Sending http get request

[LeeVerr]

Hi all, just wondering if this would be the correct way to send a http get request, or if it's not safe, very error prone? Dont need a response from the server

void httpreq(char *IPadd)
{
    char *request = "";

    struct sockaddr_in serveraddr;
    int sock;

    WSADATA wsaData;
    char *ipaddress = IPadd;
    int port = 80;

    request = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n";

    //init winsock
    WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 0), &wsaData);

    //open socket
    if(sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)!=-1) {
		
		memset(&serveraddr, 0, sizeof(serveraddr));
		serveraddr.sin_family      = AF_INET;
		serveraddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ipaddress);
		serveraddr.sin_port        = htons((unsigned short) port);
		
		if(connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *) &serveraddr, sizeof(serveraddr))!=-1) { 
			//send request
			send(sock, request, strlen(request), 0);
		}
	}

    
    closesocket(sock);

    //cleanup
    WSACleanup();
 
}

[Syscal]

I do not think you will want to be using SOCK_STREAM. This is most likely a job for SOCK_RAW. With SOCK_STREAM some other process must be listening on the said port and establish a connection with your application. SOCK_RAW allows you to craft custom packets.

[rags_to_riches]

You're connecting, but you're not reading from the socket after the connect. You're on the right track though.

[CommonTater]

oops

[LeeVerr]

ok thanks guys