Add POST methods with raw binary data and ContentReceiver support for streaming responses #2213
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This PR implements the feature request from Issue #2210, adding support for Client POST requests with raw binary data (
const char *body, size_t content_length
) and ContentReceiver for streaming responses.Problem
The existing httplib library supported ContentReceiver (for streaming responses) with POST requests, but only for
std::string
body data. There was no way to send raw binary data with a specific length while also receiving streaming responses. This limitation prevented use cases like:Solution
Added 4 new POST method overloads to both
Client
andClientImpl
classes:Implementation Details
req.body.assign(body, content_length)
to properly handle binary data including null bytesExample Usage
Testing
Added comprehensive test cases covering:
Backward Compatibility
This change is fully backward compatible - no existing API signatures were modified, only new overloads were added.
Fixes #2210
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