Hi Andrei, On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:35:21 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 08/13/2010 09:23 AM, Graham Fawcett wrote: >> Hi Mengu, >> >> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:15:01 -0400, Mengu wrote: >> >>> Mengu Wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> Python has a library named urllib which can be found at >>>> http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html. >>>> >>>> Does Phobos have anything similar to this library? All I need is >>>> fetching data from a web site. >>> >>> Anyone has any idea on this matter? >> >> I don't think there is anything usable in Phobos at the moment. >> However, several people have written bindings for libCURL, which will >> do what you need. >> >> I've got one here: >> >> http://github.com/gmfawcett/d-play-libcurl/blob/master/fawcett/curl.d >> >> There's one on dsource, here: >> >> http://dsource.org/projects/curld/browser/trunk/curld >> >> Best, >> Graham > > Graham, > > > I see your translation of libcurl's header is fairly complete. May I > copy it into std.etc? We wanted to put libcurl there for a long time > (Walter even exchanged emails with its author), and it would be a > timesaver to copy yours. > > After we have the basic translation we should define higher-level APIs > in Phobos that cloak it (libcurl has an unsafe interface). Yes -- I am happy to share it with the Phobos team. If you need me to sign a Contributor's Agreement or something, please email me. Regards, Graham > > > Thanks, > > Andrei