this is closer but still not building correctly

engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ add_executable(LoginServer
 	${PLATFORM_SOURCES}
 )
 
+link_directories(${SWG_EXTERNALS_SOURCE_DIR}/3rd/library/webAPI)
+
 target_link_libraries(LoginServer
-    webAPI
     sharedCommandParser
     sharedCompression
     sharedDatabaseInterface
@@ -152,5 +153,6 @@ target_link_libraries(LoginServer
     CommonAPI
     LoginAPI
     MonAPI2
+    webAPI
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )

engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "sharedNetworkMessages/GenericValueTypeMessage.h"
 #include "sharedNetworkMessages/LoginEnumCluster.h"
 
-#include <webAPI.h>
+#include "webAPI.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------

external/3rd/library/webAPI/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-set(SHARED_SOURCES
-	webAPI.cpp
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+
+project(webAPI)
+
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+
+add_library(webAPI
 	webAPI.h
+	webAPI.cpp
 	json.hpp
+	${CURL_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 include_directories(
 	${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
-
-#target_link_libraries(
-#	${CURL_LIBRARIES}
-#)

external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 #include "webAPI.h"
 
+namespace webAPI 
+{
+
 // if status == success, returns "success", or slotName's contents if specified...
 // otherwise returns the "message" if no success
 std::string simplePost(std::string endpoint, std::string data, std::string slotName)
@@ -21,9 +24,9 @@ std::string simplePost(std::string endpoint, std::string data, std::string slotN
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		if (j.count("message"))
+		if (response.count("message"))
 		{
-			output = j["message"].get<std::string>();
+			output = response["message"].get<std::string>();
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ nlohmann::json request(std::string endpoint, std::string data, int reqType, ...)
 
 			if (res == CURLE_OK && !(readBuffer.empty()))
 			{
-                        	response = json::parse(readBuffer);
+                        	response = nlohmann::json::parse(readBuffer);
 			}
 			curl_easy_cleanup(curl); 
 		}
@@ -84,3 +87,4 @@ size_t WriteCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
         ((std::string*)userp)->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
         return size * nmemb;
 }
+};