What is the equivalent for Windows Urlmon.dll in Linux Ubuntu?
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

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Robert W.B. · 2012-10-30 00:06

I call this function in Windows to download an url:

function URLDownloadToFile(pCaller: pointer; URL: PChar; FileName:
PChar; Reserved: DWORD; lpfnCB : pointer): HResult; stdcall; external
'urlmon.dll' name 'URLDownloadToFileA';

What is the equivalent for Windows Urlmon.dll in Linux Ubuntu?

grateful for help.

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IPguy · 2012-10-30 00:33

This will get the contents of a URL and put it into a tStringList:
     HttpGetText(url,RemoteFileContents); 
     httpGetText is from the Synapse component.
     There is also a httpGetBinary function available.

Is that what you were looking for?

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Robert W.B. · 2013-02-02 00:12

No.I know Synapse but,it can't handle HTTPS very easy. I want to know
,like the Urlmon.dll is a native Windows library,what is the native
Linux library. Is it curl? if so, can I use this code and switch
Urlmon.dll to curl instead?

function URLDownloadToFile(pCaller: pointer; URL: PChar; FileName:
PChar; Reserved: DWORD; lpfnCB : pointer): HResult; stdcall; external
'urlmon.dll' name 'URLDownloadToFileA';
                                                        curl.?

Regards

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Leledumbo · 2013-02-02 06:40

Quotewhat is the native Linux library. Is it curl?No, Linux doesn't
have such a native library (just like its GUI). Try lNet, AFAIK it has
full https support. Maybe you could try fphttpclient as well, though I
don't know its state for https.

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BigChimp · 2013-02-02 07:52

Quote from: robbanux on February 02, 2013, 01:12:55 amNo.I know
Synapse but,it can't handle HTTPS very easy.
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/synapse#Linux

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BeniBela · 2013-02-02 09:44

Quote from: robbanux on February 02, 2013, 01:12:55 amNo.I know
Synapse but,it can't handle HTTPS very easy

My Internet Tools have a wrapper around synapse that takes care of the
https dependencies

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theo · 2013-02-02 12:10

Quote from: robbanux on February 02, 2013, 01:12:55 amNo.I know
Synapse but,it can't handle HTTPS very easy.

Why not?
http://synapse.ararat.cz/doku.php/public:howto:sslplugin