evhttp_connection_set_max_body_size test program

maxbodysize.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <time.h>

#include <event2/event.h>
#include <event2/http.h>
#include <event2/http_struct.h>

#define TST_TIMEOUT   2
#define TST_MAX_RETRY 1
#define TST_MAX_BODY  25600  // This should be 25kb, right?

#define TST_HOST    "www.bbned.nl"
#define TST_PATH    "/scripts/speedtest/download/file32mb.bin"

static void request_cb(struct evhttp_request *req, void *ctx);

int start = 0;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    struct event_base *base;
    struct evhttp_connection *conn;
    struct evhttp_request *req;

    base = event_base_new();
    assert(base != NULL);

    conn = evhttp_connection_base_new(base, NULL, TST_HOST, 80);
    assert(conn != NULL);

    req = evhttp_request_new(request_cb, NULL);
    assert(req != NULL);

    // Pretty strange that you have to do this yourself by the way. Seeing as evhttp
    // claims to be HTTP/1.1 compliant!

    evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Host", TST_HOST);

    evhttp_connection_set_timeout(conn, TST_TIMEOUT);
    evhttp_connection_set_retries(conn, TST_MAX_RETRY); 
    evhttp_connection_set_max_body_size(conn, TST_MAX_BODY);

    evhttp_make_request(conn, req, EVHTTP_REQ_GET, TST_PATH);
        
    // For a rough estimate on how long the request took.

    start = time(NULL);
    event_base_loop(base, 0);
    event_base_free(base);
    return 0;
}

static void request_cb(struct evhttp_request *req, void *ctx)
{
    printf("request_cb(): runtime = ~%ld seconds.\n", (time(NULL) - start));
    printf("request_cb(): request = %p\n", req);
    if (req)
        printf("request_cb(): status = %d\n", req->response_code);    
}