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Cpp-httplib

A C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library.

Simple examples

Server (Multi-threaded) 

#define CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
#include "path/to/httplib.h"

// HTTP
httplib::Server svr;

// HTTPS
httplib::SSLServer svr;

svr.Get("/hi", [](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response &res) {
  res.set_content("Hello World!", "text/plain");
});

svr.listen("0.0.0.0", 8080);

Client 

#define CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
#include "path/to/httplib.h"

// HTTP
httplib::Client cli("http://cpp-httplib-server.yhirose.repl.co");

// HTTPS
httplib::Client cli("https://cpp-httplib-server.yhirose.repl.co");

auto res = cli.Get("/hi");
res->status;
res->body;

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