Receive a Bounded String from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveStringMaxN, which receives and decodes text like ReceiveString but reads at most a given number of input bytes.

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

socket = chilkat2.Socket()

# Connect to the server using TLS.  The 3rd argument enables the TLS handshake after the TCP
# connection succeeds; the 4th is the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds.
bTls = True
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
if (success == False):
    print(socket.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
socket.StringCharset = "utf-8"
# Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
# CRLF.
command = "STATUS\r\n"
success = socket.SendString(command)
if (success == False):
    print(socket.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Receive and decode text like ReceiveString, but read at most the given number of input bytes.
# The limit is measured in bytes, not Unicode characters.
firstChunk = socket.ReceiveStringMaxN(64)
if (socket.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(socket.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print(firstChunk)