Programming

/* connect to host */
 if(connect(hSocket,(struct sockaddr*)&Address,sizeof(Address)) 
    == SOCKET_ERROR)
 {
   verbose("Could not connect to host a socket");
  return 0;
 }
 
 verbose("Connection established")

char *getRequest = "GET /path/to/server.aspx?Action=GetConfig&MachineName=node1 HTTP/1.1\n";
 
 if(send(hSocket, getRequest, strlen(getRequest), 0) < 0) {
  verbose("Error with sending socket");
  return 0;
 }
 else {
  verbose("Successful with sending socket get request to get config file");
 }

verbose("Attempting to receive from server");
 char echoBuffer[9999];
 
 /* Receive config information from server */ 
    int totalBytesRcvd = 0; 
    unsigned int echoStringLen;
    int bytesRcvd;
    printf("Received: ");                /* Setup to print the echoed string */ 
    while (totalBytesRcvd < echoStringLen) 
    { 
        /* Receive up to the buffer size (minus 1 to leave space for 
           a null terminator) bytes from the sender */ 
        if ((bytesRcvd = recv(hSocket, echoBuffer, 9999 - 1, 0)) <= 0) 
        {
            printf("recv() failed or connection closed prematurely"); 
            return 0;
        }
        totalBytesRcvd += bytesRcvd;   /* Keep tally of total bytes */ 
        echoBuffer[bytesRcvd] = '\0';  /* Terminate the string! */ 
        printf("%s", echoBuffer);      /* Print the echo buffer */ 
    }