Non-Blocking I/O with luasocket
Use luasocket in non-blocking mode integrated with a coroutine scheduler.
What Is luasocket?
luasocket is a Lua library providing TCP/UDP sockets, HTTP, FTP, and SMTP clients. By default it is blocking; non-blocking mode enables async I/O.
Installing luasocket
Install via LuaRocks: luarocks install luasocket. Require it in your script.
local socket = require("socket")
local tcp = socket.tcp()All lessons in this course
- Building a Simple Event Loop
- Async/Await with Coroutines
- Promise-Like Patterns
- Non-Blocking I/O with luasocket