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# socketConnect

## Description

Creates a TCP connection through a socket.

## Input / Parameter

| Name          | Description                           | Input Type  | Default | Options | Required |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------- | ------- | -------- |
| type          | The type of connection.               | String/Text | -       | -       | Yes      |
| name          | The name of the connection.           | String/Text | default | -       | No       |
| host          | The host for the connection.          | String/Text | -       | -       | Yes      |
| port          | The port for the connection.          | String/Text | -       | -       | Yes      |
| authorization | The authorization for the connection. | String/Text | -       | -       | Yes      |

## Output

N/A

## Callback

### callback

The function to be executed if the connection is created successfully.

### errorCallback

The function to be executed if the connection is not created successfully.

## Video

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## Example

The user wants to create a connection and view the socket input if it is successful.

### Steps

1. Drag a button and label component to a page in the mobile designer. Call the function `socketConnect` in the button component.

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2. Call the function `console` in the callbacks of the `socketConnect` function. Select the parameter type `input` for the `value` parameter.

   ![](/files/S4NapjilwhR74Xg7lIKc)
3. Call the function `setComponentValue` and select the label component in the `component` parameter. Set the `value` parameter type to `input`.

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### Result

If the socket connection is successful, the host name will be shown in the label component.

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