libevent-issue-182.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <evhttp.h>
#include <event2/event.h>
#include <event2/http.h>
#include <event2/bufferevent.h>

void http_request_done(struct evhttp_request *req, void *arg){
    char buf[1024];
    int s = evbuffer_remove(req->input_buffer, &buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
    buf[s] = '\0';
    printf("%s", buf);
    // terminate event_base_dispatch()
    event_base_loopbreak((struct event_base *)arg);
}

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

    base = event_base_new();
    conn = evhttp_connection_base_new(base, NULL, "127.0.0.1", 8080);
    req = evhttp_request_new(http_request_done, base);

    /* Tell libevent to free the connection when the request finishes */
    evhttp_connection_free_on_completion(conn);

    evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Host", "localhost");
    //evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Connection", "close");

    evhttp_make_request(conn, req, EVHTTP_REQ_GET, "/index.php?id=1");
    evhttp_connection_set_timeout(req->evcon, 600);
    event_base_dispatch(base);

#if 1
    event_base_free(base);
#endif

    return 0;
}