C++ winsocking

Hello, I'm trying to learn winsock so I could send a get http request to a desired hostname. I know how to setup a socket and start up Winsock but I do not know how to send a Get request to a website. Could someone explain this?

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
 
 
using namespace std;
 
 
 
int main()
{
 
    char version[3];//Setup version
    version[0]='1';//use version 1.1
    version[2]='1';
 
    string display_version="1.1";
 
    SOCKET MySocket;
 
 
 
 
    WSADATA info;
 
    cout<<"Loading Winsock Version: "<<display_version<<endl;
 
    if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(version[0],version[2]),&info) != 0)
    {
                cout<<"Cannot initialize WinSock!\nError: "<<WSAGetLastError()<<"\nCleaing up!"<<endl;
                WSACleanup();
 
                return -1;
    }
    if(WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(version[0],version[2]),&info) == 0)
    {
                cout<<"Winsock initialzed!\nVersion "<<display_version<<endl;
                cout<<"Initialzing socket..\n";
 
                MySocket=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,IPPROTO_TCP);
                if(MySocket == INVALID_SOCKET)
                {
                    cout<<"Invalid socket decalred!";
                    WSACleanup();
                }
 
 
                cout<<"Socket initialzed!\n";
 
 
 
 
    }
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
system("PAUSE");
 
 
    return 0;
}

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