Alright, So I tried to create a simple AsyncHttpClient, but I was unable to
figure out how to use it... This is as far as I got:
import httpclient, asyncdispatch, os
proc main() {.async.} =
var client = newAsyncHttpClient()
echo("HERE!")
var resp = await client
Sorry. Not AsyncHttpServer, I meant AsyncHttpClient :)
Thanks dom96, when I try to download using httpclient.download file I get
Error: 'threadFunc' is not GC-safe as it accesses 'defaultSSLContext'
which is a global using GC'ed memory
I've never used threads before, so my scripting may be wrong, here is my
attempt at it:
Hello!
You won't be able to get the progress of the download easily (unless you hack
on the stdlib a bit). But as for downloading without blocking your GUI you've
got two options I think:
* Run `httpclient.downloadFile` (or `get`) in a different thread.
* Use the `AsyncHttpServer` and poll
Hi all! So I'm writing a custom sort of package manager. However it needs to be
GUI, and I can't just stop the gui and download the files (taking up to 4-5
mins to download). So, when the user presses a button, it will trigger a
procedure that should check if a download has been started, if it h
