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HTML GET Request method

Started by CRACK123 Sep 30, 2006 at 4:52 AM 2 replies 1k views

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Sep 30, 2006 at 4:52 AM

Hi, I am trying to generate a GET request in C code by connecting to the site on port 80. However I get a response as -

[Source]
400 - Bad Reqest
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

client sent HTTP/1.1 request without hostname (see RFC2616 section 14.23): /index.html
[/Source]

This is my send request code


int SendRequest(int sockfd, const char *hostname, char *filename)
{
        char getReq[4096];
        memset(getReq, '\0', 4096);

        // hostname has the name as "./www.websitename.com"
        // hence do not copy first 2 characters
        sprintf(getReq, "GET /%s HTTP/1.1\nHostname: %s\n\n",
                filename, hostname+2);
        int len = strlen(getReq);

        while(send(sockfd, getReq, strlen(getReq), 0) < len);
}

I can't figure out what is wrong with the code. Is my GET request not framed properly ? Thanks

let_bound

Sep 30, 2006 at 5:19 AM

Try:

sprintf(getReq, "GET /%s HTTP/1.1\nHost: %s\n\n",                filename, hostname+2);

Genuine question: shouldn't it be \r\n, instead of \n\n? I haven't had to deal with HTTP in a while.

Hope this helps.

Brother Bob

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Brother Bob

Sep 30, 2006 at 5:19 AM

The error message returned by the server tells you exactly where to look to fix the error. Clicky.

VHL

Sep 30, 2006 at 5:20 AM

Shouldn't it be Host, instead of Hostname?

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