https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zr_0Jy8mWE&t=1085s
#include <iostream>
#include <WS2tcpip.h>
#include <string>
#pragma comment(lib,"ws2_32.lib")
using namespace std;
void main(){
string ipAddress = "127.0.0.1";//IP Address of the server
int port = 54000;// listening server port
//Initialize winsock
WSADATA wsData;
WORD ver = MAKEWORD(2,2);
int wsResult = WSAStartup(ver,&wsData);
if (wsResult != 0)
{
cerr<<"can't start winsock,quitting"<<endl;
return;
}
//create socket
SOCKET sock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET)
{
cerr<<"Can't create socket, Err #"<<WSAGetLastError()<<endl;
return;
}
//fill in a hint structure
sockaddr_in hint;
hint.sin_family = AF_INET;
hint.sin_port = htons(port);
inet_pton(AF_INET, ipAddress.c_str(),&hint.sin_addr);
//connect to the server
int connResult = connect(sock,(sockaddr*)&hint,sizeof(hint));
if (connResult == SOCKET_ERROR )
{
cerr<<"Can't connect to server,Err #"<<WSAGetLastError()<<endl;
closesocket(sock);
WSACleanup();
return;
}
//do-while loop to receive and send data
char buf[4096];
string userInput;
do{
//prompt the user for some text
cout<<"> ";
getline(cin,userInput);
if (userInput.size()>0)
{
//send the text
int sendResult = send(sock,userInput.c_str(),userInput.size()+1,0);//plus 1 for "\0"
if (sendResult != SOCKET_ERROR)
{
//wait for response
ZeroMemory(buf,4096);
int bytesReceived = recv(sock,buf,4096,0);
if (bytesReceived >0)
{
//Echo reponse to console
cout<<"SERVER> "<<string(buf,0,bytesReceived)<<endl;
}
}
}
}while(userInput.size()>0);
//Gracefully close down everyth
closesocket(sock);
WSACleanup();
}