Sending http get request

Hi all, just wondering if this would be the correct way to send a http get request, or if it's not safe, very error prone? :p Dont need a response from the server

Code:

void httpreq(char *IPadd)
{
    char *request = "";

    struct sockaddr_in serveraddr;
    int sock;

    WSADATA wsaData;
    char *ipaddress = IPadd;
    int port = 80;

    request = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n";

    //init winsock
    WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 0), &wsaData);

    //open socket
    if(sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)!=-1) {
                
                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))!=-1) { 
                        //send request
                        send(sock, request, strlen(request), 0);
                }
        }

    
    closesocket(sock);

    //cleanup
    WSACleanup();
 
}