It's super simple to download any accessible file from the internet when using libcurl. To download a file using curl in cpp, you can use the following code:
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Include the curl library in your cpp file using the "#include" directive.
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Initialize a curl handle using the "curl_easy_init" function.
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Set the URL of the file to be downloaded using the "curl_easy_setopt" function and the CURLOPT_URL option.
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Set the destination file path using the "curl_easy_setopt" function and the CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION and CURLOPT_WRITEDATA options.
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Perform the download operation using the "curl_easy_perform" function.
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Clean up the curl handle using the "curl_easy_cleanup" function.
For example:
#include <curl/curl.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if (curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/file.zip");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_data);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, "file.zip"); curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
return 0;
}