Ruby

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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require 'chilkat'

success = false

socket = Chilkat::CkSocket.new()

#  Connect to the server using TLS.
bTls = true
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
if (success == false)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  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 == false)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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