Socket:connect()

Socket:connect()method

Connect to the remote Socket.ip address. Used in blocking mode, the methods wait until the connection is established, or returns immediately otherwise.

Return value

true if the operation succedded, or false if an error occured.
Task object to perform the operation asynchronously if the Socket is non-blocking, returning one of the previous values once finished.

Example


--! luart-extensions
import net

-- create a socket to www.google.com on port 80
local socket = net.Socket("www.google.com", 80)

if socket:connect() then
	print("Connected to www.google.com !")
	socket:send("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:www.google.com\r\n\r\n")
	-- wait to be sure to receive all the header data
	sleep(300)
	
	local nbytes = socket:peek()
	print("Length of header: "..nbytes)
	print("Length of data received : "..#socket:recv())
end