Chapter 9. The COMSTACK Module

Table of Contents

1. Synopsis (blocking mode)
2. Introduction
3. Common Functions
3.1. Managing Endpoints
3.2. Data Exchange
4. Client Side
5. Server Side
6. Addresses
7. SSL
8. Diagnostics
9. Summary and Synopsis

1. Synopsis (blocking mode)

    COMSTACK stack;
    char *buf = 0;
    int size = 0, length_incoming;
    char server_address_str[] = "localhost:9999";
    void *server_address_ip;
    int status;

    char *protocol_package = "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";
    int protocol_package_length = strlen(protocol_package);

    stack = cs_create(tcpip_type, 1, PROTO_HTTP);
    if (!stack) {
        perror("cs_create");  /* use perror() here since we have no stack yet */
        return -1;
    }

    server_address_ip = cs_straddr(stack, server_address_str);
    if (!server_address_ip) {
        fprintf(stderr, "cs_straddr: address could not be resolved\n");
        return -1;
    }

    status = cs_connect(stack, server_address_ip);
    if (status) {
        fprintf(stderr, "cs_connect: %s\n", cs_strerror(stack));
        return -1;
    }

    status = cs_rcvconnect(stack);
    if (status) {
        fprintf(stderr, "cs_rcvconnect: %s\n", cs_strerror(stack));
        return -1;
    }

    status = cs_put(stack, protocol_package, protocol_package_length);
    if (status) {
        fprintf(stderr, "cs_put: %s\n", cs_strerror(stack));
        return -1;
    }

    /* Now get a response */
    length_incoming = cs_get(stack, &buf, &size);
    if (!length_incoming) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Connection closed\n");
        return -1;
    } else if (length_incoming < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "cs_get: %s\n", cs_strerror(stack));
        return -1;
    }

    /* Print result */
    fwrite(buf, length_incoming, 1, stdout);

    /* clean up */
    cs_close(stack);
    if (buf)
        xfree(buf);
    return 0;