Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Sending/receiving binary messages

[Nelson, E. - 2 <eri...@ba...>]

>From Dean Michael Berris on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:16 PM

>Yes, it is possible. You can already use the cpp-netlib client to
download in HTTP 1.0 mode binary data -- there are even tests packaged
in the library to prove it.

That's great!  Does it work from the server side, too?  Are there plans
for HTTP 1.1 support?

>Have you encountered a bug that's not allowing you to download binary
data using the HTTP client?

Not at all... I was just trying to understand what was possible- here's
my original question



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Is there any reason I can't send a binary response?

For example, the hello_world_server has

response = server::response::stock_reply(server::response::ok, "Hello,
World!");

Could I fill a string with binary data and send it like this?

String s("\0\0\0\0\0")
response = server::response::stock_reply(server::response::ok, s);

and get it out on the client side?  If so, would I use
boost::network::body(response) on the client side, or something else?
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I haven't actually tried it- can you comment on the original question?
I poked around in the tests but didn't find the test that has an example
of binary transfer.

Thanks

Erik