Re: [Announce] euLibCurl - An internet protocol transfer library
On 23 Aug 2002, at 13:40, Ray Smith wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Late last night I did a bit of a hunt around the net looking for a
> library to replace the euTcp4u http4u_get_file() function that fails
> with the HTTP 1.1 protocol web servers.
>
> I found "Curl" and the excellent library behind it "LibCurl".
>
> So now there is an euLibCurl! (ie. a Euphoria wrapper)
>
> euLibCurl is a very early wrapper that can replace the tcp4u
> get_file function. It isn't a drop in replacement for the tcp4u
> function - you'll need to recode any existing apps. You'll be glad
> you did as LibCurl is much much better!
>
> LibCurl has many many options which I might add in the future, but for
> now it can be used to download web pages/files from the web (including
> through a proxy and receiving pages/files stright to memory /
> sequences).
>
> Since this is such a quick release I can't promise not to change the
> current functions. So don't get too involved with it without sending
> me a message!
>
> euLibCurl comes with 2 demo programs and simple doco.
>
> It can be downloaded from my web page below.
>
> I'd love to hear from the people you had trouble with the tcp4u
> functions and see if euLibCurl works! :)
>
> Any questions, comments, bug reports, typos etc gladly accepted :)
I have two questions and a suggestion.....
Q1)
Re: aCurlHandle = 0 is failure, anything else is an error.
so any value for a handle that is not a failure, is an error? Can you explain
the difference, and why we would use a function that returns only failures and
errors?
Q2)
If cURL is a commandline-only setup, is there a way to NOT open a gui or
dosbox, and just get the webpage into a file or sequence like TCP4u does
now?
My suggestion is a better readme and examples, when you have the time.
And maybe making the functions look like tcp4u, so the curl code would
work just by changing the include declaration?
Kat
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