class Socket
Class Socket
provides access to the underlying operating system socket implementations. It can be used to provide more operating system specific functionality than the protocol-specific socket classes.
The constants defined under Socket::Constants are also defined under Socket. For example, Socket::AF_INET is usable as well as Socket::Constants::AF_INET. See Socket::Constants for the list of constants.
What's a socket?
Sockets are endpoints of a bidirectional communication channel. Sockets can communicate within a process, between processes on the same machine or between different machines. There are many types of socket: TCPSocket, UDPSocket or UNIXSocket for example.
Sockets have their own vocabulary:
domain: The family of protocols:
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Socket::PF_INET
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Socket::PF_INET6
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Socket::PF_UNIX
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etc.
type: The type of communications between the two endpoints, typically
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Socket::SOCK_STREAM
-
Socket::SOCK_DGRAM.
protocol: Typically zero. This may be used to identify a variant of a protocol.
hostname: The identifier of a network interface:
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a string (hostname, IPv4 or IPv6 address or
broadcast
which specifies a broadcast address) -
a zero-length string which specifies INADDR_ANY
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an integer (interpreted as binary address in host byte order).
Quick start
Many of the classes, such as TCPSocket, UDPSocket or UNIXSocket, ease the use of sockets comparatively to the equivalent C programming interface.
Let's create an internet socket using the IPv4 protocol in a C-like manner:
s = Socket.new Socket::AF_INET, Socket::SOCK_STREAM s.connect Socket.pack_sockaddr_in(80, 'example.com')
You could also use the TCPSocket class:
s = TCPSocket.new 'example.com', 80
A simple server might look like this:
require 'socket' server = TCPServer.new 2000 # Server bound to port 2000 loop do client = server.accept # Wait for a client to connect client.puts "Hello !" client.puts "Time is #{Time.now}" client.close end
A simple client may look like this:
require 'socket' s = TCPSocket.new 'localhost', 2000 while line = s.gets # Read lines from socket puts line # and print them end s.close # close socket when done
Exception Handling
Ruby's Socket implementation raises exceptions based on the error generated by the system dependent implementation. This is why the methods are documented in a way that isolate Unix-based system exceptions from Windows based exceptions. If more information on a particular exception is needed, please refer to the Unix manual pages or the Windows WinSock reference.
Convenience methods
Although the general way to create socket is ::new, there are several methods of socket creation for most cases.
- TCP client socket
- TCP server socket
- UNIX client socket
- UNIX server socket
Documentation by
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Zach Dennis
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Sam Roberts
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Programming Ruby from The Pragmatic Bookshelf.
Much material in this documentation is taken with permission from Programming Ruby from The Pragmatic Bookshelf.
Constants
- AF_APPLETALK
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AppleTalk protocol
- AF_ATM
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- AF_AX25
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AX.25 protocol
- AF_CCITT
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CCITT (now ITU-T) protocols
- AF_CHAOS
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MIT CHAOS protocols
- AF_CNT
-
Computer Network Technology
- AF_COIP
-
Connection-oriented IP
- AF_DATAKIT
-
Datakit protocol
- AF_DEC
-
DECnet protocol
- AF_DLI
-
DEC Direct Data Link Interface protocol
- AF_E164
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CCITT (ITU-T) E.164 recommendation
- AF_ECMA
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European Computer Manufacturers protocols
- AF_HYLINK
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NSC Hyperchannel protocol
- AF_IMPLINK
-
ARPANET IMP protocol
- AF_INET
-
IPv4 protocol
- AF_INET6
-
IPv6 protocol
- AF_IPX
-
IPX protocol
- AF_ISDN
-
Integrated Services Digital Network
- AF_ISO
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ISO Open Systems Interconnection protocols
- AF_LAT
-
Local Area Transport protocol
- AF_LINK
-
Link layer interface
- AF_LOCAL
-
Host-internal protocols
- AF_MAX
-
Maximum address family for this platform
- AF_NATM
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Native ATM access
- AF_NDRV
