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hermancain
hermancain

Reputation: 1622

Send JSON to a unix socket with golang

I'm trying to write a golang program to control mpv via issuing commands to a unix socket running at /tmp/mpvsocket.

This is what I've tried so far:

func main() {                                     
  c, err := net.Dial("unix", "/tmp/mpvsocket")    
  if err != nil {                                 
    panic(err)                                    
  }                                               
  defer c.Close()                                 

  _, err = c.Write([]byte(`{"command":["quit"]}`))
  if err != nil {                                 
    log.Fatal("write error:", err)                
  }                                               
}

This should cause mpv to quit but nothing happens.

This command can be issued via the command line to get the expected results:

echo '{ "command": ["quit"] }' | socat - /tmp/mpvsocket

It uses socat to send the JSON to the socket. How can I send this to the socket using Golang?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3313

Answers (1)

hermancain
hermancain

Reputation: 1622

Thanks to @AndySchweig in the comments above, I needed a new line after my JSON.

The fixed line:

  _, err = c.Write([]byte(`{"command":["quit"]}` + "\n"))

The full block of fixed code:

func main() {                                     
  c, err := net.Dial("unix", "/tmp/mpvsocket")    
  if err != nil {                                 
    panic(err)                                    
  }                                               
  defer c.Close()                                 

  _, err = c.Write([]byte(`{"command":["quit"]}` + "\n"))
  if err != nil {                                 
    log.Fatal("write error:", err)                
  }                                               
}

Upvotes: 1

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