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This module implements a low-level cross-platform sockets interface. Look at the net module for the higher-level version.

Types

Domain = enum
  AF_UNSPEC = 0, ## unspecified domain (can be detected automatically by
                  ## some procedures, such as getaddrinfo)
  AF_UNIX = 1,              ## for local socket (using a file). Unsupported on Windows.
  AF_INET = 2,              ## for network protocol IPv4 or
  AF_INET6 = 23
domain, which specifies the protocol family of the created socket. Other domains than those that are listed here are unsupported. Source   Edit   
Hostent = object
  name*: string
  aliases*: seq[string]
  addrtype*: Domain
  length*: int
  addrList*: seq[string]
information about a given host Source   Edit   
Port = distinct uint16
port type Source   Edit   
Protocol = enum
  IPPROTO_TCP = 6,          ## Transmission control protocol.
  IPPROTO_UDP = 17,         ## User datagram protocol.
  IPPROTO_IP,               ## Internet protocol.
  IPPROTO_IPV6,             ## Internet Protocol Version 6.
  IPPROTO_RAW,              ## Raw IP Packets Protocol. Unsupported on Windows.
  IPPROTO_ICMP,             ## Internet Control message protocol.
  IPPROTO_ICMPV6             ## Internet Control message protocol for IPv6.
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Servent = object
  name*: string
  aliases*: seq[string]
  port*: Port
  proto*: string
information about a service Source   Edit   
SockType = enum
  SOCK_STREAM = 1,          ## reliable stream-oriented service or Stream Sockets
  SOCK_DGRAM = 2,           ## datagram service or Datagram Sockets
  SOCK_RAW = 3,             ## raw protocols atop the network layer.
  SOCK_SEQPACKET = 5         ## reliable sequenced packet service
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Consts

FIONBIO = -2147195266'i32
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IOC_IN = -2147483648
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IOCPARM_MASK = 127
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Procs

proc `$`(p: Port): string {.borrow, ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
Returns the port number as a string Source   Edit   
proc `==`(a, b: Port): bool {.borrow, ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
== for ports. Source   Edit   
proc accept(fd: SocketHandle; inheritable = defined(nimInheritHandles)): (
    SocketHandle, string) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}

Accepts a new client connection.

inheritable decides if the resulting SocketHandle can be inherited by child processes.

Returns (osInvalidSocket, "") if an error occurred.

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proc bindAddr(socket: SocketHandle; name: ptr SockAddr; namelen: SockLen): cint {.
    ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc close(socket: SocketHandle) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
Closes a socket. Source   Edit   
proc createNativeSocket(domain: cint; sockType: cint; protocol: cint;
                        inheritable: bool = defined(nimInheritHandles)): SocketHandle {.
    ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}

Creates a new socket; returns osInvalidSocket if an error occurs.

inheritable decides if the resulting SocketHandle can be inherited by child processes.

Use this overload if one of the enums specified above does not contain what you need.

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proc createNativeSocket(domain: Domain = AF_INET;
                        sockType: SockType = SOCK_STREAM;
                        protocol: Protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
                        inheritable: bool = defined(nimInheritHandles)): SocketHandle {.
    ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}

Creates a new socket; returns osInvalidSocket if an error occurs.

inheritable decides if the resulting SocketHandle can be inherited by child processes.

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proc getAddrInfo(address: string; port: Port; domain: Domain = AF_INET;
                 sockType: SockType = SOCK_STREAM;
                 protocol: Protocol = IPPROTO_TCP): ptr AddrInfo {.
    ...raises: [OSError], tags: [], forbids: [].}
Warning: The resulting ptr AddrInfo must be freed using freeAddrInfo!
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proc getAddrString(sockAddr: ptr SockAddr): string {.
    ...raises: [Exception, OSError, IOError], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc getAddrString(sockAddr: ptr SockAddr; strAddress: var string) {.
    ...raises: [Exception, OSError, IOError], tags: [], forbids: [].}

Stores in strAddress the string representation of the address inside sockAddr

Note

  • strAddress must be initialized to 46 in length.
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proc getHostByAddr(ip: string): Hostent {....tags: [ReadIOEffect],
    raises: [OSError], forbids: [].}
This function will lookup the hostname of an IP Address. Source   Edit   
proc getHostByName(name: string): Hostent {....tags: [ReadIOEffect],
    raises: [OSError], forbids: [].}
This function will lookup the IP address of a hostname. Source   Edit   
proc getHostname(): string {....tags: [ReadIOEffect], raises: [OSError],
                             forbids: [].}
Returns the local hostname (not the FQDN) Source   Edit   
proc getLocalAddr(socket: SocketHandle; domain: Domain): (string, Port) {.
    ...raises: [OSError, Exception], tags: [], forbids: [].}

Returns the socket's local address and port number.