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Network driver raw access
- AF_NETBIOS
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NetBIOS
- AF_NETGRAPH
-
Netgraph sockets
- AF_NS
-
XEROX NS protocols
- AF_OSI
-
ISO Open Systems Interconnection protocols
- AF_PACKET
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Direct link-layer access
- AF_PPP
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Point-to-Point Protocol
- AF_PUP
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PARC Universal Packet protocol
- AF_ROUTE
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Internal routing protocol
- AF_SIP
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Simple Internet Protocol
- AF_SNA
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IBM SNA protocol
- AF_SYSTEM
- AF_UNIX
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UNIX sockets
- AF_UNSPEC
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Unspecified protocol, any supported address family
- AI_ADDRCONFIG
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Accept only if any address is assigned
- AI_ALL
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Allow all addresses
- AI_CANONNAME
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Fill in the canonical name
- AI_DEFAULT
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Default flags for getaddrinfo
- AI_MASK
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Valid flag mask for getaddrinfo (not for application use)
- AI_NUMERICHOST
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Prevent host name resolution
- AI_NUMERICSERV
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Prevent service name resolution
- AI_PASSIVE
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Get address to use with bind()
- AI_V4MAPPED
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Accept IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses
- AI_V4MAPPED_CFG
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Accept IPv4 mapped addresses if the kernel supports it
- EAI_ADDRFAMILY
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Address family for hostname not supported
- EAI_AGAIN
-
Temporary failure in name resolution
- EAI_BADFLAGS
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Invalid flags
- EAI_BADHINTS
-
Invalid value for hints
- EAI_FAIL
-
Non-recoverable failure in name resolution
- EAI_FAMILY
-
Address family not supported
- EAI_MAX
-
Maximum error code from getaddrinfo
- EAI_MEMORY
-
Memory allocation failure
- EAI_NODATA
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No address associated with hostname
- EAI_NONAME
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Hostname nor servname, or not known
- EAI_OVERFLOW
-
Argument buffer overflow
- EAI_PROTOCOL
-
Resolved protocol is unknown
- EAI_SERVICE
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Servname not supported for socket type
- EAI_SOCKTYPE
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Socket type not supported
- EAI_SYSTEM
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System error returned in errno
- IFF_802_1Q_VLAN
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802.1Q VLAN device
- IFF_ALLMULTI
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receive all multicast packets
- IFF_ALTPHYS
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use alternate physical connection
- IFF_AUTOMEDIA
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auto media select active
- IFF_BONDING
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bonding master or slave
- IFF_BRIDGE_PORT
-
device used as bridge port
- IFF_BROADCAST
-
broadcast address valid
- IFF_CANTCHANGE
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flags not changeable
- IFF_CANTCONFIG
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unconfigurable using ioctl(2)
- IFF_DEBUG
-
turn on debugging
- IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL
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disable netpoll at run-time
- IFF_DONT_BRIDGE
-
disallow bridging this ether dev
- IFF_DORMANT
-
driver signals dormant
- IFF_DRV_OACTIVE
-
tx hardware queue is full
- IFF_DRV_RUNNING
-
resources allocated
- IFF_DYING
-
interface is winding down
- IFF_DYNAMIC
-
dialup device with changing addresses
- IFF_EBRIDGE
-
ethernet bridging device
- IFF_ECHO
-
echo sent packets
- IFF_ISATAP
-
ISATAP interface (RFC4214)
- IFF_LINK0
-
per link layer defined bit 0
- IFF_LINK1
-
per link layer defined bit 1
- IFF_LINK2
-
per link layer defined bit 2
- IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE
-
hardware address change when it's running
- IFF_LOOPBACK
-
loopback net
- IFF_LOWER_UP
-
driver signals L1 up
- IFF_MACVLAN_PORT
-
device used as macvlan port
- IFF_MASTER
-
master of a load balancer
- IFF_MASTER_8023AD
-
bonding master, 802.3ad.
- IFF_MASTER_ALB
-
bonding master, balance-alb.
