Class HttpRESTClient

Header: <siddiqsoft/restcl.hpp> or <siddiqsoft/private/restcl_unix.hpp>
Namespace: siddiqsoft
Inherits: basic_restclient<char>
Platform: Unix / Linux / macOS (uses libcurl)

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Class Signature

class HttpRESTClient : public basic_restclient<char>
{
public:
    HttpRESTClient() = default;
    HttpRESTClient(const nlohmann::json& cfg, basic_callbacktype&& cb = {});

    static std::shared_ptr<HttpRESTClient> CreateInstance(
        const nlohmann::json& cfg = {},
        basic_callbacktype&& cb = {}
    );

    basic_restclient& configure(
        const nlohmann::json& cfg = {},
        basic_callbacktype&& cb = {}
    ) override;

    [[nodiscard]] std::expected<rest_response<char>, int> send(
        rest_request<char>& req
    ) override;

    basic_restclient& sendAsync(
        rest_request<char>&& req,
        basic_callbacktype&& cb = {}
    ) override;
};

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Overview

HttpRESTClient is the Unix/Linux/macOS implementation of basic_restclient. It uses libcurl under the hood to perform non-blocking and synchronous multi-threaded HTTP operations with support for SSL/TLS, custom headers, timeouts, and JSON payloads.