curl_wrapper/README.adoc

= curl_wrapper
:project: curl_wrapper
:uri-base: https://schlomp.space/tastytea/{project}
:uri-cmake: https://cmake.org/
:uri-libcurl: https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/
:uri-catch: https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2
:uri-doxygen: http://www.doxygen.nl/

Light libcurl wrapper for when you need to GET a website with minimum effort.

This is _not_ supposed to be a package on its own, but a thing you drop into
your project.

I made this because the curl wrapper I used before is no longer maintained and
the other wrappers are either incomplete or unmaintained as well. _I do not
guarantee anything, use at your own risk._

URL: <{uri-base}>.

== Example program

[source,cpp]
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#include "curl_wrapper.hpp"
#include <iostream>

namespace cw = curl_wrapper;

int main()
{
    cw::CURLWrapper curl;
    const auto answer{curl.make_http_request(cw::http_method::GET,
                                             "http://example.com/")};
    if (answer)
    {
        std::cout << answer;
    }
}
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== Use with CMake

Drop this project into a subfolder in your project tree. It will be compiled as
a static library.

[source,cmake]
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add_subdirectory(curl_wrapper)

add_executable(test)
target_link_libraries(test PRIVATE curl_wrapper)
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.CMake options:
* `-DWITH_CURL_WRAPPER_TESTS=YES` Compiles the tests.
* `-DWITH_CURL_WRAPPER_DOC=YES` Generate API reference.

== Dependencies

* C++17
* link:{uri-cmake}[CMake] >= 3.9
* link:{uri-libcurl}[libcurl] >= 7.52
* Optional:
  ** Tests: link:{uri-catch}[Catch] >= 1.2
  ** Documentation: link:{uri-doxygen}[Doxygen] >= 1.8