http_client.cpp

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2013-2014 ADTECH GmbH
 * Licensed under MIT (https://github.com/adtechlabs/libtasks/blob/master/COPYING)
 *
 * Author: Andreas Pohl
 */

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>

#include <tasks/dispatcher.h>
#include <tasks/net/http_sender.h>

class test_handler : public tasks::net::http_response_handler {
  public:
    bool handle_response(std::shared_ptr<tasks::net::http_response> response) {
        std::cout << "Got status " << response->status() << std::endl;
        if (response->content_length()) {
            std::cout << "Content:" << std::endl << response->content_p() << std::endl;
        }
        return false;
    }
};

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    // initialize the dispatcher first
    auto disp = tasks::dispatcher::instance();
    disp->start();
    auto* sender = new tasks::net::http_sender<test_handler>();
    // after sending the request we terminate the dispatcher and exit
    sender->on_finish([disp] { disp->terminate(); });
    auto request = std::make_shared<tasks::net::http_request>("www.google.com", "/");
    std::cout << "sending" << std::endl;
    try {
        sender->send(request);
    } catch (tasks::tasks_exception& e) {
        std::cerr << "error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
        delete sender;
        // shutdown the dispatcher
        disp->terminate();
    }
    disp->join();
    return 0;
}