https.c
/*************************************************************************** * _ _ ____ _ * Project ___| | | | _ \| | * / __| | | | |_) | | * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| * * Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. * * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms * are also available at https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html. * * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. * * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. * * SPDX-License-Identifier: curl * ***************************************************************************/ /* <DESC> * Simple HTTPS GET * </DESC> */ #include <stdio.h> #include <curl/curl.h> int main(void) { CURL *curl; CURLcode res; curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT); curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/"); #ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION /* * If you want to connect to a site who is not using a certificate that is * signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the * verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection * A LOT LESS SECURE. * * If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the * default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for * you. */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L); #endif #ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION /* * If the site you are connecting to uses a different host name that what * they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or * subjectAltName) fields, libcurl refuses to connect. You can skip this * check, but it makes the connection insecure. */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L); #endif /* cache the CA cert bundle in memory for a week */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CA_CACHE_TIMEOUT, 604800L); /* Perform the request, res gets the return code */ res = curl_easy_perform(curl); /* Check for errors */ if(res != CURLE_OK) fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res)); /* always cleanup */ curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } curl_global_cleanup(); return 0; }
Notice
This source code example is simplified and ignores return
codes and error checks to a large extent. We do this to highlight the libcurl
function calls and related options and reduce unrelated code.
A real-world application will of course properly check every return value and exit correctly at the first serious error.