基本环境
使用版本为libevent-2.1.5，目前为beta版，其中evhttp和旧版区别在于新增了如下接口
// 设置回调函数，在包头读取完成后回调
void evhttp_request_set_header_cb (struct evhttp_request *, int(*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *))
// 设置回调函数，在body有数据返回后回调
void evhttp_request_set_chunked_cb (struct evhttp_request *, void(*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *))
这样的好处是可以在合适的时机回调我们注册的回调函数，比如下载1G的文件，在之前的版本只有下载完成后才会回调，现在每下载一部分数据就会回调一次，让上层应用更加灵活，尤其在http代理时，可以做到边下载边回复
2.1.5版本的完整接口文档详见http://www.wangafu.net/~nickm/libevent-2.1/doxygen/html/http_8h.html
请求流程
http客户端使用到的接口函数及请求流程如下
-
初始化event_base和evdns_base
struct event_base *event_base_new(void); struct evdns_base * evdns_base_new(struct event_base *event_base, int initialize_nameservers); -
创建evhttp_request对象，并设置回调函数，这里的回调函数是和数据接收相关的
struct evhttp_request *evhttp_request_new(void (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *), void *arg); void evhttp_request_set_header_cb(struct evhttp_request *, int (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *)); void evhttp_request_set_chunked_cb(struct evhttp_request *, void (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *)); void evhttp_request_set_error_cb(struct evhttp_request *, void (*)(enum evhttp_request_error, void *)); -
创建evhttp_connection对象，并设置回调函数，这里的回调函数是和连接状态相关的
struct evhttp_connection *evhttp_connection_base_new(struct event_base *base, struct evdns_base *dnsbase, const char *address, unsigned short port); void evhttp_connection_set_closecb(struct evhttp_connection *evcon, void (*)(struct evhttp_connection *, void *), void *); -
有选择的向evhttp_request添加包头字段
int evhttp_add_header(struct evkeyvalq *headers, const char *key, const char *value); -
发送请求
int evhttp_make_request(struct evhttp_connection *evcon, struct evhttp_request *req, enum evhttp_cmd_type type, const char *uri); -
派发事件
int event_base_dispatch(struct event_base *);
完整代码
#include "event2/http.h"
#include "event2/http_struct.h"
#include "event2/event.h"
#include "event2/buffer.h"
#include "event2/dns.h"
#include "event2/thread.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <sys/queue.h>
#include <event.h>
void RemoteReadCallback(struct evhttp_request* remote_rsp, void* arg)
{
event_base_loopexit((struct event_base*)arg, NULL);
}
int ReadHeaderDoneCallback(struct evhttp_request* remote_rsp, void* arg)
{
fprintf(stderr, "< HTTP/1.1 %d %s\n", evhttp_request_get_response_code(remote_rsp), evhttp_request_get_response_code_line(remote_rsp));
struct evkeyvalq* headers = evhttp_request_get_input_headers(remote_rsp);
struct evkeyval* header;
TAILQ_FOREACH(header, headers, next)
{
fprintf(stderr, "< %s: %s\n", header->key, header->value);
}
fprintf(stderr, "< \n");
return 0;
}
void ReadChunkCallback(struct evhttp_request* remote_rsp, void* arg)
{
char buf[4096];
struct evbuffer* evbuf = evhttp_request_get_input_buffer(remote_rsp);
int n = 0;
while ((n = evbuffer_remove(evbuf, buf, 4096)) > 0)
{
fwrite(buf, n, 1, stdout);
}
}
void RemoteRequestErrorCallback(enum evhttp_request_error error, void* arg)
{
fprintf(stderr, "request failed\n");
event_base_loopexit((struct event_base*)arg, NULL);
}
void RemoteConnectionCloseCallback(struct evhttp_connection* connection, void* arg)
{
fprintf(stderr, "remote connection closed\n");
event_base_loopexit((struct event_base*)arg, NULL);
}
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
if (argc != 2)
{
printf("usage:%s url", argv[1]);
return 1;
}
char* url = argv[1];
struct evhttp_uri* uri = evhttp_uri_parse(url);
if (!uri)
{
fprintf(stderr, "parse url failed!\n");
return 1;
}
struct event_base* base = event_base_new();
if (!base)
{
fprintf(stderr, "create event base failed!\n");
return 1;
}
struct evdns_base* dnsbase = evdns_base_new(base, 1);
if (!dnsbase)
{
fprintf(stderr, "create dns base failed!\n");
}
assert(dnsbase);
struct evhttp_request* request = evhttp_request_new(RemoteReadCallback, base);
evhttp_request_set_header_cb(request, ReadHeaderDoneCallback);
evhttp_request_set_chunked_cb(request, ReadChunkCallback);
evhttp_request_set_error_cb(request, RemoteRequestErrorCallback);
const char* host = evhttp_uri_get_host(uri);
if (!host)
{
fprintf(stderr, "parse host failed!\n");
return 1;
}
int port = evhttp_uri_get_port(uri);
if (port < 0) port = 80;
const char* request_url = url;
const char* path = evhttp_uri_get_path(uri);
if (path == NULL || strlen(path) == 0)
{
request_url = "/";
}
printf("url:%s host:%s port:%d path:%s request_url:%s\n", url, host, port, path, request_url);
struct evhttp_connection* connection = evhttp_connection_base_new(base, dnsbase, host, port);
if (!connection)
{
fprintf(stderr, "create evhttp connection failed!\n");
return 1;
}
evhttp_connection_set_closecb(connection, RemoteConnectionCloseCallback, base);
evhttp_add_header(evhttp_request_get_output_headers(request), "Host", host);
evhttp_make_request(connection, request, EVHTTP_REQ_GET, request_url);
event_base_dispatch(base);
return 0;
}
编译
g++ http_client.cpp -I/opt/local/libevent-2.1.5/include -L/opt/local/libevent-2.1.5/lib -levent -g -o http_client
运行示例，这里只打印了包头字段
$ ./http_client http://www.qq.com >/dev/null
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Server: squid/3.4.3
< Content-Type: text/html; charset=GB2312
< Cache-Control: max-age=60
< Expires: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:48:31 GMT
< Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:47:31 GMT
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
< Connection: keep-alive
< Connection: Transfer-Encoding
< 