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Receive a 32-bit Integer from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveInt32, which reads exactly four bytes as a signed 32-bit integer and stores the result in the ReceivedInt property. Byte order is selectable.

Background. Fixed-size integers and length prefixes are common building blocks for application-defined binary protocols. Byte order is selectable, with big-endian being network byte order.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

socket = chilkat.CkSocket()

#  Connect to the server using TLS.
bTls = True
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
if (success == False):
    print(socket.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Read exactly four bytes as a signed 32-bit integer and store the result in the ReceivedInt
#  property.  The argument selects byte order (True = big-endian, network byte order).
bBigEndian = True
success = socket.ReceiveInt32(bBigEndian)
if (success == False):
    print(socket.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("Received 32-bit integer: " + str(socket.get_ReceivedInt()))