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Module `std.net.curl`

Networking client functionality as provided by libcurl. The libcurl library must be installed on the system in order to use this module.


Category	Functions
High level	`download` `upload` `get` `post` `put` `del` `options` `trace` `connect` `byLine` `byChunk` `byLineAsync` `byChunkAsync`
Low level	`HTTP` `FTP` `SMTP`

Note

You may need to link to the curl library, e.g. by adding "libs": ["curl"] to your dub.json file if you are using DUB.

Windows x86 note: A DMD compatible libcurl static library can be downloaded from the dlang.org download archive page.

This module is not available for iOS, tvOS or watchOS.

Compared to using libcurl directly this module allows simpler client code for common uses, requires no unsafe operations, and integrates better with the rest of the language. Futhermore it provides range access to protocols supported by libcurl both synchronously and asynchronously.

A high level and a low level API are available. The high level API is built entirely on top of the low level one.

The high level API is for commonly used functionality such as HTTP/FTP get. The byLineAsync and byChunkAsync provides asynchronous range that performs the request in another thread while handling a line/chunk in the current thread.

The low level API allows for streaming and other advanced features.

Cheat Sheet
Function Name	Description
*High level*
`download`	`download("ftp.digitalmars.com/sieve.ds", "/tmp/downloaded-ftp-file")` downloads file from URL to file system.
`upload`	`upload("/tmp/downloaded-ftp-file", "ftp.digitalmars.com/sieve.ds");` uploads file from file system to URL.
`get`	`get("dlang.org")` returns a char[] containing the dlang.org web page.
`put`	`put("dlang.org", "Hi")` returns a char[] containing the dlang.org web page. after a HTTP PUT of "hi"
`post`	`post("dlang.org", "Hi")` returns a char[] containing the dlang.org web page. after a HTTP POST of "hi"
`byLine`	`byLine("dlang.org")` returns a range of char[] containing the dlang.org web page.
`byChunk`	`byChunk("dlang.org", 10)` returns a range of ubyte[10] containing the dlang.org web page.
`byLineAsync`	`byLineAsync("dlang.org")` returns a range of char[] containing the dlang.org web page asynchronously.
`byChunkAsync`	`byChunkAsync("dlang.org", 10)` returns a range of ubyte[10] containing the dlang.org web page asynchronously.
*Low level*
`HTTP`	`HTTP` struct for advanced usage
`FTP`	`FTP` struct for advanced usage
`SMTP`	`SMTP` struct for advanced usage

Example

import std.net.curl, std.stdio;

// Return a char[] containing the content specified by a URL
auto content = get("dlang.org");

// Post data and return a char[] containing the content specified by a URL
auto content = post("mydomain.com/here.cgi", ["name1" : "value1", "name2" : "value2"]);

// Get content of file from ftp server
auto content = get("ftp.digitalmars.com/sieve.ds");

// Post and print out content line by line. The request is done in another thread.
foreach (line; byLineAsync("dlang.org", "Post data"))
    writeln(line);

// Get using a line range and proxy settings
auto client = HTTP();
client.proxy = "1.2.3.4";
foreach (line; byLine("dlang.org", client))
    writeln(line);

For more control than the high level functions provide, use the low level API:

Example

import std.net.curl, std.stdio;

// GET with custom data receivers
auto http = HTTP("dlang.org");
http.onReceiveHeader =
    (in char[] key, in char[] value) { writeln(key, ": ", value); };
http.onReceive = (ubyte[] data) { /+ drop +/ return data.length; };
http.perform();

First, an instance of the reference-counted HTTP struct is created. Then the custom delegates are set. These will be called whenever the HTTP instance receives a header and a data buffer, respectively. In this simple example, the headers are written to stdout and the data is ignored. If the request should be stopped before it has finished then return something less than data.length from the onReceive callback. See onReceiveHeader/onReceive for more information. Finally the HTTP request is effected by calling perform(), which is synchronous.

Credits

The functionally is based on libcurl. LibCurl is licensed under an MIT/X derivative license.

Functions

Name	Description
`byChunk(url, chunkSize, conn)`	HTTP/FTP fetch content as a range of chunks.
`byChunkAsync(url, postData, chunkSize, transmitBuffers, conn)`	HTTP/FTP fetch content as a range of chunks asynchronously.
`byLine(url, keepTerminator, terminator, conn)`	HTTP/FTP fetch content as a range of lines.
`byLineAsync(url, postData, keepTerminator, terminator, transmitBuffers, conn)`	HTTP/FTP fetch content as a range of lines asynchronously.
`connect(url, conn)`	HTTP connect request.
`del(url, conn)`	HTTP/FTP delete content.
`download(url, saveToPath, conn)`	HTTP/FTP download to local file system.
`get(url, conn)`	HTTP/FTP get content.
`options(url, conn)`	HTTP options request.
`patch(url, patchData, conn)`	HTTP patch content.
`post(url, postData, conn)`	HTTP post content.
`put(url, putData, conn)`	HTTP/FTP put content.
`trace(url, conn)`	HTTP trace request.
`upload(loadFromPath, url, conn)`	Upload file from local files system using the HTTP or FTP protocol.

Classes

Name	Description
`CurlException`	Exception thrown on errors in std.net.curl functions.
`CurlTimeoutException`	Exception thrown on timeout errors in std.net.curl functions.
`HTTPStatusException`	Exception thrown on HTTP request failures, e.g. 404 Not Found.

Structs

Name	Description
`AutoProtocol`
`Curl`	Wrapper to provide a better interface to libcurl than using the plain C API. It is recommended to use the `HTTP`/`FTP` etc. structs instead unless raw access to libcurl is needed.
`FTP`	FTP client functionality.
`HTTP`	HTTP client functionality.
`SMTP`	Basic SMTP protocol support.

Aliases

Name	Type	Description
`CurlCode`	`int`	Equal to `CURLcode`
`ThrowOnError`	`Flag!("throwOnError")`	Flag to specify whether or not an exception is thrown on error.

Authors

Jonas Drewsen. Some of the SMTP code contributed by Jimmy Cao.

License

Boost License 1.0.

API Documentation

Module std.net.curl

Note

Example

Example

Credits

Functions

Classes

Structs

Aliases

Authors

License

Module `std.net.curl`