[boost] Boost xxhr ? High level http client library

Subject: [boost] Boost xxhr ? High level http client library
From: Damien Buhl (damien.buhl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-09-28 08:58:41

Dear Boost,

I've built an header-only library based on Boost.Beast which allows you
to perform HTTP requests.

It is implememented with two backends :

  * Boost.Beast for native builds.
  * XmlHttpRequest for WebAssembly (plans to migrate to fetch API which
    is richer)

Actually Boost.Beast is a great lib, however it's API is thought to
build HTTP centric app not just to make some simple HTTP call ( as for
example urdl was ). xxhr on the other hand is about making it simple to
call an HTTP service.

Usage example :

GET
<https://nxxm.github.io/xxhr/html/namespacexxhr.html#a69bafa24d7c33b004a7de863f52b97cb>(
"http://httpbin.org/anything"s, on_response = [](auto&& resp) {
   std::cout << resp.text;
});

I would be really interested in a pre-review or some feedback about it's
API. The implementation merits more attention and can significantly be
improved but this email is to grab a first feedback from the community.

Documentation : https://nxxm.github.io/xxhr/
GitHub :Â  https://github.com/nxxm/xxhr

Example code relying on it : nxxm/gh <https://github.com/nxxm/gh>:
partial GitHub API implementation

Thanks for your time :)

-- 
Damien Buhl
Software Developer
[phone]
https://nxxm.github.io/