On 2/25/11 1:16 PM, Johannes Pfau wrote:
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.
Graham?
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.
You can do both with curl IIRC, it's a bit more work - you need is do
the work in a separate hidden thread and use synchronization or message
passing with client's thread.
Andrei
