Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Http post example

[Raindog <ra...@ma...>]

On 12/2/2010 7:24 PM, Dean Michael Berris wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Raindog<ra...@ma...>  wrote:
> >  "Dean Michael Berris"<mik...@gm...>  wrote:
> >>
> >>Actually this isn't an HTTP POST, but rather an HTTP GET request with
> >>the query parameter supplied. This would work for what you intend to
> >>do:
> >>
> >>    http::client client;
> >>    http::client::request
> >>request("http://www.mysite.com/site.cgi?foo=bar&baz=quid");
> >>    http::client::response response = client.get(request);
> >>
> >>HTH
> >>
> >
> >  I realize now that after your response that I need also to send a file, I am trying essentially to fill out a web form w/ a file upload element, along with some options, hence why I thought it was a POST. I apologize for not being clear
> >
>
> Re-arranging your response for posterity. ;)
>
> So even in that situation, instead of using 'client.get' you can use
> 'client.post', and then put the file contents as part of the request.
> This isn't easily supported at the moment because the client requires
> that the contents be in a string. If your file is large (multiple
> megabytes) it is an issue and I'm going to address that limitation in
> the coming 0.9 release.
>
> Let me know if you need any more information regarding how to make the
> file contents part of the POST request.
>
>    
That would be great if you could. I'm not familiar with HTTP hence why I 
wanted to use your library =). I know that I need a content length and 
some field designating the encoding used, but I don't know how I would 
separate the query string parameters from the actual file being uploaded.

Thanks!