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.

import { Socket } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  const socket = new 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.
  const bTls = true;
  const maxWaitMs = 5000;
  try {
    await socket.connectAsync('example.com', 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs);
  } catch {
    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.
  const command = 'STATUS\r\n';
  try {
    await socket.sendStringAsync(command);
  } catch {
    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.
  let responseText: string;
  try {
    responseText = await socket.receiveStringAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(socket.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(responseText);
}