Golang : Simple client server example
This a quick tutorial on creating a bare bone client-server program with Golang. We will start with the server part first and then followed by client part. You can use this as a foundation to create your own client-server program.
server.go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"net"
)
func handleConnection(c net.Conn) {
log.Printf("Client %v connected.", c.RemoteAddr())
// stuff to do... like read data from client, process it, write back to client
// see what you can do with (c net.Conn) at
// http://golang.org/pkg/net/#Conn
// buffer := make([]byte, 4096)
//for {
// n, err := c.Read(buffer)
// if err != nil || n == 0 {
// c.Close()
// break
// }
// n, err = c.Write(buffer[0:n])
// if err != nil {
// c.Close()
// break
// }
// }
log.Printf("Connection from %v closed.", c.RemoteAddr())
}
func main() {
ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":6000")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println("Server up and listening on port 6000")
for {
conn, err := ln.Accept()
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
continue
}
go handleConnection(conn)
}
}
compile the server.go and run it as a background process :
./server &
then run the client on a separate machine(if possible) and connect to the server
client.go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net"
)
func main() {
hostName := "example.com" // change this
portNum := "6000"
conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", hostName+":"+portNum)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
fmt.Printf("Connection established between %s and localhost.\n", hostName)
fmt.Printf("Remote Address : %s \n", conn.RemoteAddr().String())
fmt.Printf("Local Address : %s \n", conn.LocalAddr().String())
}
Sample output :
For client
./client-dial
Connection established between socketloop.com and localhost.
Remote Address : 162.243.5.230:6000
Local Address : 192.168.1.65:49774
For server
./server
Server up and listening on port 6000
2015/05/09 08:55:55 Client 14.192.213.197:8017 connected.
2015/05/09 08:55:55 Connection from 14.192.213.197:8017 closed.
This should be the basis of creating client-server programs with Golang. Hope you find this tutorial useful.
Check out this example as well on establishing secure(SSL/TLS) connection between client-server :
https://www.socketloop.com/references/golang-crypto-tls-listen-and-newlistener-functions-example
By Adam Ng
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