loop through attempts to connect every 10 seconds

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>

main.go

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package main
 import "log"
 import "os"
 import "time"
+import "net"
+import "fmt"
+import "bufio"
 
 import "github.com/gookit/config"
 import "github.com/andlabs/ui"
@@ -29,10 +32,57 @@ import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 // always sorted slice (new project)
 // https://github.com/yaa110/sslice
 
+const (
+	CONN_HOST = "v000185.testing.com.customers.wprod.wit.com"
+	CONN_PORT = "3333"
+	CONN_PROTO = "tcp"
+)
+
+func socketToWIT() {
+	// connect to this socket
+	conn, err := net.Dial(CONN_PROTO, CONN_HOST+":"+CONN_PORT)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(CONN_HOST, CONN_PORT, CONN_PROTO)
+		log.Println(err)
+		log.Println("socket connect failed. Not sure what to do here. os.Exit() ?")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// read in input from stdin
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(conn,"librem15.lab.wit.com\n")
+
+	for {
+		fmt.Print("Text to send: ")
+		text, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
+		// send to socket
+		fmt.Fprintf(conn, text + "\n")
+		// listen for reply
+		message, _ := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\n')
+		fmt.Print("Message from server: "+message)
+	}
+}
+
+func doGUI() {
+	ui.Main(setupUI)
+
+	log.Println("GUI exited. Not sure what to do here. os.Exit() ?")
+}
+
 func main() {
 	parseConfig()
 
-	ui.Main(setupUI)
+	go doGUI()
+
+
+	for {
+		log.Println("Sleep for 10 seconds, then try to establish connection to WIT")
+		time.Sleep(10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)
+		// for now, loop until I figure out what to actually do
+		socketToWIT()
+	}
 
 	log.Println("Sleep for 1 second")
 	time.Sleep(1 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)