- IFF_MASTER_ARPMON
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bonding master, ARP mon in use
- IFF_MONITOR
-
user-requested monitor mode
- IFF_MULTICAST
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supports multicast
- IFF_NOARP
-
no address resolution protocol
- IFF_NOTRAILERS
-
avoid use of trailers
- IFF_OACTIVE
-
transmission in progress
- IFF_OVS_DATAPATH
-
device used as Open vSwitch datapath port
- IFF_POINTOPOINT
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point-to-point link
- IFF_PORTSEL
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can set media type
- IFF_PPROMISC
-
user-requested promisc mode
- IFF_PROMISC
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receive all packets
- IFF_RENAMING
-
interface is being renamed
- IFF_ROUTE
-
routing entry installed
- IFF_RUNNING
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resources allocated
- IFF_SIMPLEX
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can't hear own transmissions
- IFF_SLAVE
-
slave of a load balancer
- IFF_SLAVE_INACTIVE
-
bonding slave not the curr. active
- IFF_SLAVE_NEEDARP
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need ARPs for validation
- IFF_SMART
-
interface manages own routes
- IFF_STATICARP
-
static ARP
- IFF_SUPP_NOFCS
-
sending custom FCS
- IFF_TEAM_PORT
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used as team port
- IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING
-
sharing skbs on transmit
- IFF_UNICAST_FLT
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unicast filtering
- IFF_UP
-
interface is up
- IFF_VOLATILE
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volatile flags
- IFF_WAN_HDLC
-
WAN HDLC device
- IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE
-
dev_hard_start_xmit() is allowed to release skb->dst
- IFNAMSIZ
-
Maximum interface name size
- IF_NAMESIZE
-
Maximum interface name size
- INADDR_ALLHOSTS_GROUP
-
Multicast group for all systems on this subset
- INADDR_ANY
-
A socket bound to INADDR_ANY receives packets from all interfaces and sends from the default IP address
- INADDR_BROADCAST
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The network broadcast address
- INADDR_LOOPBACK
-
The loopback address
- INADDR_MAX_LOCAL_GROUP
-
The last local network multicast group
- INADDR_NONE
-
A bitmask for matching no valid IP address
- INADDR_UNSPEC_GROUP
-
The reserved multicast group
- INET6_ADDRSTRLEN
-
Maximum length of an IPv6 address string
- INET_ADDRSTRLEN
-
Maximum length of an IPv4 address string
- IPPORT_RESERVED
-
Default minimum address for bind or connect
- IPPORT_USERRESERVED
-
Default maximum address for bind or connect
- IPPROTO_AH
-
IP6 auth header
- IPPROTO_BIP
- IPPROTO_DSTOPTS
-
IP6 destination option
- IPPROTO_EGP
-
Exterior Gateway Protocol
- IPPROTO_EON
-
ISO cnlp
- IPPROTO_ESP
-
IP6 Encapsulated Security Payload
- IPPROTO_FRAGMENT
-
IP6 fragmentation header
- IPPROTO_GGP
-
Gateway to Gateway Protocol
- IPPROTO_HELLO
-
“hello” routing protocol
- IPPROTO_HOPOPTS
-
IP6 hop-by-hop options
- IPPROTO_ICMP
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Control message protocol
- IPPROTO_ICMPV6
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ICMP6
- IPPROTO_IDP
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XNS IDP
- IPPROTO_IGMP
-
Group Management Protocol
- IPPROTO_IP
-
Dummy protocol for IP
- IPPROTO_IPV6
-
IP6 header
- IPPROTO_MAX
-
Maximum IPPROTO constant
- IPPROTO_ND
-
Sun net disk protocol
- IPPROTO_NONE
-
IP6 no next header
- IPPROTO_PUP
-
PARC Universal Packet protocol
- IPPROTO_RAW
-
Raw IP packet
- IPPROTO_ROUTING
-
IP6 routing header
- IPPROTO_TCP
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TCP
- IPPROTO_TP
-
ISO transport protocol class 4
- IPPROTO_UDP
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UDP
- IPPROTO_XTP
-
Xpress Transport Protocol
- IPV6_CHECKSUM
-
Checksum offset for raw sockets
- IPV6_DONTFRAG
-
Don't fragment packets
- IPV6_DSTOPTS
-
Destination option
- IPV6_HOPLIMIT
-
Hop limit
- IPV6_HOPOPTS
-
Hop-by-hop option
- IPV6_JOIN_GROUP
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Join a group membership
- IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP
-
Leave a group membership
- IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS
-
IP6 multicast hops
- IPV6_MULTICAST_IF
-
IP6 multicast interface
- IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP
-
IP6 multicast loopback
- IPV6_NEXTHOP
-
Next hop address
- IPV6_PATHMTU
-
Retrieve current path MTU
- IPV6_PKTINFO
-
Receive packet information with datagram
- IPV6_RECVDSTOPTS
-
Receive all IP6 options for response
- IPV6_RECVHOPLIMIT
-
Receive hop limit with datagram
- IPV6_RECVHOPOPTS
-
Receive hop-by-hop options
- IPV6_RECVPATHMTU
-
Receive current path MTU with datagram
- IPV6_RECVPKTINFO
-
Receive destination IP address and incoming interface
- IPV6_RECVRTHDR
-
Receive routing header
- IPV6_RECVTCLASS
-
Receive traffic class
- IPV6_RTHDR
-
Allows removal of sticky routing headers
- IPV6_RTHDRDSTOPTS
-
Allows removal of sticky destination options header
- IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0
-
Routing header type 0
- IPV6_TCLASS
-
Specify the traffic class
- IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS
-
IP6 unicast hops
- IPV6_USE_MIN_MTU
-
Use the minimum MTU size
- IPV6_V6ONLY
-
Only bind IPv6 with a wildcard bind
- IPX_TYPE
- IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP
-
Add a multicast group membership
- IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP
-
Add a multicast group membership
- IP_BLOCK_SOURCE
-
Block IPv4 multicast packets with a give source address
- IP_DEFAULT_MULTICAST_LOOP
-
Default multicast loopback
- IP_DEFAULT_MULTICAST_TTL
-
Default multicast TTL
- IP_DONTFRAG
-
Don't fragment packets
- IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP
-
Drop a multicast group membership
- IP_DROP_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP
-
Drop a multicast group membership
- IP_FREEBIND
-
Allow binding to nonexistent IP addresses
- IP_HDRINCL
-
Header is included with data
- IP_IPSEC_POLICY
-
IPsec security policy
- IP_MAX_MEMBERSHIPS
-
Maximum number multicast groups a socket can join
- IP_MINTTL
-
Minimum TTL allowed for received packets
- IP_MSFILTER
-
Multicast source filtering
- IP_MTU
-
The Maximum Transmission Unit of the socket
- IP_MTU_DISCOVER
-
Path MTU discovery
- IP_MULTICAST_IF
-
IP multicast interface
- IP_MULTICAST_LOOP
-
IP multicast loopback
- IP_MULTICAST_TTL
-
IP multicast TTL
- IP_ONESBCAST
-
Force outgoing broadcast datagrams to have the undirected broadcast address
- IP_OPTIONS
-
IP options to be included in packets
- IP_PASSSEC
-
Retrieve security context with datagram
- IP_PKTINFO
-
Receive packet information with datagrams
- IP_PKTOPTIONS
-
Receive packet options with datagrams
- IP_PMTUDISC_DO
-
Always send DF frames
- IP_PMTUDISC_DONT
-
Never send DF frames
- IP_PMTUDISC_WANT
-
Use per-route hints
- IP_PORTRANGE
-
Set the port range for sockets with unspecified port numbers
- IP_RECVDSTADDR
-
Receive IP destination address with datagram
- IP_RECVERR
-
Enable extended reliable error message passing
- IP_RECVIF
-
Receive interface information with datagrams
- IP_RECVOPTS
-
Receive all IP options with datagram
- IP_RECVRETOPTS
-
Receive all IP options for response
- IP_RECVSLLA
-
Receive link-layer address with datagrams
- IP_RECVTOS
-
Receive TOS with incoming packets
- IP_RECVTTL
-
Receive IP TTL with datagrams
- IP_RETOPTS
-
IP options to be included in datagrams
- IP_ROUTER_ALERT
-
Notify transit routers to more closely examine the contents of an IP packet
- IP_SENDSRCADDR
-
Source address for outgoing UDP datagrams
- IP_TOS
-
IP type-of-service
- IP_TRANSPARENT
-
Transparent proxy
- IP_TTL
-
IP time-to-live
- IP_UNBLOCK_SOURCE
-
Unblock IPv4 multicast packets with a give source address
- IP_XFRM_POLICY
- LOCAL_CONNWAIT
-
Connect blocks until accepted
- LOCAL_CREDS
-
Pass credentials to receiver
- LOCAL_PEERCRED
-
Retrieve peer credentials
- MCAST_BLOCK_SOURCE
-
Block multicast packets from this source
- MCAST_EXCLUDE
-
Exclusive multicast source filter
- MCAST_INCLUDE
-
Inclusive multicast source filter
- MCAST_JOIN_GROUP
-
Join a multicast group
- MCAST_JOIN_SOURCE_GROUP
-
Join a multicast source group
- MCAST_LEAVE_GROUP
-
Leave a multicast group
- MCAST_LEAVE_SOURCE_GROUP
-
Leave a multicast source group
- MCAST_MSFILTER
-
Multicast source filtering
- MCAST_UNBLOCK_SOURCE
-
Unblock multicast packets from this source
- MSG_COMPAT
-
End of record
- MSG_CONFIRM
-
Confirm path validity
- MSG_CTRUNC
-
Control data lost before delivery
- MSG_DONTROUTE
-
Send without using the routing tables
- MSG_DONTWAIT
-
This message should be non-blocking
- MSG_EOF
-
Data completes connection
- MSG_EOR
-
Data completes record
- MSG_ERRQUEUE
-
Fetch message from error queue
- MSG_FASTOPEN
-
Reduce step of the handshake process
- MSG_FIN
- MSG_FLUSH
-
Start of a hold sequence. Dumps to so_temp
- MSG_HAVEMORE
-
