cpp-netlib VS C++ REST SDK

Compare cpp-netlib vs C++ REST SDK and see what are their differences.

cpp-netlib

The C++ Network Library Project -- cross-platform, standards compliant networking library. (by cpp-netlib)

C++ REST SDK

The C++ REST SDK is a Microsoft project for cloud-based client-server communication in native code using a modern asynchronous C++ API design. This project aims to help C++ developers connect to and interact with services. (by microsoft)
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cpp-netlib C++ REST SDK
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Boost Software License 1.0 MIT License
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cpp-netlib

Posts with mentions or reviews of cpp-netlib. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

C++ REST SDK

Posts with mentions or reviews of C++ REST SDK. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-06.
  • What is the industry standard today in C++ to deploy REST microservices in Kubernetes?
    5 projects | /r/cpp | 6 Sep 2023
    My favourite was Microsoft's cpprestsdk, but for some reason now is in maintenance mode, I don't know why, so it's hard to suggest it for new projects. A nice alternative is restc-cpp, that's has a good high-level interface, if this is what you want.
  • REST APIs using C++. (Is this even done much?)
    13 projects | /r/cpp | 29 Mar 2023
    CppRestSDK is deprecated.
  • C++ REST API Framework
    1 project | /r/cpp_questions | 26 Nov 2022
  • REST library: production 'ready'
    3 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 20 Jun 2022
    https://github.com/microsoft/cpprestsdk (concerned about being maintenance mode -> production?)
  • Have there been any attempts to build a REST API service on top of either Boost.asio or Boost.beast?
    2 projects | /r/cpp | 23 Apr 2022
    While it's not based on Boost Asio or Beast, Microsoft maintains a SDK for developing REST api's using C++, aptly named the C++ REST SDK. Here you can find the Github page. It pretty much covers everything you'd come to expect from a modern webserver package. It does come with a steep learning curve however.
  • Microsoft YARP
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Feb 2022
    I never thought I'd laud microsoft on open source software but this has certainly made my life easier... I mean come on, MIT licensed and everything...

    https://github.com/microsoft/cpprestsdk

  • Web services in C++
    1 project | /r/developersIndia | 24 Sep 2021
    Assuming you want to make a REST API check this out: https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk
    2 projects | /r/cpp | 24 Sep 2021
  • Thriving in a Crowded and Changing World: C++ 2006–2020 [pdf]
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jul 2021
    >But is it truly practical to use in 'higher-abstraction' apps like web or mobile?

    Yes absolutely. Once you become familiar with the language the barrier is not that high. Familiarity trumps everything else.

    That said, since i am not a Web/mobile developer i had collected some resources to help me learn how to use C++ for Web/Mobile apps, you may find it useful;

    https://levelup.gitconnected.com/cross-platform-mobile-and-w...

    https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk

    https://medium.com/@ivan.mejia/modern-c-micro-service-implem...

  • cpprestsdk in maintenance mode
    17 projects | /r/cpp | 8 Jun 2021
    I was starting a project that needs to read data with rest API and I'd like to use cpprestsdk from Microsoft. But it's readme says that's in maintenance mode and it's not recommended for new projects... I'd like to know why it's in maintenance mode, and if it will be abandoned. Also, if there's some equivalent library for cpp, instead of creating the business logic from scratch, i.e. with boost::beast.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cpp-netlib and C++ REST SDK you can also consider the following projects:

Boost.Beast - HTTP and WebSocket built on Boost.Asio in C++11

libcurl - A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features

POCO - The POCO C++ Libraries are powerful cross-platform C++ libraries for building network- and internet-based applications that run on desktop, server, mobile, IoT, and embedded systems.

Restbed - Corvusoft's Restbed framework brings asynchronous RESTful functionality to C++14 applications.

cpr - C++ Requests: Curl for People, a spiritual port of Python Requests.

Simple-WebSocket-Server

cpp-httplib - A C++ header-only HTTP/HTTPS server and client library

drogon - Drogon: A C++14/17 based HTTP web application framework running on Linux/macOS/Unix/Windows [Moved to: https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon]