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Joni
Joni

Reputation: 111339

Any HTTP library in C that allows direct communication with the server?

Do you know of any HTTP client library in C (with SSL support) that also allows direct communication with the remote server?

I have a client-server application where the client uses HTTP to start a session in the server and then tells the server to switch the connection from HTTP to a different protocol. All communication is encapsulated in SSL. It is written in Perl and works well, but I'm looking into implementing the client in C.

I know libcurl gives you access to the underlaying socket but it's not enough because of the SSL requirement.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 653

Answers (3)

isabel
isabel

Reputation: 106

I think that you must be looking for this otherwise you must have to write it yourself, like this

Upvotes: 1

Fabio Ceconello
Fabio Ceconello

Reputation: 16049

Notice that libcurl doesn't do the SSL part by itself, it uses OpenSSL. So, if you can get the socket handle from libcurl after the first HTTP interactions, AND the session key it uses (some spelunking required) you can go on directly with OpenSSL from that point.

Upvotes: 1

Joe
Joe

Reputation: 47649

Sounds like you want Web Sockets. Don't know if there's a C library available though. I would assume there is, if you dig.

Upvotes: 0

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