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/* john pfeiffer 18jan08 http (1.0) client in c 
httpget.c.exe website resource filename 
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html 
use gcwinsock.bat (gcc.exe -o %1.exe %1 -lws2_32 -lwsock32 -Iinclude -Llib)
lws2_32.a and lwsock32.a are from my bloodshed mingw port lib folder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsock
http://www.sockaddr.com/ExampleSourceCode.html
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>     /* for file functions */
#include <winsock.h>    /* you MUST load obj files C:\devcpp\Lib\libwsock32.a & lws2_32.a
                        gcc.exe -o %1.exe %1 -lws2_32 -lwsock32 -Iinclude -Llib        */
#define BUFFERMAX 1024

void zerobuffer(char buffer[BUFFERMAX])
{   int i;
    for(i =0; i< BUFFERMAX; i++)
    {   buffer[i] = 0; }
}/* end of func zerobuffer */

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    int bytes_rcvd=0;
    char buffer[BUFFERMAX];
    char command[32];           /* get or post */
    struct sockaddr_in a;       /* sockaddr_in(ternet) */
    struct hostent* Hostnameptr;       /* if the parameter is a name, not an ip addr */
    FILE* ofp;   
    WSADATA ws;

    int d = WSAStartup(0x0202,&ws);             /* addr family internet, stream, TCP = 0 */
    SOCKET s = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,IPPROTO_TCP);  /* get handle to socket (should be > 0) */

    a.sin_family = AF_INET;                   /* internet protocol addressing */
    a.sin_port = htons(80);                   /* connect to port 80           */
    a.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(argv[1]);   /* slashdot.org = 66.35.250.150  */

    if( a.sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE )    /* non existent ip address? */
    {   Hostnameptr = gethostbyname(argv[1]);    /* gethostbyname must be in lowercase! */
        a.sin_addr.s_addr = *(u_long *) Hostnameptr->h_addr_list[0]; /* extract the hostname after lookup */    
    }

    printf("WSAStartup = %d, ",d);                           
    d = connect( s, (struct sockaddr *) &a, sizeof(a) );         /* must cast */
    printf(" SOCKET = %d, Connected? %d (should be: 0)\n",s,d);                           
    if( d < 0 ){    printf("\nERROR GETTING SOCKET\n");  exit(1);  }
    if( argc < 4 )
    {   printf("error, proper usage is: httpget.c.exe webaddress resource filename\n");  exit(1);   }

    ofp = fopen(argv[3], "w");
    if( ofp == NULL ){    printf("ouptut file error\n");    exit(1);    }
    printf("%s writing %s %s to %s\n",argv[0], inet_ntoa( a.sin_addr ), argv[2], argv[3]);

    strcpy(command,"GET ");                      /* command is to get something */

    strcpy(buffer,command);  
    strcat(buffer,argv[2]);                     /* parameter tells what to get */
    strcat(buffer," HTTP/1.0\r\n");             /* what version of http */
    strcat(buffer,"host: ");                    /* host: is REQUIRED! */
    strcat(buffer,argv[1]);
    strcat(buffer,"\r\n");    
    /* strcat(buffer,"Range: bytes=-2048\r\n"); */
    /* strcat(buffer,"User-Agent: Random\r\n"); */

    puts(buffer);               /* displays commands for console window*/
    strcat(buffer,"\r\n");      /* denotes end of msg */

    send(s,buffer,sizeof(buffer),0);      /* the zero at the end?  */

    do{
        zerobuffer(buffer);
        bytes_rcvd = recv(s,buffer,BUFFERMAX-1,0);

        if ( bytes_rcvd > 0 )
            printf("Bytes received: %d\n", bytes_rcvd);
        else if ( bytes_rcvd == 0 )
            printf("Connection closed\n");
        else
            printf("recv failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());

        fputs(buffer,ofp);

    }while( bytes_rcvd > 0 );

    fclose(ofp);

    shutdown(s,1);          /*better than close()  */
    closesocket(s);
    WSACleanup();

    return 0;
} /*end main*/

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Jan 18, 2008

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