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boost_beast/example/http-client-ssl/http_client_ssl.cpp
2017-07-20 08:15:30 -07:00

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//
// 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)
//
#include "../common/root_certificates.hpp"
#include <beast/core.hpp>
#include <beast/http.hpp>
#include <beast/version.hpp>
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/ssl.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using tcp = boost::asio::ip::tcp; // from <boost/asio.hpp>
namespace ssl = boost::asio::ssl; // from <boost/asio/ssl.hpp>
namespace http = beast::http; // from <beast/http.hpp>
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;
};
boost::system::error_code ec;
// Normal boost::asio setup
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, "https"}, 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);
// Create the required ssl context
ssl::context ctx{ssl::context::sslv23_client};
// This holds the root certificate used for verification
load_root_certificates(ctx, ec);
if(ec)
return fail("certificate", ec);
// Wrap the now-connected socket in an SSL stream
ssl::stream<tcp::socket&> stream{sock, ctx};
stream.set_verify_mode(ssl::verify_peer | ssl::verify_fail_if_no_peer_cert);
// Perform SSL handshaking
stream.handshake(ssl::stream_base::client, ec);
if(ec)
return fail("handshake", ec);
// Set up an HTTP GET request message
http::request<http::string_body> req;
req.method(http::verb::get);
req.target("/");
req.version = 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(stream, 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<http::dynamic_body> res;
// Read the response
http::read(stream, b, res, ec);
if(ec)
return fail("read", ec);
// Write the message to standard out
std::cout << res << std::endl;
// Shut down SSL on the stream
stream.shutdown(ec);
if(ec && ec != boost::asio::error::eof)
fail("ssl_shutdown ", ec);
// If we get here then the connection is closed gracefully
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}