How can I make a POST on http using boost::asio?

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Hello I'm trying to do a POST using boost::asio but I'm unable to do so. I'm looking at this example code: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_49_0/doc/html/boost_asio/example/http/client/sync_client.cpp How can I make this code using POST instead of GET?

I think cpp-netlib might be of use: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2251361/boost-asio-based-http-client-library-like-libcurl — John Carter, Feb 15 '12 at 09:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

asio works on the transportation layer (e.g. tcp sockets) not on the application level. Your solution would be more maintainable if you select a wide-spread http client library instead of implementing the http protocol yourself.

curl, poco and cpp-netlib is mentioned frequently here at SO but there are tons of available clients.

Have a look at these comparisons:

How can I make a POST on http using boost::asio?

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