read html files from C/C++
 

I desided to try writing an movie query library from scratch, but I just have one question.

Is there a C/C++ command that will allow you to open an html file from the web as if it was a file?

I want to be able you use basic file.getline()'s to read the file, and then parse it line by line.

Thanks,

C/C++ do not have commands...

To get the file, though, why not just system() or exec() 'wget', have it get the file and store it in a known location, then open that file and go from there?

That was my last resort since I will probably be needing to get multipe files at the same time, and many will have the same name. I was just hoping for an easier way of doing it

i remember reading about a library that allows you to treat urls as normal files, i think its libcurl but not sure

Yeah, it's curl. I had forgotten about it until this morning...shame on m!

Thanks, I'll look into the library