I've searched around, and either can't find the exact question I'm trying to answer, or I need someone to explain it to me like I'm 5.
Basically, I have a Node.js script using the Net library. I'm connecting to multiple hosts, and sending commands, and listening for return data.
var net = require('net');
var nodes = [
'HOST1,192.168.179.8',
'HOST2,192.168.179.9',
'HOST3,192.168.179.10',
'HOST4,192.168.179.11'
];
function connectToServer(tid, ip) {
var conn = net.createConnection(23, ip);
conn.on('connect', function() {
conn.write (login_string); // login string hidden in pretend variable
});
conn.on('data', function(data) {
var read = data.toString();
if (read.match(/Login Successful/)) {
console.log ("Connected to " + ip);
conn.write(command_string);
}
else if (read.match(/Command OK/)) { // command_string returned successful,
// read until /\r\nEND\r\n/
// First part of data comes in here
console.log("Got a response from " + ip + ':' + read);
}
else {
//rest of data comes in here
console.log("Atonomous message from " + ip + ':' + read);
}
});
conn.on('end', function() {
console.log("Lost conncection to " + ip + "!!");
});
conn.on('error', function(err) {
console.log("Connection error: " + err + " for ip " + ip);
});
}
nodes.forEach(function(node) {
var nodeinfo = node.split(",");
connectToServer(nodeinfo[0], nodeinfo[1]);
});
The data ends up being split into two chunks. Even if I store the data in a hash and append the first part to the remainder when I read the /\r\nEND\r\n/ delimiter, there's a chunk missing out of the middle. How do I properly buffer the data in order to make sure I get the complete message from the stream?
EDIT: Ok, this seems to be working better:
function connectToServer(tid, ip) {
var conn = net.createConnection(23, ip);
var completeData = '';
conn.on('connect', function() {
conn.write (login_string);
});
conn.on('data', function(data) {
var read = data.toString();
if (read.match(/Login Successful/)) {
console.log ("Connected to " + ip);
conn.write(command_string);
}
else {
completeData += read;
}
if (completeData.match(/Command OK/)) {
if (completeData.match(/\r\nEND\r\n/)) {
console.log("Response: " + completeData);
}
}
});
conn.on('end', function() {
console.log("Connection closed to " + ip );
});
conn.on('error', function(err) {
console.log("Connection error: " + err + " for ip " + ip);
});
}
My biggest problem was apparently a logic error. I was either waiting for the chunk that began the reply, or the chunk that ended it. I wasn't saving everything in-between.
I guess if I wanted to get all Node-ish about it, I should fire an event whenever a complete message came in (beginning with a blank line, ending with 'END' on a line by itself), and do the processing there.