How to send POST request to some website using winapi?

Question

I'd like to send HTTP POST request to website and retrieve the resultant page using winapi. How can I do that?

Thanks i advance.

Answer 1

You'll need to use Winsock (basically the Windows version of Berkeley sockets), create & send the HTTP request and receive & parse the response.

Answer 2

The MSDN docs have sample code using WinHTTP:

• IWinHttpRequest::Send Method
• Posting Data to the Server

Answer 3

Also consider using something like Libwww or libcurl.