int server_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
//connecting to the server with connect function
send(server_socket, &datalength, sizeof(datalength));  //datalength is an integer containing the number of bytes that are going to be sent next
send(server_socket, actual_data, sizeof(actual_data)); //actual data is a char array containing the actual character string data

int server_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
//bind the socket to the ip and port with bind function
//listen to the socket for any clients
//int client_socket = accept(server_socket, NULL, NULL);
int bytes;
recv(client_socket, &bytes, sizeof(bytes);
char* actual_message = malloc(bytes);
int rec_bytes = recv(client_socket, actual_message, bytes);