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	getJson (const std::string &url)
	Makes a GET request for json from a url.
bool	downloadFile (const std::string &url, const std::filesystem::path &path, const cpr::ProgressCallback &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 cpr::ProgressCallback &	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
overwrite	Whether or not to overwrite existing files on disk

getJson()

boost::json::value Nickvision::Network::Web::getJson

(

const std::string &

url

)

Makes a GET request for json from a url.

Parameters

url	The url of the json resource

Returns

The parsed json value

An empty json value if error

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