//
// 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 <memory>
#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();
        ~requester();

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

        // perform a http get request
        std::string get(const std::string& url);

    private:
        std::unique_ptr<CURL, void(*)(CURL*)> _h {nullptr, curl_easy_cleanup};
};

#endif // _requester_H_