The easiest way to download an HTML page from the web?

Question

I have a webpage whose contents I would like to download in wxString. For example, let's say the page is like this:

http://www.example.com/mypage.html

And wxString will contain the HTML source. In some other languages, say PHP, for example, I would write something like this:

$html = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com/mypage.html');

I assume this is not a single-line font in wxWidgets, and I looked into the wxHTTP class, but I wonder if there is some simple wrapper class that does the work with minimal code?

Answer 1

Windows, Microsoft WinHTTP. , wxHTTP, WinHTTP, , .

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Answer 2

libcurl
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Answer 3

You will obviously have to write your own packaging.

But libcurl has a simpler interface, which may be easier to use, although this adds a new dependency to your program.