lwip httpclientfetch url hack

gistfile1.txt

static char* ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR findUrlPathStart(char *url) {
        int i = 7; // skip 'http://'
        while (url[i] != '/') { i++; }
        return &url[i];
}

void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR httpClientFetch(char *url, int retbufsz, void (*cb)(char*)) {
        static struct espconn conn;
        static ip_addr_t ip;
        char *hcserver = url[7]; // skip 'http://'
        char *hcloc = findUrlPathStart(url);

        callback=cb;
        os_sprintf(hdr, "GET %s HTTP/1.1\r\n", hcloc);
        hcloc[0] = '\0'; // terminate the server-string
        os_sprintf(hdr, "Host: %s\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n", hcserver);
        os_printf("httpclient: %s", hdr);

        espconn_gethostbyname(&conn, hcserver, &ip, httpServerFoundCb);
        hcloc[0] = '/'; // un-terminate the server-string
}