// // 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 int main() { // A helper for reporting errors auto const fail = [](std::string what, beast::error_code ec) { std::cerr << what << ": " << ec.message() << std::endl; std::cerr.flush(); return EXIT_FAILURE; }; beast::error_code ec; // Set up an asio socket boost::asio::io_service ios; boost::asio::ip::tcp::resolver r{ios}; boost::asio::ip::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 beast::http::request req; req.method(beast::http::verb::get); req.target("/"); req.version = 11; req.set(beast::http::field::host, host + ":" + boost::lexical_cast(sock.remote_endpoint().port())); req.set(beast::http::field::user_agent, "Beast"); req.prepare(); // Write the HTTP request to the remote host beast::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 beast::http::response res; // Read the response beast::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(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both, ec); if(ec) return fail("shutdown", ec); // If we get here then the connection is closed gracefully return EXIT_SUCCESS; } //]