Sample code for 30+ languages & platforms
Ruby

Send Bytes on a Socket Connection

See more Socket/SSL/TLS Examples

Demonstrates how to send a mixture of binary (non-text) and text bytes on a socket connection.

Chilkat Ruby Downloads

Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

socket = Chilkat::CkSocket.new()

# Connect to some host:port
ssl = false
maxWaitMillisec = 20000
port = 5555
success = socket.Connect("test.com",port,ssl,maxWaitMillisec)
if (success != true)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# We wish to send a 0x00 byte followed by the us-ascii string "10800"
bd = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()

bd.AppendByte(0)
bd.AppendString("10800","utf-8")

# Send the entire contents of bd.
success = socket.SendBd(bd,0,0)
if (success != true)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end