Similar to POSIX's getsockname.

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proc getPeerAddr(socket: SocketHandle; domain: Domain): (string, Port) {.
    ...raises: [OSError, Exception], tags: [], forbids: [].}

Returns the socket's peer address and port number.

Similar to POSIX's getpeername

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proc getProtoByName(name: string): int {....raises: [OSError], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
Returns a protocol code from the database that matches the protocol name. Source   Edit   
proc getServByName(name, proto: string): Servent {....tags: [ReadIOEffect],
    raises: [OSError], forbids: [].}

Searches the database from the beginning and finds the first entry for which the service name specified by name matches the s_name member and the protocol name specified by proto matches the s_proto member.

On posix this will search through the /etc/services file.

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proc getServByPort(port: Port; proto: string): Servent {....tags: [ReadIOEffect],
    raises: [OSError], forbids: [].}

Searches the database from the beginning and finds the first entry for which the port specified by port matches the s_port member and the protocol name specified by proto matches the s_proto member.

On posix this will search through the /etc/services file.

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proc getSockDomain(socket: SocketHandle): Domain {....raises: [OSError, IOError],
    tags: [], forbids: [].}
Returns the socket's domain (AF_INET or AF_INET6). Source   Edit   
proc getSockName(socket: SocketHandle): Port {....raises: [OSError], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
Returns the socket's associated port number. Source   Edit   
proc getSockOptInt(socket: SocketHandle; level, optname: int): int {.
    ...tags: [ReadIOEffect], raises: [OSError], forbids: [].}
getsockopt for integer options. Source   Edit   
proc ioctlsocket(s: SocketHandle; cmd: clong; argptr: ptr clong): cint {.
    stdcall, importc: "ioctlsocket", dynlib: "ws2_32.dll", ...raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc listen(socket: SocketHandle; backlog = SOMAXCONN): cint {.
    ...tags: [ReadIOEffect], raises: [], forbids: [].}
Marks socket as accepting connections. Backlog specifies the maximum length of the queue of pending connections. Source   Edit   
proc ntohl(x: uint32): uint32 {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
Converts 32-bit unsigned integers from network to host byte order. On machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 4-byte swap operation. Source   Edit   
proc ntohs(x: uint16): uint16 {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
Converts 16-bit unsigned integers from network to host byte order. On machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation. Source   Edit   
proc selectRead(readfds: var seq[SocketHandle]; timeout = 500): int {.
    ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}

When a socket in readfds is ready to be read from then a non-zero value will be returned specifying the count of the sockets which can be read from. The sockets which cannot be read from will also be removed from readfds.

timeout is specified in milliseconds and -1 can be specified for an unlimited time.

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proc selectWrite(writefds: var seq[SocketHandle]; timeout = 500): int {.
    ...tags: [ReadIOEffect], raises: [], forbids: [].}

When a socket in writefds is ready to be written to then a non-zero value will be returned specifying the count of the sockets which can be written to. The sockets which cannot be written to will also be removed from writefds.

timeout is specified in milliseconds and -1 can be specified for an unlimited time.

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proc setBlocking(s: SocketHandle; blocking: bool) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}

Sets blocking mode on socket.

Raises OSError on error.

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proc setInheritable(s: SocketHandle; inheritable: bool): bool {.inline,
    ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}

Set whether a socket is inheritable by child processes. Returns true on success.

This function is not implemented on all platform, test for availability with declared() <system.html#declared,untyped>.

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proc setSockOptInt(socket: SocketHandle; level, optname, optval: int) {.
    ...tags: [WriteIOEffect], raises: [OSError], forbids: [].}
setsockopt for integer options. Source   Edit   
proc toInt(domain: Domain): cint {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
Converts the Domain enum to a platform-dependent cint. Source   Edit   
proc toInt(p: Protocol): cint {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
Converts the Protocol enum to a platform-dependent cint. Source   Edit   
proc toInt(typ: SockType): cint {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
Converts the SockType enum to a platform-dependent cint. Source   Edit   
proc toKnownDomain(family: cint): Option[Domain] {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
Converts the platform-dependent cint to the Domain or none(), if the cint is not known. Source   Edit   
proc toSockType(protocol: Protocol): SockType {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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Templates

template htonl(x: uint32): untyped
Converts 32-bit unsigned integers from host to network byte order. On machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 4-byte swap operation. Source   Edit   
template htons(x: uint16): untyped
Converts 16-bit unsigned integers from host to network byte order. On machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation. Source   Edit  

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