Node.js net library: getting complete data from 'data' event

Question

I\'ve searched around, and either can\'t find the exact question I\'m trying to answer, or I need someone to explain it to me like I\'m 5.

Basically, I have a Node.j

Answer 1

My problem was a logic problem. I was either looking for the chunk that began the message, or the chunk that ended the message, and ignoring everything in between. I guess expected the entirety of the reply to come in in one or two chunks.

Here's the working code, pasted from above. There's probably a more Node-ish way of doing it (I should really emit an event for each chunk of information), but I'll mark this as the answer unless someone posts a better version by this time tomorrow.

function connectToServer(tid, ip) {
        var conn = net.createConnection(23, ip);

        var completeData = '';

        conn.on('connect', function() {
                conn.write (login_string);
        });
        conn.on('data', function(data) {
                var read = data.toString();

                if (read.match(/Login Successful/)) {
                        console.log ("Connected to " + ip);

                        conn.write(command_string);
                }
                else {
                        completeData += read;
                }

                if (completeData.match(/Command OK/)) {
                        if (completeData.match(/\r\nEND\r\n/)) {
                                console.log("Response: " + completeData);
                        }
                }
        });
        conn.on('end', function() {
                console.log("Connection closed to " + ip );
        });
        conn.on('error', function(err) {
                console.log("Connection error: " + err + " for ip " + ip);
        });
}