Lua

Receive Bytes as Encoded Text from a Socket

Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveBytesENC, which receives one delivery of binary data and returns it encoded as text using a named encoding.

Background. The ENC methods move raw binary data to and from printable text using a named encoding such as base64 or hex, which is convenient for logging or for handling binary data as strings.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local socket = chilkat.Socket.new()

-- Connect to the server using TLS.
local bTls = true
local maxWaitMs = 5000
local success = socket:connect("example.com", 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs)
if not success then
    print(socket.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Receive one delivery of binary data and return it encoded as text using the named encoding.  This
-- is convenient for logging or transporting binary data as printable text.
local encoded = socket:receive_bytes_enc("base64")
if not socket.last_method_success then
    print(socket.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(encoded)