[Question] Form POST via C++ libcURL

[323]

Would this work for a simple form post?

It's using the libcURL libraries for C++

I'm going to upgrade it from here and add captcha support and stuff.

This is just the form submit.

/* This is a Gaia Online account creator
** Written by 323 for Logical Gamers
** Version 1.0
** Created 10-25-2012
** Check www.LogicalGamers.com for updates
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
string userpassword = "password101";

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;
 
  struct curl_httppost *formpost=NULL;
  struct curl_httppost *lastptr=NULL;
  struct curl_slist *headerlist=NULL;
  static const char buf[] = "Expect:";
 
  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
 
  //Fill in the username field

  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "username",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "RANDOMLY_GENERATED_STRING_HERE",
               CURLFORM_END);
 
  //Fill in the email field

  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "email",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "ADD_YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS_HERE",
               CURLFORM_END);

  //Fill in the password field

  curl_formadd(&formpost,
	       &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "password",
	       CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, userpassword, //make the user's password the string userpassword (password101)

  //Fill in the confirm password field

  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "password_confirm",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, userpassword,
               CURLFORM_END);

  //Fill in the date of birth month field

  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "dob_month",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "1",
               CURLFORM_END);
 
  //Fill in the date of birth day field

  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "dob_day",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "1",
               CURLFORM_END);

  //Fill in the date of birth year field

  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "dob_year",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "1980",
               CURLFORM_END);

  //Fill in the submit field too, even if this is rarely needed

  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "submit",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "send",
               CURLFORM_END);
  curl = curl_easy_init();

  //initalize custom header list (stating that Expect: 100-continue is not wanted

  headerlist = curl_slist_append(headerlist, buf);
  if(curl) {

    //what URL that receives this POST

    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://avatarsave.gaiaonline.com/register/html/?step=userinfo&amp;_gaia_t_=296");
    if ( (argc == 2) && (!strcmp(argv[1], "noexpectheader")) )

      //only disable 100-continue header if explicitly requested

      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headerlist);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, formpost);
 
    //Perform the request, res will get the return code

    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    //Check for errors

    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));
 
    //always cleanup

    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 
    //then cleanup the formpost chain

    curl_formfree(formpost);

    //free slist

    curl_slist_free_all (headerlist);
  }
  return 0;
}

[The Unintelligible]

This code looks bad and you should feel bad.

Jesus Christ, my eyes.

[323]

This code looks bad and you should feel bad.

Jesus Christ, my eyes.

Well it was the example code on the official website, so suck my fucking dick. All I did was change the field names and add like two more.

You think it's bad code? Go complain to the developers of cURL.

[The Unintelligible]

You think it's bad code? Go complain to the developers of cURL.

I think I'll complain to you instead for not knowing how abstractions work.

Take your spaghetti code elsewhere, Flare.