Re: [boost] [beast] Request for Discussion

Subject: Re: [boost] [beast] Request for Discussion
From: Thomas Trummer (th.trummer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-09-25 09:39:08

> On 23 Sep 2016, at 20:50, Niall Douglas <s_sourceforge_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> Almost everyone here and in the wider C++ community wants somebody to 
> take the HTTP client API from the Python Requests module 
> (http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/) and very closely 
> replicate it in C++ (it need not be Python Requests specifically, 
> just some well established highly regarded high level HTTP API battle 
> tested over many years - the key part here is DO NOT try reinventing 
> the wheel over well established practice).

I don’t know if this is true but such a thing actually exists already:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_D-wD1EmWk
- https://github.com/whoshuu/cpr

Thomas