From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3638fbb377a0fbb8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-12 03:18:28 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!nsw.nnrp.telstra.net!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3AD580FA.C7F5C90F@mullum.com.au> From: Charles Darcy X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: HTTP Session package References: <3AD3FC55.E1DCD891@mullum.com.au> <3AD4405A.51AA1369@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:18:35 +1000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.109.169.74 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 987070683 203.109.169.74 (Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:18:03 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:18:03 EST Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6808 Date: 2001-04-12T20:18:35+10:00 List-Id: My thanks for each your replys. I've had a look at AWS and it seems ideal, one might even say 'aws-ome' (sorry, bad pun). I've downloaded and built the package, and I'll try it out tonight. Once again, thanks for the help. regards, Charles. "Marc A. Criley" wrote: > Charles Darcy wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to Ada, and as part of the learning process, I'm converting > > a c++ application over to Ada95, using Gnat and GtkAda. > > > > The conversion has gone well, but I find I need a package which > > supports creating an internet session, sending http GET/POST requests, > > and receiving the replys. > > > > If anyone knows of such a package (preferably freely available), I'd > > love to hear of it. I've searched till my eyes went googly, but with no > > success. > > Well, you're in luck!!! > > Here's the link to the Ada Web Server (AWS) software: > > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry/contrib.html > > The site is in French, but fortunately "AWS" translates well so it's > easy to find it on the page :-) Accompanying documentation is in > English. > > > > > Also, I'm not certain if this message is appropriate to > > comp.lang.ada. If not, is there a newsgroup/mail list which caters to > > the "Is there a package 'x' which provides services 'y'" question ? > > This is the best newsgroup for this sort of request. > > Marc A. Criley > Senior Staff Engineer > Quadrus Corporation > www.quadruscorp.com