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Programmatically download a shared file using C++ Curl
Hi,
I developped an aplication in C++ that runs on Windows. I am trying to add a feauture in the program to download a shared file from my dropbox folder. I would like the downloading to go in back...
Hi Makhlouf,
Did you try: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9thz78bwfeykqra/version.dat?raw=1 in your code? :thinking:
Dear Здравко,
Yes, I tried it and got me same error (6) CURL_COUDNT_RESOLVE_HOST.
There is one observation to mention here.
If I comment the line: curl_easy_setopt (curl,CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION,1) ; the function curl_easy_perform () returns 0 which means no error, but the file size is 0 bytes.
When I decomment the above line, curl_easy_perform () returns 6. and the file size is still 0 bytes.
I can confirm that your code works using either "raw=1" or "dl=1" endings. Seems you have network issues. That's it. ( Of course could be done some improvements in the code, like detect and automatically save in corresponding file, accordingly named file for example :wink: )
Good luck!
- Dear Здравко, 1- Can you advise me where I can download a libcurl.dll file that should work for me. I need to make sure whether the issue source is the network or missing option in the library. 2- Also, I could not follow you regarding the improvement you suggested to my code. What do you mean by automatically save in corresponding file. Please explain more. Thanks a lot.
Hi Makhlouf,
All you need (including sourcing, binary and tutorials) is here: https://curl.haxx.se/
Again, Good luck!
ADD: As lib curl is a C library, but you are trying C++ coding, might be better take a look here: http://www.curlpp.org/ also.
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