Xbase++

Receive Bytes as Encoded Text from a Socket

Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveBytesENC, which receives one delivery of binary data and returns it encoded as text using a named encoding.

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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSocket
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nMaxWaitMs
LOCAL cEncoded

nSuccess := 0

oSocket := CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")

//  Connect to the server using TLS.
nBTls := 1
nMaxWaitMs := 5000
nSuccess := oSocket:Connect("example.com", 5000, nBTls, nMaxWaitMs)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSocket:LastErrorText
    oSocket:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Receive one delivery of binary data and return it encoded as text using the named encoding.  This
//  is convenient for logging or transporting binary data as printable text.
cEncoded := oSocket:ReceiveBytesENC("base64")
IF (oSocket:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oSocket:LastErrorText
    oSocket:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? cEncoded

oSocket:destroy()