Re: [Chicken-users] New egg: curl.egg

[felix winkelmann]

On 2/7/07, Tony Sidaway <address@hidden> wrote:
> curl.egg
>
> Using curl you can easily incorporate http, ssl, ftp and other file
> transfer protocols into your chicken application.
>
> This is still very alpha software, but is usable and reliable for
> basic http get operations.
>
> I have placed a copy here:
>
> http://tonysidaway.schtuff.com/curl_egg
>
> You must click on the question mark icon to initiate the download.
> Install in the usual way, for instance on Ubuntu:
>
> $ sudo chicken setup curl
>
> It can also be obtained from the egg repository via subversion.
>
> $ svn co https://galinha.ucpel.tche.br/svn/chicken-eggs/curl
> $ cd curl/trunk
> $ make
> $ sudo make install
>
> tinyclos is required, and you'll need libcurl to build and use this.
>
> a simple demonstration:
>
> $ csi
> > (use curl)
> > (define c (curl 'easy))
> > (curl-set-option! c 'url "http://www.example.com";)
> > (curl-perform c)
>
> This example code writes content from the specified URL to
> (current-output-port).  The content can be captured in a Scheme string
> by using with-output-to-string.
>
> The libcurl homepage is at http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/

I have uploaded the egg to the chicken website (to make it available via
chicken-setup).

One little problem I have, though: I installed the newest libcurl (7.16.1)
and it seems CURLOPT_SOURCE_URL and CURLOPT_SOURCE_QUOTE are
not supported anymore. I recommend removing these options.


cheers,
felix