boost::asio http request

boost_asio_http_request.cxx

// url should always match template: host/path
std::string url_get_contents(std::string url)
{
    using namespace boost::asio;

    ip::tcp::iostream stream;

    auto tokens = explode("/", url);
    auto host = tokens[0];
    auto request = tokens[1];

    stream.connect(host, "http");
    stream << "GET /" << request << " HTTP/1.1\r\n"
           << "Host: " << host << "\r\n"
           << "Accept: */*\r\n"
           << "Connection: close\r\n\r\n";

    stream.flush();

    std::string response(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(stream.rdbuf()), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
    // skipping headers
    auto it = boost::algorithm::find_first(response, "\r\n\r\n");

    return std::string(it.end(), response.end());
}