Simple HTTP support

[Jonas Drewsen]

On 25/02/11 16.01, 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.
>
> 2. An API design that is safe (libcurl uses void* and unsafe idioms all
> over the API) based on libcurl and integrates well with the rest of
> Phobos. This would ideally be discussed prior to implementation and will
> need to go through a review.
>
> If you do 1, it would be an awesome good step forward.

So I've been trying to begin this curl declarations module. I looked a 
libcurls home page and there already is a D binding:

http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/d/

This one uses the htod tool to make a declaration module from the 
libcurl headers and creates a curldef.d file.

In addition to this it defines a normal D class (libcurl.d) that wraps 
only the basic curl functionality in order to provide a nicer interface.

I haven't created a declaration module before so my question is whether 
this would also be the right approach for a module in phobos 'etc'?

/Jonas