Data ready to be read
- MSG_HOLD
-
Hold fragment in so_temp
- MSG_MORE
-
Sender will send more
- MSG_NOSIGNAL
-
Do not generate SIGPIPE
- MSG_OOB
-
Process out-of-band data
- MSG_PEEK
-
Peek at incoming message
- MSG_PROXY
-
Wait for full request
- MSG_RCVMORE
-
Data remains in the current packet
- MSG_RST
- MSG_SEND
-
Send the packet in so_temp
- MSG_SYN
- MSG_TRUNC
-
Data discarded before delivery
- MSG_WAITALL
-
Wait for full request or error
- NI_DGRAM
-
The service specified is a datagram service (looks up UDP ports)
- NI_MAXHOST
-
Maximum length of a hostname
- NI_MAXSERV
-
Maximum length of a service name
- NI_NAMEREQD
-
A name is required
- NI_NOFQDN
-
An FQDN is not required for local hosts, return only the local part
- NI_NUMERICHOST
-
Return a numeric address
- NI_NUMERICSERV
-
Return the service name as a digit string
- PF_APPLETALK
-
AppleTalk protocol
- PF_ATM
-
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- PF_AX25
-
AX.25 protocol
- PF_CCITT
-
CCITT (now ITU-T) protocols
- PF_CHAOS
-
MIT CHAOS protocols
- PF_CNT
-
Computer Network Technology
- PF_COIP
-
Connection-oriented IP
- PF_DATAKIT
-
Datakit protocol
- PF_DEC
-
DECnet protocol
- PF_DLI
-
DEC Direct Data Link Interface protocol
- PF_ECMA
-
European Computer Manufacturers protocols
- PF_HYLINK
-
NSC Hyperchannel protocol
- PF_IMPLINK
-
ARPANET IMP protocol
- PF_INET
-
IPv4 protocol
- PF_INET6
-
IPv6 protocol
- PF_IPX
-
IPX protocol
- PF_ISDN
-
Integrated Services Digital Network
- PF_ISO
-
ISO Open Systems Interconnection protocols
- PF_KEY
- PF_LAT
-
Local Area Transport protocol
- PF_LINK
-
Link layer interface
- PF_LOCAL
-
Host-internal protocols
- PF_MAX
-
Maximum address family for this platform
- PF_NATM
-
Native ATM access
- PF_NDRV
-
Network driver raw access
- PF_NETBIOS
-
NetBIOS
- PF_NETGRAPH
-
Netgraph sockets
- PF_NS
-
XEROX NS protocols
- PF_OSI
-
ISO Open Systems Interconnection protocols
- PF_PACKET
-
Direct link-layer access
- PF_PIP
- PF_PPP
-
Point-to-Point Protocol
- PF_PUP
-
PARC Universal Packet protocol
- PF_ROUTE
-
Internal routing protocol
- PF_RTIP
- PF_SIP
-
Simple Internet Protocol
- PF_SNA
-
IBM SNA protocol
- PF_SYSTEM
- PF_UNIX
-
UNIX sockets
- PF_UNSPEC
-
Unspecified protocol, any supported address family
- PF_XTP
-
eXpress Transfer Protocol
- SCM_BINTIME
-
Timestamp (bintime)
- SCM_CREDENTIALS
-
The sender's credentials
- SCM_CREDS
-
Process credentials
- SCM_RIGHTS
-
Access rights
- SCM_TIMESTAMP
-
Timestamp (timeval)
- SCM_TIMESTAMPING
-
Timestamp (timespec list) (Linux 2.6.30)
- SCM_TIMESTAMPNS
-
Timespec (timespec)
- SCM_UCRED
-
User credentials
- SCM_WIFI_STATUS
-
Wifi status (Linux 3.3)
- SHUT_RD
-
Shut down the reading side of the socket
- SHUT_RDWR
-
Shut down the both sides of the socket
- SHUT_WR
-
Shut down the writing side of the socket
- SOCK_DGRAM
-
A datagram socket provides connectionless, unreliable messaging
- SOCK_PACKET
-
Device-level packet access
- SOCK_RAW
-
A raw socket provides low-level access for direct access or implementing network protocols
- SOCK_RDM
-
A reliable datagram socket provides reliable delivery of messages
- SOCK_SEQPACKET
-
A sequential packet socket provides sequenced, reliable two-way connection for datagrams
- SOCK_STREAM
-
A stream socket provides a sequenced, reliable two-way connection for a byte stream
- SOL_ATALK
-
AppleTalk socket options
- SOL_AX25
-
AX.25 socket options
- SOL_IP
-
IP socket options
- SOL_IPX
-
IPX socket options
- SOL_SOCKET
-
Socket-level options
- SOL_TCP
-
TCP socket options
- SOL_UDP
-
UDP socket options
- SOMAXCONN
-
Maximum connection requests that may be queued for a socket
- SOPRI_BACKGROUND
-
Background socket priority
- SOPRI_INTERACTIVE
-
Interactive socket priority
- SOPRI_NORMAL
-
Normal socket priority
- SO_ACCEPTCONN
-
Socket has had listen() called on it
- SO_ACCEPTFILTER
-
There is an accept filter
- SO_ALLZONES
-
Bypass zone boundaries
- SO_ATTACH_FILTER
-
Attach an accept filter
- SO_BINDTODEVICE
-
Only send packets from the given interface
- SO_BINTIME
-
Receive timestamp with datagrams (bintime)
- SO_BPF_EXTENSIONS
-
Query supported BPF extensions (Linux 3.14)
- SO_BROADCAST
-
Permit sending of broadcast messages
- SO_BUSY_POLL
-
Set the threshold in microseconds for low latency polling (Linux 3.11)
- SO_DEBUG
-
Debug info recording
- SO_DETACH_FILTER
-
Detach an accept filter
- SO_DOMAIN
-
Domain given for socket() (Linux 2.6.32)
- SO_DONTROUTE
-
Use interface addresses
- SO_DONTTRUNC
-
Retain unread data
- SO_ERROR
-
