Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >On 2/25/11 8:48 AM, Jonas Drewsen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> My first post here so I don't know if this is the right place. >> >> I like how phobos is coming along but really miss a HTTP client and I >> think it should be a part of the standard library. >> >> Is anyone working on this currently? >> >> Any thoughts/heads-up if I decide to go ahead an implement it myself >> e.g. regarding ranges and other stuff? >> >> Is it at all possible to get such thing accepted in phobos if someone >> implemented it (and the quality is good enough)? >> >> Thanks >> Jonas > >Here's what I think would be great to do: > >1. A declarations module for libcurl. We'd put that in etc. You >wouldn't even need to go through the review process, the need and the >benefits are obvious. Nobody has had a chance to do that yet.
I remember there was some discussion about that some time ago. Graham Fawcett has a declarations module here: https://github.com/gmfawcett/d-play-libcurl/blob/master/fawcett/curl.d . It's not complete (only wraps the simple curl api), but it's a start. I think he was even willing to contribute it to phobos, but I'm not sure. >2. An API design that is safe (libcurl uses void* and unsafe idioms >all over the API) based on libcurl and integrates well with the rest >of Phobos. This would ideally be discussed prior to implementation and >will need to go through a review. > >If you do 1, it would be an awesome good step forward. > > >Andrei I've been working on a webclient like api now and then, but I haven't got the time right now to continue it and the code currently is a mess. The biggest problem I faced is curls 'push interface', you receive all data in a callback. Webclients in other languages offer a 'pull' / stream like api and i couldn't find a good way to support that with curl. -- Johannes Pfau
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