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.

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local socket = chilkat.Socket.new()

-- 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.
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

-- StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
socket.string_charset = "utf-8"
-- Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
-- CRLF.
local command = "STATUS\r\n"
success = socket:send_string(command)
if not success then
    print(socket.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- 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.
local firstChunk = socket:receive_string_max_n(64)
if not socket.last_method_success then
    print(socket.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(firstChunk)