Get and clear the error status
- SO_GET_FILTER
-
Obtain filter set by SO_ATTACH_FILTER (Linux 3.8)
- SO_KEEPALIVE
-
Keep connections alive
- SO_LINGER
-
Linger on close if data is present
- SO_LOCK_FILTER
-
Lock the filter attached to a socket (Linux 3.9)
- SO_MAC_EXEMPT
-
Mandatory Access Control exemption for unlabeled peers
- SO_MARK
-
Set the mark for mark-based routing (Linux 2.6.25)
- SO_MAX_PACING_RATE
-
Cap the rate computed by transport layer. [bytes per second] (Linux 3.13)
- SO_NKE
-
Install socket-level Network Kernel Extension
- SO_NOFCS
-
Set netns of a socket (Linux 3.4)
- SO_NOSIGPIPE
-
Don't SIGPIPE on EPIPE
- SO_NO_CHECK
-
Disable checksums
- SO_NREAD
-
Get first packet byte count
- SO_OOBINLINE
-
Leave received out-of-band data in-line
- SO_PASSCRED
-
Receive SCM_CREDENTIALS messages
- SO_PASSSEC
-
Toggle security context passing (Linux 2.6.18)
- SO_PEEK_OFF
-
Set the peek offset (Linux 3.4)
- SO_PEERCRED
-
The credentials of the foreign process connected to this socket
- SO_PEERNAME
-
Name of the connecting user
- SO_PEERSEC
-
Obtain the security credentials (Linux 2.6.2)
- SO_PRIORITY
-
The protocol-defined priority for all packets on this socket
- SO_PROTOCOL
-
Protocol given for socket() (Linux 2.6.32)
- SO_RCVBUF
-
Receive buffer size
- SO_RCVBUFFORCE
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Receive buffer size without rmem_max limit (Linux 2.6.14)
- SO_RCVLOWAT
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Receive low-water mark
- SO_RCVTIMEO
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Receive timeout
- SO_RECVUCRED
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Receive user credentials with datagram
- SO_REUSEADDR
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Allow local address reuse
- SO_REUSEPORT
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Allow local address and port reuse
- SO_RXQ_OVFL
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Toggle cmsg for number of packets dropped (Linux 2.6.33)
- SO_SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION
- SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_NETWORK
- SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_TRANSPORT
- SO_SELECT_ERR_QUEUE
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Make select() detect socket error queue with errorfds (Linux 3.10)
- SO_SNDBUF
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Send buffer size
- SO_SNDBUFFORCE
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Send buffer size without wmem_max limit (Linux 2.6.14)
- SO_SNDLOWAT
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Send low-water mark
- SO_SNDTIMEO
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Send timeout
- SO_TIMESTAMP
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Receive timestamp with datagrams (timeval)
- SO_TIMESTAMPING
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Time stamping of incoming and outgoing packets (Linux 2.6.30)
- SO_TIMESTAMPNS
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Receive nanosecond timestamp with datagrams (timespec)
- SO_TYPE
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Get the socket type
- SO_USELOOPBACK
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Bypass hardware when possible
- SO_WANTMORE
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Give a hint when more data is ready
- SO_WANTOOBFLAG
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OOB data is wanted in MSG_FLAG on receive
- SO_WIFI_STATUS
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Toggle cmsg for wifi status (Linux 3.3)
- TCP_CONGESTION
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TCP congestion control algorithm (Linux 2.6.13, glibc 2.6)
- TCP_COOKIE_TRANSACTIONS
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TCP Cookie Transactions (Linux 2.6.33, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_CORK
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Don't send partial frames (Linux 2.2, glibc 2.2)
- TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT
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Don't notify a listening socket until data is ready (Linux 2.4, glibc 2.2)
- TCP_FASTOPEN
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Reduce step of the handshake process (Linux 3.7, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_INFO
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Retrieve information about this socket (Linux 2.4, glibc 2.2)
- TCP_KEEPCNT
