Question

String* Adder::downloadUrl(String* url)
{
    DWORD dwSize = 0;
    LPVOID lpOutBuffer = NULL;
    BOOL  bResults = FALSE;
    HINTERNET hSession = NULL,
              hConnect = NULL,
              hRequest = NULL;

    // Use WinHttpOpen to obtain a session handle.
    hSession = WinHttpOpen(  L"A WinHTTP Example Program/1.0",
                             WINHTTP_ACCESS_TYPE_DEFAULT_PROXY,
                             WINHTTP_NO_PROXY_NAME,
                             WINHTTP_NO_PROXY_BYPASS, 0);

    // Specify an HTTP server.
    if (hSession)
        hConnect = WinHttpConnect( hSession, L"www.google.com",
                                   INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT, 0);

    // Create an HTTP request handle.
    if (hConnect)
        hRequest = WinHttpOpenRequest( hConnect, L"GET", NULL,
                                       NULL, WINHTTP_NO_REFERER,
                                       WINHTTP_DEFAULT_ACCEPT_TYPES,
                                       0);

    // Send a request.
    if (hRequest)
        bResults = WinHttpSendRequest( hRequest,
                                       WINHTTP_NO_ADDITIONAL_HEADERS,
                                       0, WINHTTP_NO_REQUEST_DATA, 0,
                                       0, 0);

    // End the request.
    if (bResults)
        bResults = WinHttpReceiveResponse( hRequest, NULL);

    // First, use WinHttpQueryHeaders to obtain the size of the buffer.
    if (bResults)
    {
        WinHttpQueryHeaders( hRequest, WINHTTP_QUERY_RAW_HEADERS_CRLF,
                             WINHTTP_HEADER_NAME_BY_INDEX, NULL,
                             &dwSize, WINHTTP_NO_HEADER_INDEX);

        // Allocate memory for the buffer.
        if( GetLastError( ) == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER )
        {
            lpOutBuffer = new WCHAR[dwSize/sizeof(WCHAR)];

            // Now, use WinHttpQueryHeaders to retrieve the header.
            bResults = WinHttpQueryHeaders( hRequest,
                                       WINHTTP_QUERY_RAW_HEADERS_CRLF,
                                       WINHTTP_HEADER_NAME_BY_INDEX,
                                       lpOutBuffer, &dwSize,
                                       WINHTTP_NO_HEADER_INDEX);
        }
    }

    // Print the header contents.
    if (bResults)
        printf("Header contents: \n%S",lpOutBuffer);

    // Free the allocated memory.
    delete [] lpOutBuffer;

    // Report any errors.
    if (!bResults)
        printf("Error %d has occurred.\n",GetLastError());

    // Close any open handles.
    if (hRequest) WinHttpCloseHandle(hRequest);
    if (hConnect) WinHttpCloseHandle(hConnect);
    if (hSession) WinHttpCloseHandle(hSession);


    String* retOne;

    return retOne;
}

I want to get response as string i am using dll in C#, dont know vc++ at all, please suggest a way.

String* retOne //how to get response;
return retOne;

UPDATE

// Convert a wide Unicode string to an UTF8 string
std::string utf8_encode(const std::wstring &wstr)
{
    int size_needed = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, &wstr[0], (int)wstr.size(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
    std::string strTo( size_needed, 0 );
    WideCharToMultiByte (CP_UTF8, 0, &wstr[0], (int)wstr.size(), &strTo[0], size_needed, NULL, NULL);
    return strTo;
}

String* retOne = utf8_encode(lpOutBuffer);

Gives error: ‘utf8_encode’ : cannot convert parameter 1 from ‘LPVOID’ to ‘const std::wstring

Please don’t post comments suggesting use of .net libraries.

Answer 1

Looks like you need the WideCharToMultiByte function