curly/requester.hpp

//
// requester.hpp
// curly
//
// Created by Bob Polis at 2020-09-01
// Copyright (c) 2020 SwiftCoder. All rights reserved.
//

#ifndef _requester_H_
#define _requester_H_

#include <string>
#include <curl/curl.h>

class requester {
    public:
        // callback for data receiving
        static size_t write_data(char* buf, size_t sz, size_t nmemb, void* user_data);

        // this class is a RAII class for a curl handle
        requester();

        // forbid copying
        requester(const requester& other) = delete;
        requester& operator=(const requester& other) = delete;

        // allow moving
        requester(requester&& other);
        requester& operator=(requester&& other);

        // cleanup
        ~requester();
        
        std::string get(const std::string& url);

    private:
        CURL* _h {nullptr}; // curl handle
};

#endif // _requester_H_