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Maximum number of keepalive probes allowed before dropping a connection (Linux 2.4, glibc 2.2)
- TCP_KEEPIDLE
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Idle time before keepalive probes are sent (Linux 2.4, glibc 2.2)
- TCP_KEEPINTVL
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Time between keepalive probes (Linux 2.4, glibc 2.2)
- TCP_LINGER2
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Lifetime of orphaned FIN_WAIT2 sockets (Linux 2.4, glibc 2.2)
- TCP_MAXSEG
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Set maximum segment size
- TCP_MD5SIG
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Use MD5 digests (RFC2385, Linux 2.6.20, glibc 2.7)
- TCP_NODELAY
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Don't delay sending to coalesce packets
- TCP_NOOPT
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Don't use TCP options
- TCP_NOPUSH
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Don't push the last block of write
- TCP_QUEUE_SEQ
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Sequence of a queue for repair mode (Linux 3.5, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_QUICKACK
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Enable quickack mode (Linux 2.4.4, glibc 2.3)
- TCP_REPAIR
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Repair mode (Linux 3.5, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_REPAIR_OPTIONS
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Options for repair mode (Linux 3.5, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_REPAIR_QUEUE
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Queue for repair mode (Linux 3.5, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_SYNCNT
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Number of SYN retransmits before a connection is dropped (Linux 2.4, glibc 2.2)
- TCP_THIN_DUPACK
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Duplicated acknowledgments handling for thin-streams (Linux 2.6.34, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_THIN_LINEAR_TIMEOUTS
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Linear timeouts for thin-streams (Linux 2.6.34, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_TIMESTAMP
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TCP timestamp (Linux 3.9, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_USER_TIMEOUT
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Max timeout before a TCP connection is aborted (Linux 2.6.37, glibc 2.18)
- TCP_WINDOW_CLAMP
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Clamp the size of the advertised window (Linux 2.4, glibc 2.2)
- UDP_CORK
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Don't send partial frames (Linux 2.5.44, glibc 2.11)
Public Class Methods
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 496 def self.accept_loop(*sockets) # :yield: socket, client_addrinfo sockets.flatten!(1) if sockets.empty? raise ArgumentError, "no sockets" end loop { readable, _, _ = IO.select(sockets) readable.each {|r| begin sock, addr = r.accept_nonblock rescue IO::WaitReadable next end yield sock, addr } } end
yield socket and client address for each a connection accepted via given sockets.
The arguments are a list of sockets. The individual argument should be a socket or an array of sockets.
This method yields the block sequentially. It means that the next connection is not accepted until the block returns. So concurrent mechanism, thread for example, should be used to service multiple clients at a time.
static VALUE sock_s_getaddrinfo(int argc, VALUE *argv) { VALUE host, port, family, socktype, protocol, flags, ret, revlookup; struct addrinfo hints; struct rb_addrinfo *res; int norevlookup; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "25", &host, &port, &family, &socktype, &protocol, &flags, &revlookup); MEMZERO(&hints, struct addrinfo, 1); hints.ai_family = NIL_P(family) ? PF_UNSPEC : rsock_family_arg(family); if (!NIL_P(socktype)) { hints.ai_socktype = rsock_socktype_arg(socktype); } if (!NIL_P(protocol)) { hints.ai_protocol = NUM2INT(protocol); } if (!NIL_P(flags)) { hints.ai_flags = NUM2INT(flags); } if (NIL_P(revlookup) || !rsock_revlookup_flag(revlookup, &norevlookup)) { norevlookup = rsock_do_not_reverse_lookup; } res = rsock_getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, 0); ret = make_addrinfo(res, norevlookup); rb_freeaddrinfo(res); return ret; }
Obtains address information for nodename:servname.
