# client.pl

use strict;
use warnings;

use JSON::XS;
use IO::Socket;
use constant BUFSIZE => 1024;
my $JSONObject = JSON::XS->new->ascii->pretty->allow_nonref();

my @AoH = (
  {
    husband => "barney",
    wife    => "betty",
    son     => "bamm bamm",
  },
  {
    husband => "george",
    wife    => "jane",
    son     => "elroy",
  },
  {
    husband => "homer",
    wife    => "marge",
    son     => "bart",
  },
);

my $host = shift or die "Usage: client.pl host [port]\n";
my $port = shift || '10280';

my $socket = new IO::Socket(
  Domain   => PF_INET,
  PeerAddr => $host,
  PeerPort => $port,
  Proto    => getprotobyname('tcp'),
  Timeout  => 60,
) or die $@;

my $buffer;
if (sysread($socket, $buffer, BUFSIZE) > 0) {
  syswrite(STDOUT, $buffer);
}

syswrite($socket, $JSONObject->encode(\@AoH), BUFSIZE);
close($socket);

__END__