C++ Winsock Basic HTTP Connection

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <winsock.h>//dont forget to add wsock32.lib to linker dependencies
 
using namespace std;
 
#define BUFFERSIZE 1024
void die_with_error(char *errorMessage);
void die_with_wserror(char *errorMessage);
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    string request;
    string response;
    int resp_leng;
 
    char buffer[BUFFERSIZE];
    struct sockaddr_in serveraddr;
    int sock;
 
    WSADATA wsaData;
    char *ipaddress = "208.109.181.178";
    int port = 80;
 
    request+="GET /test.html HTTP/1.0\r\n";
    request+="Host: www.zedwood.com\r\n";
    request+="\r\n";
 
    //init winsock
    if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 0), &wsaData) != 0)
        die_with_wserror("WSAStartup() failed");
 
    //open socket
    if ((sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)) < 0)
        die_with_wserror("socket() failed");
 
    //connect
    memset(&serveraddr, 0, sizeof(serveraddr));
    serveraddr.sin_family      = AF_INET;
    serveraddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ipaddress);
    serveraddr.sin_port        = htons((unsigned short) port);
    if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *) &serveraddr, sizeof(serveraddr)) < 0)
        die_with_wserror("connect() failed");
 
    //send request
    if (send(sock, request.c_str(), request.length(), 0) != request.length())
        die_with_wserror("send() sent a different number of bytes than expected");
 
    //get response
    response = "";
    resp_leng= BUFFERSIZE;
    while (resp_leng == BUFFERSIZE)
    {
        resp_leng= recv(sock, (char*)&buffer, BUFFERSIZE, 0);
        if (resp_leng>0)
            response+= string(buffer).substr(0,resp_leng);
        //note: download lag is not handled in this code
    }
 
    //display response
    cout << response << endl;
 
    //disconnect
    closesocket(sock);
 
    //cleanup
    WSACleanup();
    return 0;
}
 
void die_with_error(char *errorMessage)
{
    cerr << errorMessage << endl;
    exit(1);
}
 
void die_with_wserror(char *errorMessage)
{
    cerr << errorMessage << ": " << WSAGetLastError() << endl;
    exit(1);
}