test-cpp-httplib

Test of the cpp-httplib library. This will read the latest block number on Ethereum.

Dependencies

Linux

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

• Comment out the OS_WINDOWS macro in main.cpp

Windows

• Follow MSYS2 installation to get g++ compiler on windows

Usage

Linux

g++ main.cpp -lcrypto -lssl
./a.out

Windows

g++ main.cpp -lwsock32 -lWs2_32 -lcrypt32 -lcrypto -lssl
a.exe

Should see a result like this:

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xd1369c"}

where "result" is the latest blocknumber on ethereum