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C

#include "http_get.h"
// Callback for libcurl to write response into our struct
static size_t write_callback(void *data, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp) {
size_t realsize = size * nmemb;
struct Memory *mem = (struct Memory *)userp;
char *ptr = realloc(mem->response, mem->size + realsize + 1);
if(ptr == NULL) {
// Out of memory!
fprintf(stderr, "realloc() failed\n");
return 0;
}
mem->response = ptr;
memcpy(&(mem->response[mem->size]), data, realsize);
mem->size += realsize;
mem->response[mem->size] = '\0';
return realsize;
}
// Function: GET request, returns heap string (caller must free)
char *http_get(const char *url) {
CURL *curl;
CURLcode res;
struct Memory chunk;
chunk.response = malloc(1); // start with empty buffer
chunk.size = 0;
curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L); // follow redirects
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_callback);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)&chunk);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(res != CURLE_OK) {
fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
free(chunk.response);
chunk.response = NULL;
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
curl_global_cleanup();
return chunk.response;
}