GET windows-folder_W0QQitemZ280062863525QQihZ018QQcategoryZ80555QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem HTTP/1.1
Host: cgi.ebay.co.uk

HTTP/1.1 505 HTTP Version Not Supported
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:29:55 GMT
Connection: close

#include <winsock.h>
#include <iostream>

int GetHTTP(std::string lpServerName, std::string lpFileName, std::string* file);

int main()
{
    std::string page_string;
 
    //int GetHTTP_return = GetHTTP("www.research.att.com", "/~bs/homepage.html" , &page_string);
    
    int GetHTTP_return = GetHTTP("cgi.ebay.co.uk", "/windows-folder_W0QQitemZ280062863525QQihZ01"
                                 "8QQcategoryZ80555QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" , &page_string);
    
    if (GetHTTP_return == 0)
    {
       std::cout << "Header received. \n\n" << page_string << std::endl;
    }
    else std::cout << "ERROR" << std::endl;    
                  
	system ("PAUSE");
	
	return 0;
}

int GetHTTP(std::string lpServerName, std::string lpFileName, std::string* file)
{
    
    WORD wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD(1,1);
	WSADATA wsaData;
	int nRet;

	nRet = WSAStartup(wVersionRequested, &wsaData);
	if (nRet != 0)
	{
		WSACleanup();
		return 1;
	}
	
	if (wsaData.wVersion != wVersionRequested)
	{
		WSACleanup();
		return 2;
	} 
    
    
	IN_ADDR		iaHost;
	LPHOSTENT	lpHostEntry;

	iaHost.s_addr = inet_addr(lpServerName.c_str());
	if (iaHost.s_addr == INADDR_NONE)
	{
		lpHostEntry = gethostbyname(lpServerName.c_str());
	}
	else
	{
		lpHostEntry = gethostbyaddr((const char *)&iaHost, 
						sizeof(struct in_addr), AF_INET);
	}
	if (lpHostEntry == NULL)
	{
		return WSAGetLastError();
	}
    
	SOCKET	Socket;	

	Socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
	if (Socket == INVALID_SOCKET)
	{ 
		return WSAGetLastError();
	}

	LPSERVENT lpServEnt;
	SOCKADDR_IN saServer;

	lpServEnt = getservbyname("http", "tcp");
	if (lpServEnt == NULL)
		saServer.sin_port = htons(80);
	else
		saServer.sin_port = lpServEnt->s_port;

	saServer.sin_family = AF_INET;
	saServer.sin_addr = *((LPIN_ADDR)*lpHostEntry->h_addr_list);

	nRet = connect(Socket, (LPSOCKADDR)&saServer, sizeof(SOCKADDR_IN));
	if (nRet == SOCKET_ERROR)
	{
		closesocket(Socket);
		return WSAGetLastError();
	}
	
	std::string szBuffer_s;
   
    szBuffer_s = "HEAD " + lpFileName + " HTTP/1.1 \r\nHost: " + lpServerName + 
                 "\r\nConnection: close" "\r\n\r\n";
                 
    std::cout << "Client message sent. \n\n" << szBuffer_s << std::endl;
    
	nRet = send(Socket, szBuffer_s.c_str(), szBuffer_s.length(), 0);
	if (nRet == SOCKET_ERROR)
	{
		closesocket(Socket);	
		return WSAGetLastError();
	}
	
	char szBuffer[1024];
	int array_int_copy = 0;
	
	while(1)
	{
		nRet = recv(Socket, szBuffer, 1024, 0);
		if (nRet == SOCKET_ERROR)
		{
            closesocket(Socket);
			return WSAGetLastError();
		}

		if (nRet == 0)
			break;
			
		array_int_copy = 0;
		while (array_int_copy != nRet)
		{
        *file += szBuffer[array_int_copy];
        array_int_copy+=1;
        }

	}
	closesocket(Socket);
    
    WSACleanup();	
	
	return 0;
	
}

szBuffer_s = "HEAD " + lpFileName + " HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: " + lpServerName + ...