Re: [Boost-users] Question on writing HTTP parser

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Question on writing HTTP parser
From: Michael Caisse (mcaisse-lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-25 02:09:39

On 02/24/2014 08:30 PM, gomti wrote:
> Hello. I'm newbie for boost library.
> 
> I'm trying to write a HTTP Parser, which handles the HTTP message coming
> from the proxy server.
> 
> I don't know much about the boost, so I'm really confused on what to use
> to write my functionality.
> 
> When I search on the internet, some say that I need to used Boost.Asio
> and Some say Boost.Spirit.
> 
> When I looked over the document for each, I found that Boost.Asio is
> like network library for C++ and Boost.Spirit is for writing compilers.
> As I mention above, I want to write a http parser. I think the relevant
> one is the following: https://github.com/joyent/http-parser
> 

Spirit is a parsing library and is well suited for building what you
need. There is a Spirit mail list and an active IRC channel on freenode
(##spirit)

<http://www.boost.org/community/groups.html#spirit>

michael
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