C++ and the internet. 1

[mover50]

Does C++ have the ability to acquire data from the internet?

Can I generate a URL that will go out and get some data on the internet and then give it to C++ to process like it is reading data from a file?

A simple example would be to do it like the Query statement in Excel.

Thanks,

Kent

 

[bitwise]

You can do this. You will have to look into socket programming. Also, if you are going to request a file over the Internet...or more accurately using HTTP you will need to look into the HTTP protocol to see how to construct a GET request on the URL to retrieve the file from the webserver and then process it in your program.

It sounds harder than it is - just research SOCKET programming and eventually the HTTP GET request.

-bitwise

 

[cdlvj]

There is wget in Linux, and the curl libs can help you out here. You should be able to find the open source code for wget for examples on how it is done.