Socket:bind()

Socket:bind([backlog])method

Bind the Socket and listen for incoming connection.

Parameters

[backlog]

An optional integer representing the maximum length of the queue of pending connections (defaults to 5).

Return value

Returns a boolean value indicating if the operation is successful.

Example


-- Echo Server example
import net

-- create the server listening Socket
local server = net.Socket("127.0.0.1", 5000)

-- enable server Socket to receive incomming connections
server:bind()

local client = server:accept()

-- echo to the client the data just received
while true do
	local data = client:recv()
	if data == false then
		break
	end
	client:send(data)
end