Perl

Send Encoded Bytes over a Socket

Demonstrates Socket.SendBytesENC, which decodes text using a named encoding (such as base64) and sends the resulting binary bytes.

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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Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$socket = chilkat::CkSocket->new();

#  Connect to the server using TLS.
$bTls = 1;
$maxWaitMs = 5000;
$success = $socket->Connect("example.com",5000,$bTls,$maxWaitMs);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Decode the text using the named encoding, then send the resulting binary bytes.  Here the base64
#  text "SGVsbG8=" decodes to the bytes for "Hello".
$success = $socket->SendBytesENC("SGVsbG8=","base64");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Bytes sent." . "\r\n";