Welcome!

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.

Getting Started

With vcpkg on Windows

PS> vcpkg install cpprestsdk cpprestsdk:x64-windows

With apt-get on Debian/Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install libcpprest-dev

With brew on OSX

$ brew install cpprestsdk

With NuGet on Windows for Android

PM> Install-Package cpprestsdk.android

For other platforms, install options, how to build from source, and more, take a look at our Documentation.

Once you have the library, look at our tutorial to use the http_client. It walks through how to setup a project to use the C++ Rest SDK and make a basic Http request.

To use from CMake:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
project(main)

find_path(CPPREST_INCLUDE cpprest/http_client.h)
find_library(CPPREST_LIB NAMES cpprest_2_9d cpprest_2_9 cpprestd cpprest)
find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS random system thread filesystem chrono atomic date_time regex)
find_package(OpenSSL 1.0.0 REQUIRED)

add_executable(main main.cpp)
target_include_directories(main ${CPPREST_INCLUDE})
target_link_libraries(main
  ${CPPREST_LIB}
  Boost::boost
  Boost::random
  Boost::system
  Boost::thread
  Boost::filesystem
  Boost::chrono
  Boost::atomic
  Boost::date_time
  Boost::regex
  OpenSSL::SSL
)

What's in the SDK:

• Features - HTTP client/server, JSON, URI, asynchronous streams, WebSockets client, oAuth
• PPL Tasks - A powerful model for composing asynchronous operations based on C++ 11 features
• Platforms - Windows desktop, Windows Store, Windows Phone, Ubuntu, OS X, iOS, and Android
• Support for Visual Studio 2012, 2013, and 2015 with debugger visualizers
• NuGet package with binaries for Windows and Android platforms

Contribute Back!

Is there a feature missing that you'd like to see, or found a bug that you have a fix for? Or do you have an idea or just interest in helping out in building the library? Let us know and we'd love to work with you. For a good starting point on where we are headed and feature ideas, take a look at our requested features and bugs.

Big or small we'd like to take your contributions back to help improve the C++ Rest SDK for everyone. If interested contact us askcasablanca at Microsoft dot com.

Having Trouble?

We'd love to get your review score, whether good or bad, but even more than that, we want to fix your problem. If you submit your issue as a Review, we won't be able to respond to your problem and ask any follow-up questions that may be necessary. The most efficient way to do that is to open a an issue in our issue tracker.

Quick Links

• FAQ
• Documentation
• Issue Tracker
• Directly contact us: askcasablanca@microsoft.com

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.