I'm looking for an easy way to grab the contents of a web page, i.e., something like this (ignoring error handling):
std::string pageContent = getPageContent("http://www.interestingsite.com/funkypage.html");
Is there a Boost library that will give me this kind of interface? I know I can build this on top of asio, but I'd prefer something where I don't have to do much more work than the above. If there's no Boost library, I'd welcome suggestions for other cross-platform ways to achieve this.
Most Un*x systems have libcurl, which will do this. I don't know about Windows, but this looks promising http://sourceforge.net/projects/curl/ -- -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software mailto:marshall@idio.com It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.