basic https fetching script

docs/examples/https.c

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+/*****************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _     
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |    
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |    
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___ 
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res;
+
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://sourceforge.net/");
+
+#ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
+    /*
+     * If you want to connect to a site who isn't using a certificate that is
+     * signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the
+     * verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection
+     * A LOT LESS SECURE.
+     *
+     * If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the
+     * default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for
+     * you.
+     */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERFICATION
+    /*
+     * If the site you're connecting to uses a different host name that what
+     * they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
+     * subjectAltName) fields, libcurl will refuse to connect. You can skip
+     * this check, but this will make the connection less secure.
+     */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
+#endif
+
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+    /* always cleanup */
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}