HTTP client example on win32

Question

Dear All,

I wanted to develop one HTTP example on win32 platform, which is asynchronous.

I am new to win32 programming, can i know what are the api and library win32 platform

provides for HTTP send and receive request.

I am using windows xp with VS 2005.

If any example is available directly on net please provide me link to it,

with regards Vinayaka karjigi

Answer 1

Window HTTP Services "provides developers with an HTTP client application programming interface (API) to send requests through the HTTP protocol to other HTTP servers."

HTTP Server API "enables applications to communicate over HTTP without using Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)"

Answer 2

You can use WinHTTP library. Here is an sample on Asynchronous completion.

Answer 3

Boost Asio is a nice synchronous/asynchronous library which has everything you need for HTTP servers/clients. It has some extensive examples on HTTP servers, and the relevant clients. Now if you are new to C++ in general this library may be a little cryptic. You could always go have a look at MSDN if you want a more from scratch approach.