Thread: Sending http request to httpd

Hi,

I made this little program, the purpose was for it to send a GET /index.html HTTP/1.0 to a httpd.

The only problem is, however, that although it makes a connection ( i see it with netstat -n ) it doesnt dump the source of index.html to my screen....

heres the code:

Code:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netdb.h>

int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
        if( argc < 2 )
        {
                printf("Usage: httprq <host>\n");
                exit(1);
        }

        struct hostent *h;
        struct sockaddr_in dest;
        int sockfd;

        if( (h = (struct hostent *)gethostbyname(argv[1])) == -1 )
        {
                printf("Could not lookup hostname\n");
                exit(1);
        }

        if( (sockfd = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 )) == -1 )
        {
                printf("Could not create socket\n");
                exit(1);
        }

        dest.sin_port = htons(80);
        dest.sin_family = AF_INET;
        dest.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)h->h_addr);
char *msg = "GET /index.html HTTP/1.1";
        char recv[900];

        if( (connect( sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&dest, sizeof(struct sockaddr))) == -1 )
        {
                printf("Could not connect to remote host\n");
                close(sockfd);
        }
        else
        {
                write( sockfd, msg, strlen(msg) );
                read( sockfd, recv, 900 );
                printf("%s\n", recv );
                close(sockfd);
        }

        exit(1);
}

It just doesnt do anything, i didnt wait for that long because i know that other similair programs returned the source in a few seconds...
btw; i also tried it with send() and recv() no luck either....

thanks,
encrypted

Ok thanks,

i read beejs guide partly, but ill read the whole again.

Anyway, so the return value of the read and write call has to be checked.
And i have to read/write in a loop.

but is the other piece of the code correct besides read and write?

thanks,
encrypted

i just had the same question you have to add a \n to the end search my treads same question answered