Thread: HTTP GET problems

I'm trying to send GET request to generate receiving address (Blockchain api, https://blockchain.info/ru/api/api_receive) On the page i've generated request - " Code: /api/receive?method=create&cors=true&format=plain&address=1A8JiWcwvpY7tAopUkSnGuEYHmzGYfZPiq&shared=false&callback=http%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.com and need to receive an answer - Code: {"callback_url":"Google","input_address":"16ofW1jBBLbVnDQWJsyL6NKq7hKms9tDLP","destination":"1A8JiWcwvpY7tAopUkSnGuEYHmzGYfZPiq","fee_percent":0}" I found sample code and trying to send request Code: SOCKET Socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP); struct hostent *host; host = gethostbyname("www.google.com"); SOCKADDR_IN SockAddr; SockAddr.sin_port = htons(80); SockAddr.sin_family = AF_INET; SockAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = *((unsigned long*)host->h_addr); std::cout << "Connecting...\n"; if (connect(Socket, (SOCKADDR*)(&SockAddr), sizeof(SockAddr)) != 0){ std::cout << "Could not connect"; return -1; } std::cout << "Connected.\n"; send(Socket, "GET /api/receive?method=create&cors=true&format=plain&address=1A8JiWcwvpY7tAopUkSnGuEYHmzGYfZPiq&shared=false&callback=http://microsoft.com/ HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: blockchain.info\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n", strlen("GET /api/receive?method=create&cors=true&format=plain&address=1A8JiWcwvpY7tAopUkSnGuEYHmzGYfZPiq&shared=false&callback=http://microsoft.com/ HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: blockchain.info\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n"), 0); char buffer[10000]; int nDataLength; while ((nDataLength = recv(Socket, buffer, 10000, 0)) > 0){ int i = 0; while (buffer[i] >= 32 || buffer[i] == '\n' || buffer[i] == '\r') { std::cout << buffer[i]; i += 1; } } closesocket(Socket); return 1; } but receive 404 error. What is the problem and what is the best way to parse an answer (I need to get "input_address")? Thanks for help!

^^, I didn't look at your sample code.

I bet trying to generate this network request using `curl` is a walk in the park, much easier than trying to do it with someone else's code.

as a side note, Sockets are not the best way to make HTTP connection.
Sockets are for raw two-way bytes streaming, they are a bit low level for HTTP connections.
and if you do plan on using sockets - at least put some headers in your request. many servers simply ignore your request if the request won't include basic headers like encoding, length, etc.
if you're on windows, use WinHTTP API (I don't know the equivilant API on linux or Mac unfortunatly).

Try connecting to blockchain.info instead of google.com, lol

Also, don't use WinHTTP.