Simple HTTP support

[Jonas Drewsen]

On 28/02/11 16.59, Graham Fawcett wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:42:33 +0100, Jonas Drewsen wrote:
>
>> On 25/02/11 20.31, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 2/25/11 1:16 PM, Johannes Pfau wrote:
>>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>>> On 2/25/11 8:48 AM, Jonas Drewsen wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My first post here so I don't know if this is the right place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like how phobos is coming along but really miss a HTTP client and
>>>>>> I think it should be a part of the standard library.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is anyone working on this currently?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any thoughts/heads-up if I decide to go ahead an implement it myself
>>>>>> e.g. regarding ranges and other stuff?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it at all possible to get such thing accepted in phobos if
>>>>>> someone implemented it (and the quality is good enough)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Jonas
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's what I think would be great to do:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. A declarations module for libcurl. We'd put that in etc. You
>>>>> wouldn't even need to go through the review process, the need and the
>>>>> benefits are obvious. Nobody has had a chance to do that yet.
>>>>
>>>> I remember there was some discussion about that some time ago. Graham
>>>> Fawcett has a declarations module here:
>>>> https://github.com/gmfawcett/d-play-libcurl/blob/master/fawcett/curl.d
>>>> . It's not complete (only wraps the simple curl api), but it's a
>>>> start. I think he was even willing to contribute it to phobos, but I'm
>>>> not sure.
>>>
>>> Graham?
>>
>> I've contacted him via github and asked it he is willing contribute it
>> to phobos. It probably needs to be finished and polished but I think it
>> is a good start.
>
> Yes, Jonas contacted me, and I'm very happy to contribute it. I've just
> added a Boost 1.0 license, and Jonas is going to take it from there.
>
> Sorry for missing this, I haven't had much time for the D list lately. :P
>
> Best,
> Graham

Thank you Graham.