Node.js

Socket Convert Existing TCP Connection to SSL/TLS

Demonstrates the Chilkat Socket ConvertToSsl method. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var sock = new chilkat.Socket();

    //  --------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  This example uses the public TCP/TLS echo service at https://tcpbin.com/
    //  --------------------------------------------------------------------

    //  The echo server at tcpbin.com expects to receive TCP connections on port 4242, and TLS connections on port 4243.
    //  We could simply connect to port 4243 using TLS like this.
    //  However, further below, this example shows how to initially make a TCP connection, and then convert the connection to TLS.
    var useTls = true;
    var port = 4243;
    var maxWaitMs = 5000;
    success = sock.Connect("tcpbin.com",port,useTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sock.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  OK, we have a TLS connection.
    //  Note: The server chooses the TLS protocol version. 
    //  We can see the version of the TLS connection that was established:
    console.log("TLS version: " + sock.TlsVersion);

    sock.Close(maxWaitMs);

    //  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Now we'll do the same, except first we connect to port 4243 using TCP,
    //  and then convert the connection to TLS.
    //  
    //  This may seem pointless, and it is for the case w/ this server.  However, there could be situations
    //  where you're interacting with a server of some kind where there is a need to convert to/from TLS.
    //  (This is common internal to many protocols, such as SMTP, IMAP, FTP, etc., and it is often called "explicit" SSL/TLS)

    //  Connect again, except this time useTls is false, so we only have a simple TCP connection after this call.
    useTls = false;
    success = sock.Connect("tcpbin.com",port,useTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sock.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Convert the existing TCP connection to TLS.
    //  (The method name uses "SSL" because long ago, at the time of initial development, TLS 1.0 did not yet exist.)
    success = sock.ConvertToSsl();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sock.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  OK, we now have a TLS connection.
    //  Again, we can see the TLS version:
    console.log("TLS version: " + sock.TlsVersion);

    sock.Close(maxWaitMs);

}

chilkatExample();