macOS indirections online?

[Darkroom]

so i'm learning about indirections, and i'd like to know how i may change the following code to obtain the .txt file from the internet instead of from my desktop.

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
	{
	
	FILE *textFile = fopen ("/Users/me/Desktop/textFile.txt", "r");
	char word[100];
	
	while (fgets(word, 100, textFile))
		{
		word[strlen(word) - 1] = '\0';
		NSLog (@"%s is %d characters long", word, strlen(word));
		}
		
	fclose (textFile);
	return (0);
	}

simply changing the file's address to an http address doesn't work.

any thoughts?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

fopen() doesn't work with HTTP addresses. You need to use a socket, instead, to connect to the remote resource.

Google search results for "C sockets" - that should give you some helpful tips on how to use them.

 

[Darkroom]

fopen() doesn't work with HTTP addresses. You need to use a socket, instead, to connect to the remote resource.

Google search results for "C sockets" - that should give you some helpful tips on how to use them.

thanks!