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Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 in WSL

Pre-requisites: apt-install g++ libboost-all-dev libssl dev

This MUST be compiled with the -lssl and -lcrypto flags. g++ main.cpp -o neo -lssl -lcrypto

Usage: Get Near Earth Objects (NEOs) from NASA API. You must obtain a NASA API key. It's free and easy, and grants you access to more than NEOs. neo <your api key> <start_date> <end_date>

Note: the dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Why is this code to make a simple API call so complicated one might ask?

Looking back at it, this is writing an HTTP client from scratch as opposed to using an already pre-existing HTTP client, such as CPR.

This example is quite literally built on the Beast library from Boost. All I did was change a few things and borrow the root_certificates.hpp from their examples in GitHub.