Reveive Image Bytes From HTTP Response Through Socket

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shinsengumi -10 Junior Poster in Training

13 Years Ago

Hi,

What command/technique is needed in a C program to receive image bytes through socket programming from an HTTP response? I want to develop a program that requests for an image from a server, then upon receiving the bytes comprising the image, it should write these bytes into a newly created file such that an image file is created. The image is of .jpg format. I really don't know how to create a program that receives and stores bytes through sockets so I hope someone here knows how to do it. So far, what I know is how to receive arrays of characters (strings) but now I want to know how to receive image bytes.

Also, the response my program is receiving has an HTTP header that comes before the actual image bytes so I need to remove the HTTP header first before writing the image bytes into a file. How do I do it? Thanks in advance. I'm working on a Windows XP machine.

c http socket-programming winsock

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shinsengumi -10 Junior Poster in Training · Answer 1 · 2011-03-06T00:34:56+00:00

Hi,
What command/technique is needed in a C program to receive image bytes through socket programming from an HTTP response? I want to develop a program that requests for an image from a server, then upon receiving the bytes comprising the image, it should write these bytes into a newly created file such that an image file is created. The image is of .jpg format. I really don't know how to create a program that receives and stores bytes through sockets so I hope someone here knows how to do it. So far, what I know is how to receive arrays of characters (strings) but now I want to know how to receive image bytes.
Also, the response my program is receiving has an HTTP header that comes before the actual image bytes so I need to remove the HTTP header first before writing the image bytes into a file. How do I do it? Thanks in advance. I'm working on a Windows XP machine.

Ooops sorry for the repost, please remove the duplicate. Thanks and I apologize for this