[Question] Form POST via C++ libcURL

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;

}

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This code looks bad and you should feel bad.

Jesus Christ, my eyes.

The Unintelligible wrote:

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.

Flareboy323 wrote:

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.