Simple Client Sample

The simple HTTP server sample demonstrates how to add HTTP client functionality to your C application. The AppWeb HTTP client allows applications to retrieve documents using GET and POST HTTP method calls. The sample is a main program that requests the home page from https://mbedthis.com.

Files

simpleClient.cpp

Source Code

simpleClient.cpp

//
//  Copyright (c) Mbedthis Software LLC, 2003-2004. All Rights Reserved.
//
/// @file   simpleClient.cpp
/// @brief  Simple client using the GET method to retrieve a web page.
///
/// This sample demonstrates retrieving content using the HTTP GET
/// method via the Client class.
///
                                                                                
////////////////////////////// Includes ////////////////////////////////
                                                                                
#include    "appWeb/appWeb.h"
                                                                                
////////////////////////////////// Code ////////////////////////////////
                                                                                
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    MaClient    *client;
    Mpr         mpr("simpleClient");
    char        *content;
    int         code, contentLen;
                                                                                
    //
    //  Start the Mbedthis Portable Runtime
    //
    mpr.start();
                                                                                
    //
    //  Get a client object to work with. We can issue multiple
    //  requests with this one object.
    //
    client = new MaClient();
                                                                                
    //
    //  Get a URL
    //
    if (client->getRequest("https://mbedthis.com/index.html") < 0) {
        mprFprintf(MPR_STDERR, "Can't get URL");
        exit(2);
    }
                                                                                
    //
    //  Examine the HTTP response HTTP code. 200 is success.
    //
    code = client->getResponseCode();
    if (code != 200) {
        mprFprintf(MPR_STDERR, "Server responded with code %d\n", code);
        exit(1);
    }
                                                                                
    //
    //  Get the actual response content
    //
    content = client->getResponseContent(&contentLen);
    if (content) {
        mprPrintf("Server responded with:\n%s\n", content);
    }
                                                                                
    delete client;
    return 0;
}