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To open a URL in the user’s web browser is easy enough:
ShellExecuteA(NULL, "open", url, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
What do I call instead to retrieve data from a website using a given URL? On the Mac, I’d use:
URLSimpleDownload(url, NULL, newDataH, 0, NULL, NULL);
It stores in the newDataH handle the data retrieved from url. Easy enough. Is there an equivalent for this on Windows?
You’re probably looking for the
InternetReadFilefunction in WinINet.Here is a nice list of common functions in that API: Common functions