[main] added temporary verbs to the helper function

1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/pawsd/send.lua b/src/pawsd/send.lua
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+--
+-- ~~~ send a pawsd request
+--
+
+require("src/utils")
+
+-- setup pawsd
+local PawSD = require("src/pawsd/variables")
+
+-- setup sockets
+local socket = require("socket")
+local client = assert(socket.tcp())
+
+-- send function
+function send (server, data)
+
+    -- build request
+    local request = string.fromhex( PawSD.Magic.REQUEST .. PawSD.Version .. data)
+
+    -- setup connection
+    client:connect(server.host, server.port)
+
+    -- send request
+    client:send(request)
+
+    -- listen for response
+    local response = {}
+
+    while true do
+
+        local packet, status = client:receive(1)
+
+        if packet then table.insert(response, packet) end
+        if status == "closed" then break end
+
+    end
+
+    -- return response
+    return table.concat(response)
+
+end
+
+-- return
+return send