Thread: Help on a C program

I am kinda new to C and having a hard time trying to find a way to make this program. What I need the C to do is download an image from the internet (local) that will be a URL. When it has the image, it needs to save it somewhere. No photo manipulation.
jpeg image.

I have found things like MagickWand C API and libcurl, even WebClient which seems to be C#, but they are a bit over my head and over complicating what I need. Or maybe they are exactly what I need and I don't get it.

So my question is does someone know a way to do this? Will I need one of these programs to help me or is it possible through other means?

Originally Posted by Articus

I am kinda new to C and having a hard time trying to find a way to make this program. What I need the C to do is download an image from the internet (local) that will be a URL. When it has the image, it needs to save it somewhere. No photo manipulation.
jpeg image.

I have found things like MagickWand C API and libcurl, even WebClient which seems to be C#, but they are a bit over my head and over complicating what I need. Or maybe they are exactly what I need and I don't get it.

So my question is does someone know a way to do this? Will I need one of these programs to help me or is it possible through other means?

Is this on Windows or ????

Download file using libcurl in C/C++ - Stack Overflow

Yes, I have used socket programming on C before, but from what I can tell I need a port and an actual signal back from the 'server' (URL image)... which doesn't really seem right. You would have to explain in greater detail on server/client with a URL.

Using Linux, probably Fedora.

Looked that over, it says it is using C++... would that just work in C without any problems?

Anyone else have any tips?