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mpd: Allow mpd connection via UNIX socket
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helpers: Add UNIX socket connection method to helpers
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Expand Up @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ local io = { lines = io.lines,
local rawget = rawget
local table = { sort = table.sort }

local gio = require("lgi").Gio
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Please, rename the variable to Gio, for consistency.


-- Lain helper functions for internal use
-- lain.helpers
local helpers = {}
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-- }}}


-- {{{ Network functions

-- Send some data to a UNIX socket
function helpers.send_to_unix_socket(unix_path, data, buffer_length)

-- First, create an output buffer to recieve from
local recv_buffer = ""
-- We'll need to allocate `buffer_length` bytes to it
for i=1,buffer_length do
recv_buffer = recv_bufer .. " "
end

-- Create a socket to send some data from
local sock = gio.Socket.new(gio.SocketFamily.UNIX,
gio.SocketType.STREAM,
gio.SocketProtocol.DEFAULT)

-- Create a socket address to connect to
local addr = gio.UnixSocketAddress.new(path)

-- Connect across
sock:connect(addr)

-- Send our message
sock:send(data)

-- Pull back anything it sends back
sock:receive(recv_buffer)

return recv_buffer
end


-- }}}

-- {{{ Misc

-- check if an element exist on a table
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