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majidarif
majidarif

Reputation: 19975

Sending a packet with nodejs packets

I am using the package:

http://bigeasy.github.io/packet

On the documentation it says parsing is done by:

parser.packet("pkt_id", "x16, l16 => id");
...
parser.parse(buffer);
...
parser.extract("pkt_id", function (packet) {...

But how do I serialize data and send it as buffer?
I tried

var stuff = serializer("pkt_id", {var1, var2});
socket.write(stuff);

But it is just wrong, I can't find it anywhere in the documentation on how to pack data and build it into a buffer and send it to the client.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3586

Answers (1)

srquinn
srquinn

Reputation: 10481

You can create a Buffer in node thusly:

var stuff = serializer("pkt_id", "this should be a string");
socket.write(new Buffer(stuff, 'binary');

For more on the Buffer global object, check the docs: http://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html

Upvotes: 1

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