libcurl video tutorial: simplest

This is the "simplest" episode of the libcurl video tutorials. Do the first basic libcurl application that downloads a HTTPS URL and sends the content to stdout. All files shown are available at the link.
See bagder.github....

[@clayton3518]

I love using libcurl on c++, but till now i have no idea how to link it statically. It gives hundreds of errors.

[@s_e_t_z3248]

this is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you.

[@thisisreallyme3130]

Nice and to the point, thank you. I appreciate how you are voicing the code AND where it is (ie global vars at 1:02). SUGGESTION: Please increase your font size for code, so it is more comfortable to read when watching your video on a smaller laptop or tablet. Cheers

[@bushraw66]

I'm getting the following error: SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK.
do you have a recommendation on how to tackle this problem in a secure way, I'm running on Windows, DEVC++ compiler app

[@happymatekenya394]

How can I use libcurl to get info about distance from new york to london?

[@DanielStenberg]

You find an API somewhere that you can ask, then setup libcurl to query that API.

[@kentjordan4658]

how can I use cURL library?

[@DanielStenberg]

This video takes you through the steps to make a first simple libcurl-using application!

[@patrickaliberti8173]

my res variable returns the error instead of the HTML file. Can somebody help me understand why? My code is the exact same as shown in the video.

[@DanielStenberg]

Then check the error code and read up on what it means!

[@raypunn]

how can i use curl to login to a website in c/c++ ? what are the conditions of logging to a website like what headers does it require etc.

[@DanielStenberg]

It totally depends on what "login" means. Usually you just have to POST your credentials, receive the cookies and then use those cookies in subsequent requests - as a "logged in" user.

[@Lucas-rc7kl]

Hi Daniel, I'm new to programming and I'm struggling with this: when I copy this part ''char* ptr = realloc(mem->memory, mem->size + realsize + 1);'' An error like this occurs ->
E0144 a value of type "void *" cannot be used to initialize an entity of type "char *" . Why? If it works there.

[@DanielStenberg]

build it as C code and not C++. For more, I think you should find and use a forum for C/C++ help rather than libcurl to get the basics to compile.

[@Landofjello]

This is the simplest...?

[@DanielStenberg]

Pretty much. It really is very simple and doing a HTTPS transfer can really not be done much simpler!

[@timedate4877]

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