demonstrates sending and receiving HTTP messages
over a TLS connection. Requires OpenSSL to build.

* [@examples/http_ssl_example.cpp]

[heading HTTP Crawl]

This example retrieves the page at each of the most popular domains
as measured by Alexa.

* [@examples/http_crawl.cpp]

[heading HTTP Server]

This example demonstrates both synchronous and asynchronous server
implementations. It also provides an example of implementing a [*Body]
type, in `file_body`.

* [@examples/file_body.hpp]
* [@examples/http_async_server.hpp]
* [@examples/http_sync_server.hpp]
* [@examples/http_server.cpp]

[heading Listings]

These are stand-alone listings of the HTTP and WebSocket examples.

* [@examples/http_example.cpp]
* [@examples/websocket_example.cpp]

[endsect]