# Sockets: TCP client and server in one program on loopback. # # ./bin/iyi run samples/iyi/socket.iyi # # Binds to an ephemeral port (port 0), connects, exchanges a message each way, # prints what arrived, and closes cleanly. module samples/socket import std/socket::{IyiSocket} # Server listens on an ephemeral port. The number the kernel picks is different # on every run, so it is used rather than printed: `bench/arena_exercise.sh` # runs every sample twice and asks for identical output, and a sample that # prints its port is a sample that can never answer that. server = IyiSocket.listen(0) port = server.local_port puts "server listening on an ephemeral port" # Client connects to server on loopback client = IyiSocket.connect("127.0.0.1", port).or_panic client.write("hello from client\n") # Server accepts and reads the message conn = server.accept.or_panic msg = conn.read(1024).or_panic puts "server received: #{msg}" # Server replies to client conn.write("hello from server\n") reply = client.read(1024).or_panic puts "client received: #{reply}" # Clean teardown client.close conn.close server.close puts "closed"
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recorded with iyi 0.18.0 (built on Crystal 1.22.0-dev [2a9653052] (2026-10-18)) · Linux 7.0.0-38-generic x86_64, QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+ · 2026-10-19
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$ iyi run socket.iyi