# node-red-contrib-tcp-client

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This node is a **TCP client** that listens for connections on specific port or connects to a specified host.

Unlike the default node-red tcp-in node, this one allows you to create dynamic TCP connections passed as arguments.

Allows stopping the connection by passing a "close" argument:

![node configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiagordc/node-red-contrib-tcp-client/master/flow.png)

This project was developed specifically for XML over TCP with some parsing options but other formats should still be supported.

## How it works:

![node configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiagordc/node-red-contrib-tcp-client/master/edit.png)

## To install: 

Install [node-red](https://nodered.org/).

Install this package with "npm install node-red-contrib-tcp-client --save" in ~./node-red or via the Palette Manager in node-red.

If everything was successfull you should see the new tcp client node under the network category.

https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-tcp-client