C++ web service

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I have a C++ program, and I want to make it as a web service listening to http request. I am a newbie to web development. Could some one give me a guild to tools/library/APIs that can help me build it. I know Java program usually restlet. What is the equivalent of restlet for C++?

gSOAP is the first result for "c++ web services" and sounds like what you want. http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html — nickrak, Aug 17 '13 at 04:51
SOAP is a more complicate protocol then REST used in restlet. REST means encoding information as simple strings with more complex information passed as request body. A C++ REST library was recommended [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1961238/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-c-c-restful-framework) — cpp, Aug 17 '13 at 07:09
I am looking at CPPCMS, CPPSERV, and A Stream Socket API for C++:http://www.pcs.cnu.edu/~dgame/sockets/socketsC++/sockets.html, can anyone tell me which is better, and the comparison between them — realmq, Aug 20 '13 at 02:33
Asynchronous C++11 RESTful framework: https://github.com/Corvusoft/restbed — Ben Crowhurst, Jun 19 '15 at 15:55

László Papp · Answer 1 · 2013-09-10T20:05:32.503

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I would recommend C++ web toolkit

http://www.webtoolkit.eu/wt

or

cppcms.sourceforge.net

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answered Aug 17 '13 at 07:05

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that's the first google result I am with wt :) |jo napot – gen Aug 17 '13 at 07:10
I am looking at CppCMS, but couldn't find an example that illustrates how to use for my purpose. – realmq Aug 19 '13 at 17:26
plus, I also found this: CPPSERV, comparing to CppCMS, which is better ? – realmq Aug 19 '13 at 20:29
@emilywuq: it is primarily opinion based, but I would use CppCMS. Any reason why you have not selected an accepted answer? – László Papp Oct 05 '13 at 03:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '13 at 14:01

The old, classic way to make existing C/C++ executable available on the web is through CGI. A web server that supports CGI can be configured to interpret an URL as a reference to a CGI script that can be directly your executable or a simple wrapper around it. The web for fields are provided as standard input and the program's output becomes the server response.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 17 '13 at 07:12

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I am working on something similar in Python and I am also newcomer on this field. You might be interested in sockets, see: http://goo.gl/r6X4u, http://goo.gl/enffd

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 17 '13 at 07:15

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The QxtWeb module provides tools for creating web services using Qt.

Also, if you are using Visual C++ then here is an introduction how to create web services.

answered Aug 17 '13 at 07:15

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