Fair point. Should've titled it "minimal dependencies" perhaps
Since C++ has no HTTP client in its std lib, I really had no other choice but to use curl. Same with OpenSSL. It'd be quite naïve of me to re-implement the whole HTTP stack and SHA256 from scratch =)
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“Just” curl and openssl. Those are not small and do a ton of lifting… easily adds 2-3mb to a static binary.
Fair point. Should've titled it "minimal dependencies" perhaps
Since C++ has no HTTP client in its std lib, I really had no other choice but to use curl. Same with OpenSSL. It'd be quite naïve of me to re-implement the whole HTTP stack and SHA256 from scratch =)