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socket.from() function	`socket.from()` returns data from a socket connection and outputs a stream of tables given a specified decoder.	flux_0_x_ref name parent identifier socket.from socket socket/from	101	inputs

socket.from() returns data from a socket connection and outputs a stream of tables given a specified decoder.

The function produces a single table for everything that it receives from the start to the end of the connection.

Function type signature

(url: string, ?decoder: string) => stream[A]

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Parameters

url

({{< req >}}) URL to return data from.

Supported URL schemes:

• tcp
• unix

decoder

Decoder to use to parse returned data into a stream of tables.

Supported decoders:

• csv
• line

Examples

• Query annotated CSV from a socket connection
• Query line protocol from a socket connection

Query annotated CSV from a socket connection

import "socket"

socket.from(url: "tcp://127.0.0.1:1234", decoder: "csv")

Query line protocol from a socket connection

import "socket"

socket.from(url: "tcp://127.0.0.1:1234", decoder: "line")