#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>


#define PORTNUM

int main(){

    //create socket
    int netSock;
    netSock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

    //specify an address for the socket
    struct sockaddr_in server_address;

    server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server_address.sin_port = htons(49999);
    server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;   //structure within a structure with a single field that holds the server address

    int connection_status = connect(netSock, (struct sockaddr*) &server_address, sizeof(server_address));

    if(connection_status == -1){
        printf("conection unsuccessful\n");
    }

    //recieve data from the server
    char server_response[250];
    recv(netSock, &server_response, sizeof(server_response), 0);

    //print out server response
    printf("server response: \n\t%s\n", server_response);

    //close intialised socket
    close(netSock);

    return 0;
}