Re: [Chicken-users] libcurl?

[Thomas Chust]

Am 28.09.2005, 16:17 Uhr, schrieb Graham Fawcett
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> Hi folks,
>
> I'd like to be able to fetch data from an HTTPS url. I don't see this
> capability within the existing Chicken eggs. A libcurl binding for
> chicken would probably be the most expedient route.
> [...]

Hello,

I'm sorry I can't offer a ready-made binding ;) But instead of binding to
libcurl wouldn't it be nicer to program some convenient interface to
OpenSSL instead -- best something very similar to the existing tcp
interface, just like the API available in PLT Scheme for example -- and
adapt other existing eggs, for example the http egg, to support it?

It may be a little more work but it could be used much more generally --
for example it would nearly instantly give SSL capabilities to spiffy as
well!

Actually I was planning to program something like that for a while -- so
maybe I'll put it on top of my CHICKEN todo list now :)

cu,
Thomas