Nickvision::Network::Web Namespace Reference

Functions
bool	getWebsiteExists (const std::string &url)
	Gets whether or not a url points to a valid website.
boost::json::value	fetchJson (const std::string &url)
	Fetches a json string from a url.
bool	downloadFile (const std::string &url, const std::filesystem::path &path, const CurlProgressFunction &progress={}, bool overwrite=true)
	Downloads a file to disk.

Function Documentation

downloadFile()

bool Nickvision::Network::Web::downloadFile	(	const std::string &	url,
		const std::filesystem::path &	path,
		const CurlProgressFunction &	progress = {},
		bool	overwrite = true )

Downloads a file to disk.

Parameters

url	The url of the file to download
path	The path on disk to save the file
progress	An optional function to receive progress on the download std::function<int(curl_off_t dltotal, curl_off_t dlnow, curl_off_t ultotal, curl_off_t ulnow)> dltotal - The total number of bytes to be downloaded dlnow - The total number of bytes currently downloaded ultotal - The total number of bytes to be uploaded (will always be 0) ulnow - The total number of bytes currently uploaded (will always be 0)
overwrite	Whether or not to overwrite existing files on disk

fetchJson()

boost::json::value Nickvision::Network::Web::fetchJson

(

const std::string &

url

)

Fetches a json string from a url.

Parameters

url	The url of the json string

Returns

The fetched json value

getWebsiteExists()

bool Nickvision::Network::Web::getWebsiteExists

(

const std::string &

url

)

Gets whether or not a url points to a valid website.

Parameters

url	The url to check

Returns

True if valid website, else false