src/kudu/util/curl_util.h

// Copyright 2013 Cloudera, Inc.
//
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#ifndef KUDU_UTIL_CURL_UTIL_H
#define KUDU_UTIL_CURL_UTIL_H

#include <string>

#include "kudu/gutil/macros.h"
#include "kudu/util/status.h"

typedef void CURL;

namespace kudu {

class faststring;

// Simple wrapper around curl's "easy" interface, allowing the user to
// fetch web pages into memory using a blocking API.
//
// This is not thread-safe.
class EasyCurl {
 public:
  EasyCurl();
  ~EasyCurl();

  // Fetch the given URL into the provided buffer.
  // Any existing data in the buffer is replaced.
  Status FetchURL(const std::string& url,
                  faststring* dst);

  // Issue an HTTP POST to the given URL with the given data.
  // Returns results in 'dst' as above.
  Status PostToURL(const std::string& url,
                   const std::string& post_data,
                   faststring* dst);

 private:
  // Do a request. If 'post_data' is non-NULL, does a POST.
  // Otherwise, does a GET.
  Status DoRequest(const std::string& url,
                   const std::string* post_data,
                   faststring* dst);
  CURL* curl_;
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(EasyCurl);
};

} // namespace kudu

#endif /* KUDU_UTIL_CURL_UTIL_H */