(Node.js) TCP Socket Send Byte and Receive Byte

Demonstrates the Chilkat Socket ReceiveByte and SendByte method.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var sock = new chilkat.Socket();

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
    // This example uses the public TCP echo service at https://tcpbin.com/
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    var useTls = false;
    var port = 4242;
    var maxWaitMs = 5000;
    var success = sock.Connect("tcpbin.com",port,useTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sock.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Wait a max of 2 seconds for a response..
    sock.MaxReadIdleMs = 2000;

    // Send a byte.
    sock.SendByte(96);

    // The tcpbin.com echo server only echoes after receiving an LF (linefeed char)
    sock.SendByte(10);

    // The echo server will echo back whatever is sent to it.
    // We should be able to read the same byte back..
    // After successfully reading, the byte value is available in the ReceivedInt property.
    var treatAsUnsignedInt = true;
    success = sock.ReceiveByte(treatAsUnsignedInt);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sock.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Let's look at the value of the byte received.  It should be 96.
    console.log(sock.ReceivedInt);

    // The echo server also echoed the LF back.
    success = sock.ReceiveByte(treatAsUnsignedInt);
    // Assuming success..

    // Should be decimal 10.
    console.log(sock.ReceivedInt);

}

chilkatExample();