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Subject: Re: libcurl with Ada - how to HTTP POST transfer with large file
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Date: 2019-09-13T07:51:58-07:00
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On Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 9:28:53 PM UTC-6, Matt Borchers wrote:
cURL is a client-side URL file-transfer library =E2=80=94 but AWS provides =
common protocol file-transfer abilities natively. So, unless you're using s=
omething that is somewhat uncommon (e.g. Gopher) then you're probably OK ju=
st dropping the dependency.

OTOH, having things like a sorking binding to libcurl might be very nice fo=
r the Ada community... especially those situations where you *ARE* dealing =
with something uncommon.  =E2=80=94  Sadly, I have had zero need for using =
cURL at all for... the better part of a decade, so I don't think I can be m=
uch help right now.


(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL
(2) https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/