by Dan Gookin (Author)

It's almost as common these days for programmers to access information on the Internet as it is to open a file. To meet this goal when programming C, the libcurl library is used, and this is the book that shows you how it all works.As with his other titles, tech wizard and author Dan Gookin offers a thorough and entertaining exploration into writing C code to access the Internet. Programming the libcurl library is covered in-depth. Various forms of file transfer are presented. Sample code is plentiful and well-documented. Humor is peppered throughout.Expand what your C code can do by reading this book. Grasp the subtleties and details of the libcurl library and the harness the power it can give your programs.