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.

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

set socket [new_CkSocket]

#  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.
set bTls 1
set maxWaitMs 5000
set success [CkSocket_Connect $socket "example.com" 5000 $bTls $maxWaitMs]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $socket]
    delete_CkSocket $socket
    exit
}

#  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
CkSocket_put_StringCharset $socket "utf-8"
#  Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
#  CRLF.
set command "STATUS\r\n"
set success [CkSocket_SendString $socket $command]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $socket]
    delete_CkSocket $socket
    exit
}

#  Receive text and decode it using StringCharset.  ReceiveString returns the first nonempty decoded
#  result; it does not keep reading to drain all available data.
set responseText [CkSocket_receiveString $socket]
if {[CkSocket_get_LastMethodSuccess $socket] == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $socket]
    delete_CkSocket $socket
    exit
}

puts "$responseText"

delete_CkSocket $socket