[Boost-users] What is the way to access the data contained in a stream buffer?

This is the relevant code: boost::asio::streambuf request; std::ostream request_stream(&request); request_stream << "GET " << argv[2] << " HTTP/1.0\r\n"; request_stream << "Host: " << argv[1] << "\r\n"; request_stream << "Accept: */*\r\n"; request_stream << "Connection: close\r\n\r\n"; // Send the request. boost::asio::write(socket, request); How can I convert the 'request.data' into a string or something? TIA, -Ramon