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

[Dean M. B. <mik...@gm...>]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Nelson, Erik - 2
<eri...@ba...> wrote:
> >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?
>

On the server side, HTTP 1.1 support I'm scheduling for 0.7 -- it
might make it into 0.6 *if* I find the time to implement it. :D

>>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
>

OK. :)

>
>
> ****************************
> 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?
> ********************************
>
>
> 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.
>

Ah, on the server side there's nothing stopping you from doing that.
Having used this to do just that, I can tell you with confidence that
there's no problem in that regard. :D

> Thanks

I hope this helps. If you find any glaring bugs please don't hesitate
to let us know. :D

-- 
Dean Michael Berris
cplusplus-soup.com | twitter.com/deanberris
linkedin.com/in/mikhailberis | facebook.com/dean.berris | deanberris.com