React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

SSL Server Example

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Demonstrates how to create an SSL socket for accepting connections. This example is *very* simple in that it will create an SSL socket for accepting a single connection. It will read a message from the client, send a reply, and exit. React Native

import { Cert, CertStore, JsonObject, Socket } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const listenSslSocket = new Socket();

  // An SSL server needs a digital certificate.  This example loads it from a PFX file.

  // Create an instance of a certificate store object, load a PFX file,
  // locate the certificate we need, and use it.
  // (a PFX file may contain more than one certificate.)
  const certStore = new CertStore();
  // The 1st argument is the filename, the 2nd arg is the 
  // PFX file's password:
  try {
    certStore.loadPfxFile('chilkat.pfx', 'test');
  } catch {
    console.log(certStore.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Find the certificate to be used for SSL:
  const jsonCN = new JsonObject();
  jsonCN.updateString('CN', 'example.com');

  const cert = new Cert();
  try {
    certStore.findCert(jsonCN, cert);
  } catch {
    console.log(certStore.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Use the certificate:
  try {
    listenSslSocket.initSslServer(cert);
  } catch {
    console.log(listenSslSocket.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Bind and listen on a port:
  const myPort = 8123;
  // Allow for a max of 5 queued connect requests.
  const backLog = 5;
  try {
    await listenSslSocket.bindAndListenAsync(myPort, backLog);
  } catch {
    console.log(listenSslSocket.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // If accepting an SSL/TLS connection, the SSL handshake is part of the connection
  // establishment process. This involves a few back-and-forth messages between the 
  // client and server to establish algorithms and a shared key to create the secure 
  // channel. The sending and receiving of these messages are governed by the 
  // MaxReadIdleMs and MaxSendIdleMs properties. If these properties are set to 0 
  // (and this is the default unless changed by your application), then the 
  // AcceptNext can hang indefinitely during the SSL handshake process. 
  // Make sure these properties are set to appropriate values before calling AcceptNext.

  // Set a 10 second max for waiting to read/write.  This is for the SSL/TLS handshake establishment.
  listenSslSocket.maxReadIdleMs = 10000;
  listenSslSocket.maxSendIdleMs = 10000;

  // Accept a single client connection and establish the secure SSL/TLS channel:
  const maxWaitMillisec = 20000;
  const clientSock = new Socket();
  try {
    await listenSslSocket.acceptNextAsync(maxWaitMillisec, clientSock);
  } catch {
    console.log(listenSslSocket.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // The client (in this example) is going to send a "Hello Server! -EOM-" 
  // message.  Read it:
  let receivedMsg: string;
  try {
    receivedMsg = await clientSock.receiveUntilMatchAsync('-EOM-');
  } catch {
    console.log(clientSock.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(receivedMsg);

  // Send a "Hello Client! -EOM-" message:
  try {
    await clientSock.sendStringAsync('Hello Client! -EOM-');
  } catch {
    console.log(clientSock.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Close the connection with the client
  // Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
  await clientSock.closeAsync(20000);
}