Re: Possible to initiate HTTP requests via FCGI app?

You are presumably writing an application which serves http requests and
also makes http requests, correct? This is definitely possible with
fast-cgi. Are you developing in C? If so, consider using libcurl
(http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/) to make your http requests. I have used
libcurl successfully from a fastcgi application in the past. Libcurl is
quite easy to use and has been around for years and provides 2 APIs, an easy
to use synchronous interface and a more complex async interface. It can also
handle protocols beyond http (e.g. ftp, ldap, etc.).

Regards,
Gordon

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[mailto:fastcgi-developers-bounces-xGejAJT2w6xVgU18Zptdi0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Dean
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Subject: [FASTCGI] Possible to initiate HTTP requests via FCGI app?

Hi All,

Dumb question--is it possible to initiate an HTTP request (GET/POST) 
from within a FastCGI application?

All of the FCGI development that I've done in the past is based on a 
more traditional browser-initiated request, passing through a webserver 
to a FCGI application server.  In a perfect world, I'd like to add a 
threadto my existing application to do server-to-server GETs.  Is this 
possible?

Cheers,

Dean
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