An API for Internet Auctions

By Kevin O'Malley and Terence Kelly

Dr. Dobb's Journal September 1998

(a)
if ((SetupConnection(servname, port, sd)) < 0)
{
  (void)printf("error on SetupConnection()\n");
  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
(b)
nBytes = WriteAPIString(sd, (char *)s, strlen(s));
if (nBytes == 0)
{
  (void)printf("WriteAPIString returned 0 bytes, calling exit\n");
  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
(c)
nBytes = ReadAPIString(sd, recvbuf, MAX_API_STRING_LEN);
if (nBytes == 0)
{
  (void)printf("ReadAPIString returned 0 bytes, calling exit\n");
  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

Example 2: Example calls for (a) SetupConnection; (b) WriteAPIString; (c) ReadAPIString.

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