Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] TODO's in http_integration

[Allister L. S. <all...@gm...>]

Hi,

Sorry I've been silent due to a rather busy work week.  But this Friday's a
holiday in France (yehey!) so I'm thinking of working on the MIME part over
the 3-day weekend.  I've no clear idea how to do it yet, but it should be a
good learning experience.

Till this weekend, cheers!
Allister

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 6:45 AM, Dean Michael Berris <mik...@gm...
> wrote:

>
> Like I implied, if it has something to do with MIME, we need to write
> that library outside of HTTP. An imaginary MIME library would expose a
> stream interface, and perhaps provide the following:
>
> <code>
>
> using namespace boost::network::mime;
> omimestream multi_part_builder;
> multi_part_builder
>  << content(
>    disposition(
>      "form-data",
>      make_tuple(
>        make_pair("name", "param1")
>        )
>      ),
>    data("param1Value")
>    )
>  << content(
>    disposition(
>      "file",
>      make_tuple(
>        make_pair("name", "file"),
>        make_pair("filename", "filename1.txt")
>        )
>      ),
>    type(
>      "text/plain"
>      ),
>    data(file_stream)
>  ;
>
> ...
> client_.post(request, multi_part_builder.type(),
> multi_part_builder.body());
>
> </code>
>
> This allows us to use the MIME library outside of HTTP and be a usable
> library in itself. In this case, the decoupling of the MIME handling
> from the HTTP implementation will be a good thing.
>
> I'm not saying it shouldn't be our responsibility -- I agree that we
> should make it easier for users -- but how we're going to allow that
> to happen has to fit within the goals of the project, which is
> building a set of extensible components for building network-aware
> applications in C++.
>
> I can write that MIME builder interface with Boost.Proto or from
> scratch, but that would require me to context-switch from the HTTP
> implementation.
>
> If anybody's interested in picking up that piece of the puzzle, or
> would like to be part of the discussion about it, now would be a good
> time to sound off. :D
>
>
>