Send An HTTP Request | C libcurl Library Introduction

An introduction to using the libcurl library to send an HTTP request in C. Source code: github.com/por.... Check out www.portfolioc... to build a portfolio that will impress employers!
libcurl Library official website: curl.se/libcurl/

[@Phenomenal7]

Finally it's here ,C for networking I've been looking forward to this.
Thank you so much for this 🙌

[@PortfolioCourses]

You're very welcome, I'm hoping to make more videos on network programming in C! :-)

[@starc0w]

Great tutorial! Thank you very much!

[@PortfolioCourses]

You're very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thank you so much for the super thanks! :-)

[@kar486]

how to run curl library code .in vs code
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[@lehisluguer9300]

great tutorial as always :D ... im wondering if i can use this lib on my C++ projects?

[@PortfolioCourses]

Yes though there are other libraries for C++ specifically: github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib

[@dobcs3236]

thank you very much 👍

[@bresent]

You never disappoint me

[@PortfolioCourses]

I'm glad you're enjoying the content Hatim! :-)

[@peterhans8788]

Thank you for the video.
I am using Debian and the library is uknown.
I downloaded and moved it to the location of the c file.
The linker throws errors.. Do you know how to implement an external library like a professional 🙂?

[@PortfolioCourses]

Hi Peter, there is usually a way to use a package manage to install things like this instead of doing it "manually". The debian page lists this:
wiki.debian.org/deb
Which recommends this package manager:
wiki.debian.org/Aptitude
Maybe I can make a video talking about these topics one day. The issue is there's lots of package managers, though maybe I can pick a popular one or something and talk about it. :-)

[@peterhans8788]

@@PortfolioCourses
That would be wonderful if you could make a video about package managers! Appreciate it :)

[@0x54dotexe]

please make a video of how to send email to a friend telling him Hello for example using this library

[@Amaru1111]

Fucking amazing

[@tamoghnabhaduri530]

But is it used anywhere?? I dont know.

[@PortfolioCourses]

Yes, the project has 6.2k forks and 33k stars on GitHub for example: github.com/curl/curl

[@amj864]

libcurl is installed default on most platforms.

[@OsamaHasan000]

Thanks

[@PortfolioCourses]

You’re welcome Osama! :-)

[@Pixiesprinkle]

I guess it would be a good idea to pass it to memory before writing to file, to avoid write//file error aka as a safety like a temp file?

[@PortfolioCourses]

I didn’t think about that, but that’s true, if it’s in memory you could handle an error writing to a file. If you just redirect stdout, then you can’t do much if there’s a problem writing to the file.

[@yoruichi5802]

😮

[@PortfolioCourses]

I hope you liked it Yoruichi! :-)

[@sohagali6252]

Game

[@jondo-vh8tx]

python: import requests req=request.get("url") vs your 60 line of code . why is c++ so complicated for nothing?

[@PortfolioCourses]

Hahaha I feel this, that’s why I love Python. :-) I still love C for seeing how things work “under the hood”.

[@jondo-vh8tx]

@@PortfolioCourses :D amazing. i mean im like what am i missing, everyone else in here is so happy about the vid, when i cactualy know another language making the same issue lots and lots easier just by runing two lines of code. im a new beginner in the c++ world and sometimes i think we make stuff harder....in this case i would have use the normal library and using curl with system command system and i bet it would work!? :D

[@realElzie]

I am working on a project for college and we have to use C++ to do web scraping because C++ is more secure to run on servers than Python. If I could use Python then I would, but I am very glad this library exists. Also, C and C++ are much faster than Python as an added bonus.

[@jondo-vh8tx]

@@realElzie indeed. im learning c++ but jisses its not easy :D . why you do web scarping your gangstah ;)

[@AlameenAdeyemi]

U cant understand 😌