libs/beast/example/http/client/async-ssl/http_client_async_ssl.cpp
//
// Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
//
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// Official repository: https://github.com/boostorg/beast
//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Example: HTTP SSL client, asynchronous
//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "example/common/root_certificates.hpp"
#include <boost/beast/core.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/http.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/ssl.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/version.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/strand.hpp>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
namespace beast = boost::beast; // from <boost/beast.hpp>
namespace http = beast::http; // from <boost/beast/http.hpp>
namespace net = boost::asio; // from <boost/asio.hpp>
namespace ssl = boost::asio::ssl; // from <boost/asio/ssl.hpp>
using tcp = boost::asio::ip::tcp; // from <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Report a failure
void
fail(beast::error_code ec, char const* what)
{
std::cerr << what << ": " << ec.message() << "\n";
}
// Performs an HTTP GET and prints the response
class session : public std::enable_shared_from_this<session>
{
tcp::resolver resolver_;
beast::ssl_stream<beast::tcp_stream> stream_;
beast::flat_buffer buffer_; // (Must persist between reads)
http::request<http::empty_body> req_;
http::response<http::string_body> res_;
public:
// Objects are constructed with a strand to
// ensure that handlers do not execute concurrently.
explicit
session(net::io_context& ioc, ssl::context& ctx)
: resolver_(net::make_strand(ioc))
, stream_(net::make_strand(ioc), ctx)
{
}
// Start the asynchronous operation
void
run(
char const* host,
char const* port,
char const* target,
int version)
{
// Set SNI Hostname (many hosts need this to handshake successfully)
if(! SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(stream_.native_handle(), host))
{
beast::error_code ec{static_cast<int>(::ERR_get_error()), net::error::get_ssl_category()};
std::cerr << ec.message() << "\n";
return;
}
// Set up an HTTP GET request message
req_.version(version);
req_.method(http::verb::get);
req_.target(target);
req_.set(http::field::host, host);
req_.set(http::field::user_agent, BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING);
// Look up the domain name
resolver_.async_resolve(
host,
port,
beast::bind_front_handler(
&session::on_resolve,
shared_from_this()));
}
void
on_resolve(
beast::error_code ec,
tcp::resolver::results_type results)
{
if(ec)
return fail(ec, "resolve");
// Set a timeout on the operation
beast::get_lowest_layer(stream_).expires_after(std::chrono::seconds(30));
// Make the connection on the IP address we get from a lookup
beast::get_lowest_layer(stream_).async_connect(
results,
beast::bind_front_handler(
&session::on_connect,
shared_from_this()));
}
void
on_connect(beast::error_code ec, tcp::resolver::results_type::endpoint_type)
{
if(ec)
return fail(ec, "connect");
// Perform the SSL handshake
stream_.async_handshake(
ssl::stream_base::client,
beast::bind_front_handler(
&session::on_handshake,
shared_from_this()));
}
void
on_handshake(beast::error_code ec)
{
if(ec)
return fail(ec, "handshake");
// Set a timeout on the operation
beast::get_lowest_layer(stream_).expires_after(std::chrono::seconds(30));
// Send the HTTP request to the remote host
http::async_write(stream_, req_,
beast::bind_front_handler(
&session::on_write,
shared_from_this()));
}
void
on_write(
beast::error_code ec,
std::size_t bytes_transferred)
{
boost::ignore_unused(bytes_transferred);
if(ec)
return fail(ec, "write");
// Receive the HTTP response
http::async_read(stream_, buffer_, res_,
beast::bind_front_handler(
&session::on_read,
shared_from_this()));
}
void
on_read(
beast::error_code ec,
std::size_t bytes_transferred)
{
boost::ignore_unused(bytes_transferred);
if(ec)
return fail(ec, "read");
// Write the message to standard out
std::cout << res_ << std::endl;
// Set a timeout on the operation
beast::get_lowest_layer(stream_).expires_after(std::chrono::seconds(30));
// Gracefully close the stream
stream_.async_shutdown(
beast::bind_front_handler(
&session::on_shutdown,
shared_from_this()));
}
void
on_shutdown(beast::error_code ec)
{
if(ec == net::error::eof)
{
// Rationale:
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25587403/boost-asio-ssl-async-shutdown-always-finishes-with-an-error
ec = {};
}
if(ec)
return fail(ec, "shutdown");
// If we get here then the connection is closed gracefully
}
};
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
// Check command line arguments.
if(argc != 4 && argc != 5)
{
std::cerr <<
"Usage: http-client-async-ssl <host> <port> <target> [<HTTP version: 1.0 or 1.1(default)>]\n" <<
"Example:\n" <<
" http-client-async-ssl www.example.com 443 /\n" <<
" http-client-async-ssl www.example.com 443 / 1.0\n";
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
auto const host = argv[1];
auto const port = argv[2];
auto const target = argv[3];
int version = argc == 5 && !std::strcmp("1.0", argv[4]) ? 10 : 11;
// The io_context is required for all I/O
net::io_context ioc;
// The SSL context is required, and holds certificates
ssl::context ctx{ssl::context::tlsv12_client};
// This holds the root certificate used for verification
load_root_certificates(ctx);
// Verify the remote server's certificate
ctx.set_verify_mode(ssl::verify_peer);
// Launch the asynchronous operation
std::make_shared<session>(ioc, ctx)->run(host, port, target, version);
// Run the I/O service. The call will return when
// the get operation is complete.
ioc.run();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}