some work on getting an http response from google.com

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ compile_commands.json
 bin/**
 obj/**
 .cache/**
+*.rad
+*.idb
+*.pdb

activate.bat

@@ -1,14 +1 @@
-SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
+"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
-
-FOR /r "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio" %%G IN (*vcvars64.bat) DO (
-    SET "_file=%%G"
-    SET "_comp=!_file:\VC\=!"
-    IF NOT "!_comp!" == "!_file!" "!_file!"
-)
-
-FOR /r "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio" %%G IN (*vcvars64.bat) DO (
-    SET "_file=%%G"
-    SET "_comp=!_file:\VC\=!"
-    IF NOT "!_comp!" == "!_file!" "!_file!"
-)
-

inc/tcp_client.h

@@ -6,19 +6,36 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#define DEBUG
-typedef SOCKET Socket;
-#endif
 
 typedef unsigned char byte;
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+typedef SOCKET Socket;
+bool init_socket_lib() {
+    // TODO: Should do some sort of smart version upgrade via data
+    // See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winsock/ns-winsock-wsadata
+    WSADATA data;
+    if (WSAStartup((2 << 8) | 2, &data) != 0) {
+	printf("init_socket_lib failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
+	WSACleanup();
+	return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+#endif
+
+extern bool socket_lib_initialized = init_socket_lib();
+
 namespace tcp {
 
 Socket make_socket();
-bool connect(Socket& s, const char* hostname, int port);
+bool connect(Socket &s, const char* hostname, int port);
+bool send_transmit_stop(Socket &s);
+bool send_read_stop(Socket &s);
 bool disconnect(Socket &s);
-bool send_data(Socket& s, byte* buf, int len);
+bool send_data(Socket &s, byte* buf, int len);
-bool get_data(Socket& s, byte* out_buf, int buf_size, int& out_num_written);
+bool get_data(Socket &s, byte* out_buf, int buf_size, int& out_num_written);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
@@ -56,6 +73,8 @@ bool connect(Socket& s, const char *hostname, int port) {
 	if (code == SOCKET_ERROR) {
 	    closesocket(s);	
 	    s = INVALID_SOCKET;
+	} else {
+	    break;
 	}
 	ptr = ptr->ai_next;
     } while (ptr);
@@ -65,12 +84,32 @@ bool connect(Socket& s, const char *hostname, int port) {
     if (s == INVALID_SOCKET) {
 	printf("Unable to connect to %s:%d\n", hostname, port);
 	WSACleanup();
-	return 1;
+	return false;
     }
 
     return true;
 }
 
+bool send_transmit_stop(Socket &s) {
+    int code = shutdown(s, SD_SEND);
+    if (code == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+	printf("send_transmit_stop failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
+	closesocket(s);
+	return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool send_read_stop(Socket &s) {
+    int code = shutdown(s, SD_RECEIVE);
+    if (code == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+	printf("send_read_stop failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
+	closesocket(s);
+	return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool disconnect(Socket &s) {
     int code = shutdown(s, SD_BOTH);
     if (code == SOCKET_ERROR) {

src/main.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 using namespace tcp;
 
+const int buf_size = 1024*1024;
+static byte buf[buf_size];
+
+const char *basic_get_request = "GET / HTTP/1.1\nHOST: google.com\nUser-Agent:\ncoupon scraper\nAccept: */*";
+
+
 int main() {
+    if (!socket_lib_initialized) return -1;
     Socket s = make_socket();
+    if (!connect(s, "google.com", 80)) return -1;
+    if (!send_data(s, (byte*)basic_get_request, strlen(basic_get_request))) return -1;
+    int n_read;
+    if (!send_transmit_stop(s)) return -1;
+    if (!get_data(s, buf, buf_size, n_read)) return -1;
+    buf[n_read] = '\0';
+    printf("%s", (char*)buf);
 }