Receive a String from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveString, which receives text and decodes it using StringCharset. It returns the first nonempty decoded result rather than draining all available data.

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var socket = new chilkat.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.
    var bTls = true;
    var maxWaitMs = 5000;
    success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(socket.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  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.
    var command = "STATUS\r\n";
    success = socket.SendString(command);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(socket.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Receive text and decode it using StringCharset.  ReceiveString returns the first nonempty decoded
    //  result; it does not keep reading to drain all available data.
    var responseText = socket.ReceiveString();
    if (socket.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(socket.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log(responseText);

}

chilkatExample();