Socket:recv()

Socket:recv([length])method

Receive data from the Socket. In blocking mode, the method wait until some data is available for reading.

Parameters

[length]

An optional integer representing the maximum number of bytes to read from the connection, defaults to 1024.

Return value

Returns one of the following possible values :

Buffer containing the received bytes.
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.

If the connection has been lost, Socket:recv() returns false and the net.error property returns nil.

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 data
	sleep(300)
	print("Data received : "..socket:recv())
end