CURL.ReceiveData
----------------

Receives raw data on a connection.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [CURL](component_CURL.md) | [7.2](newinversion72.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "CURL.ReceiveData"; curl; BytesToRead { ; ResultType } ) 

**MBS**( **"CURL.ReceiveData";** /\* Receives raw data on a connection. \*/  
**$curl**; /\* The CURL session handle. \*/   
**$BytesToRead**; /\* Maximum number of bytes to read.e.g. 1000 \*/   
**$ResultType**) /\* Optional; What type of data to return.  
Can be hex or base64. Default is hex.  
Added Base64URL as option for plugin version 10.3.e.g. "hex" \*/ 

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| curl | The CURL session handle. | $curl |  |
| BytesToRead | Maximum number of bytes to read. | 1000 |  |
| ResultType | What type of data to return.   Can be hex or base64. Default is hex.   Added Base64URL as option for plugin version 10.3. | "hex" | Optional |

### Result

Returns text or error.

### Description

Receives raw data on a connection.  
This function receives raw data from the established connection. You may use it together with SendData to implement custom protocols using libcurl. This functionality can be particularly useful if you use proxies and/or SSL encryption: libcurl will take care of proxy negotiation and connection set-up.  
  
BytesToRead is the maximum amount of data you want to read now. The function returns the text read, which can be less than requested.  
  
To establish the connection, set OptionConnectOnly = true before calling Perform. Note that ReceiveData does not work on connections that were created without this option.  
  
The call will return CURLE\_AGAIN if there is no data to read - the socket is used in non-blocking mode internally. When CURLE\_AGAIN is returned, wait for data to arrive.  
  
Wait on the socket only if ReceiveData returns CURLE\_AGAIN. The reason for this is libcurl or the SSL library may internally cache some data, therefore you should call ReceiveData until all data is read which would include any cached data.  
  
Furthermore if you wait on the socket and it tells you there is data to read, ReceiveData may return CURLE\_AGAIN if the only data that was read was for internal SSL processing, and no other data is available.  
  
On success, sets error code to CURLE\_OK (0) and returns the data.  
On failure, returns zero and error code is set to the appropriate error code.  
  
The function may return CURLE\_AGAIN. In this case, use your operating system facilities to wait until data can be read, and retry.  
  
Reading exactly 0 bytes indicates a closed connection.  
  
If there's no socket available to use from the previous transfer, this function returns CURL\_EUNSUPPORTED\_PROTOCOL.  
  
Please use [CURL.ErrorCode](CURLErrorCode.md) to query error after you used this function.  
See also [CURL.SendData](CURLSendData.md) function to send data and [CURL.SetOptionConnectOnly](CURLSetOptionConnectOnly.md) to connect only and use these functions.  
### See also

- [CURL.ErrorCode](CURLErrorCode.md)
- [CURL.ReceiveText](CURLReceiveText.md)
- [CURL.SendData](CURLSendData.md)
- [CURL.SetOptionConnectOnly](CURLSetOptionConnectOnly.md)
- [Socket.SSL.Connect](SocketSSLConnect.md)
- [Socket.SSL.Initialize](SocketSSLInitialize.md)

### Release notes

- **Version 10.3**
    - Added Base64URL as output option for [RSA.Sign](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/RSASign.shtml), [CURL.ReceiveData](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/CURLReceiveData.shtml), [Files.ReadFile](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/FilesReadFile.shtml), [Hash.DigestFile](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/HashDigestFile.shtml), [Hash.Digest](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/HashDigest.shtml), [Encryption.Cipher](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/EncryptionCipher.shtml) and for other functions as text encoding parameter.
- **Version 7.2**
    - Added [CURL.ReceiveData](http://www.mbsplugins.eu/CURLReceiveData.shtml), [CURL.ReceiveText](http://www.mbsplugins.eu/CURLReceiveText.shtml), [CURL.SendData](http://www.mbsplugins.eu/CURLSendData.shtml) and [CURL.SendText](http://www.mbsplugins.eu/CURLSendText.shtml) to send data over a CURL connected socket.

### Blog Entries

- [Socket changes for MBS FileMaker Plugin](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2020-08-31/Socket_changes_for_MBS_FileMak/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.3pr1](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2020-06-01/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_version_1/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 7.2pr1](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2017-04-03/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_version_7/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)

This function checks for a license.

Created 27th March 2017 , last changed 9th November 2021

  
[CURL.Protocols](CURLProtocols.md) - [CURL.ReceiveText](CURLReceiveText.md)

[HTML Version](CURLReceiveData.shtml)