System::SocketConnect

System::SocketConnect opens a TCP connection to a remote host. The script must have the security setting CTScript::ALLOW_SOCKET_CONNECT before the this method will succeed.

public System::SocketConnect(
   AString hostURL,
   AString service = "80",
   Integer flags = System::DNS_TYPE_A,
:  OSHandle socketHandle
);

Parameters

hostURL	The URL for the remote host, can be both an valid DNS name or a numeric IP address.
service	The port number for the remote application.
flags	System::DNS_TYPE_A for connections to the HostURL A Record bitwise or with System::SSL_CONNECTION for a ssl connection.
socketHandle	The returned socket handle if the method suceeds.

Return Values

The error.errorCode value will be set to the underlining windows error message code and the error.errorString will have a detailed description of the error.

Remarks

System::SSL_CONNECTION was added in tscript version 1.4.

Example Use

TScript

main(){
   OSHandle socket;
   System::SocketConnect("ekkySoftware.com":socket);
   System::SocketSend(socket,"GET / HTTP/1.1\n"
     "User-Agent: TScript Software http://www.ekkySoftware.com/\n"
     "Host: www.ekkysofware.com\n\n"
   );
   System::SocketReceive(socket:fileBuffer);
   System::MessageBox(fileBuffer.AString().ToString(),
      u"File Contents of / at ekkySoftware");
}

Since

TScript Version: 1.2

Also See

System::SocketGetInfo, System::SocketReceive, System::SocketSend

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