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boost_beast/example/http/client/sync-ssl/http_client_sync_ssl.cpp
Vinnie Falco dd71b0f94d Refactor all examples:
fix #575, fix #604, fix #608, fix #634, fix #712

All examples are rewritten:

* Using Best Practices
* Mostly self-contained
* New examples to complete the feature matrix
* The server-framework example is removed
2017-08-07 20:53:11 -07:00

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//
// Copyright (c) 2016-2017 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)
//
// Official repository: https://github.com/boostorg/beast
//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Example: HTTP SSL client, synchronous
//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "example/common/root_certificates.hpp"
#include <boost/beast/core.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/http.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/version.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/connect.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/ssl/stream.hpp>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using tcp = boost::asio::ip::tcp; // from <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
namespace ssl = boost::asio::ssl; // from <boost/asio/ssl.hpp>
namespace http = boost::beast::http; // from <boost/beast/http.hpp>
// Performs an HTTP GET and prints the response
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
try
{
// Check command line arguments.
if(argc != 4)
{
std::cerr <<
"Usage: http-client-sync-ssl <host> <port> <target>\n" <<
"Example:\n" <<
" http-client-sync-ssl www.example.com 443 /\n";
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
auto const host = argv[1];
auto const port = argv[2];
auto const target = argv[3];
// The io_service is required for all I/O
boost::asio::io_service ios;
// The SSL context is required, and holds certificates
ssl::context ctx{ssl::context::sslv23_client};
// This holds the root certificate used for verification
load_root_certificates(ctx);
// These objects perform our I/O
tcp::resolver resolver{ios};
ssl::stream<tcp::socket> stream{ios, ctx};
// Look up the domain name
auto const lookup = resolver.resolve({host, port});
// Make the connection on the IP address we get from a lookup
boost::asio::connect(stream.next_layer(), lookup);
// Perform the SSL handshake
stream.handshake(ssl::stream_base::client);
// Set up an HTTP GET request message
http::request<http::string_body> req{http::verb::get, target, 11};
req.set(http::field::host, host);
req.set(http::field::user_agent, BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING);
// Send the HTTP request to the remote host
http::write(stream, req);
// This buffer is used for reading and must be persisted
boost::beast::flat_buffer buffer;
// Declare a container to hold the response
http::response<http::dynamic_body> res;
// Receive the HTTP response
http::read(stream, buffer, res);
// Write the message to standard out
std::cout << res << std::endl;
// Gracefully close the stream
boost::system::error_code ec;
stream.shutdown(ec);
if(ec == boost::asio::error::eof)
{
// Rationale:
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25587403/boost-asio-ssl-async-shutdown-always-finishes-with-an-error
ec.assign(0, ec.category());
}
if(ec)
throw boost::system::system_error{ec};
// If we get here then the connection is closed gracefully
}
catch(std::exception const& e)
{
std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}