Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] http server request path()

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

Hi Tim,

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Timothy Stewart
<tim...@gm...> wrote:
> I apologize in advance, my C++ is fairly weak.  I was trying to make a
> simple http server using cpp netlib v.0.8.  The first problem I ran into was
> the undefined "_or" problem, which I got around by including foreach.hpp (I
> believe the other thread recommended #include <boost/mpl/or.hpp> which I'm
> sure is a more direct solution).

Yes, that should really be addressed in a point release. I'll commit
that change and package up 0.8.1 appropriately.

>
> // CPPNetLibTest.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
> //
> #include "stdafx.h"
> #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
> #include <boost/network/include/http/server.hpp>
>
> struct handler_type;
> typedef boost::network::http::server<handler_type> http_server;
> struct handler_type {
>     void operator()(
>         http_server::request const & request,
>         http_server::response & response
>     ) {
>         std::string pathstr = path(request);
> // do something here depending on the path requested.

Here, instead of path(request), do destination(request).

I'll try to make the above work too, I hadn't thought about the
symmetry between a client request and a server request. I'll see if
that can make it into 0.8.1 too.

HTH

-- 
Dean Michael Berris
deanberris.com