family should be an address family such as: :INET, :INET6, :UNIX, etc.
socktype should be a socket type such as: :STREAM, :DGRAM, :RAW, etc.
protocol should be a protocol defined in the family, and defaults to 0 for the family.
flags should be bitwise OR of Socket::AI_* constants.
Socket.getaddrinfo("www.ruby-lang.org", "http", nil, :STREAM) #=> [["AF_INET", 80, "carbon.ruby-lang.org", "221.186.184.68", 2, 1, 6]] # PF_INET/SOCK_STREAM/IPPROTO_TCP Socket.getaddrinfo("localhost", nil) #=> [["AF_INET", 0, "localhost", "127.0.0.1", 2, 1, 6], # PF_INET/SOCK_STREAM/IPPROTO_TCP # ["AF_INET", 0, "localhost", "127.0.0.1", 2, 2, 17], # PF_INET/SOCK_DGRAM/IPPROTO_UDP # ["AF_INET", 0, "localhost", "127.0.0.1", 2, 3, 0]] # PF_INET/SOCK_RAW/IPPROTO_IP
reverse_lookup directs the form of the third element, and has to be one of below. If reverse_lookup is omitted, the default value is nil
.
+true+, +:hostname+: hostname is obtained from numeric address using reverse lookup, which may take a time. +false+, +:numeric+: hostname is same as numeric address. +nil+: obey to the current +do_not_reverse_lookup+ flag.
If Addrinfo object is preferred, use Addrinfo.getaddrinfo.
static VALUE sock_s_gethostbyaddr(int argc, VALUE *argv) { VALUE addr, family; struct hostent *h; char **pch; VALUE ary, names; int t = AF_INET; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &addr, &family); StringValue(addr); if (!NIL_P(family)) { t = rsock_family_arg(family); } #ifdef AF_INET6 else if (RSTRING_LEN(addr) == 16) { t = AF_INET6; } #endif h = gethostbyaddr(RSTRING_PTR(addr), RSTRING_SOCKLEN(addr), t); if (h == NULL) { #ifdef HAVE_HSTRERROR extern int h_errno; rb_raise(rb_eSocket, "%s", (char*)hstrerror(h_errno)); #else rb_raise(rb_eSocket, "host not found"); #endif } ary = rb_ary_new(); rb_ary_push(ary, rb_str_new2(h->h_name)); names = rb_ary_new(); rb_ary_push(ary, names); if (h->h_aliases != NULL) { for (pch = h->h_aliases; *pch; pch++) { rb_ary_push(names, rb_str_new2(*pch)); } } rb_ary_push(ary, INT2NUM(h->h_addrtype)); #ifdef h_addr for (pch = h->h_addr_list; *pch; pch++) { rb_ary_push(ary, rb_str_new(*pch, h->h_length)); } #else rb_ary_push(ary, rb_str_new(h->h_addr, h->h_length)); #endif return ary; }
Obtains the host information for address.
p Socket.gethostbyaddr([221,186,184,68].pack("CCCC")) #=> ["carbon.ruby-lang.org", [], 2, "\xDD\xBA\xB8D"]
static VALUE sock_s_gethostbyname(VALUE obj, VALUE host) { rb_secure(3); return rsock_make_hostent(host, rsock_addrinfo(host, Qnil, SOCK_STREAM, AI_CANONNAME), sock_sockaddr); }
Obtains the host information for hostname.
p Socket.gethostbyname("hal") #=> ["localhost", ["hal"], 2, "\x7F\x00\x00\x01"]
static VALUE sock_gethostname(VALUE obj) { #if defined(NI_MAXHOST) # define RUBY_MAX_HOST_NAME_LEN NI_MAXHOST #elif defined(HOST_NAME_MAX) # define RUBY_MAX_HOST_NAME_LEN HOST_NAME_MAX #else # define RUBY_MAX_HOST_NAME_LEN 1024 #endif long len = RUBY_MAX_HOST_NAME_LEN; VALUE name; rb_secure(3); name = rb_str_new(0, len); while (gethostname(RSTRING_PTR(name), len) < 0) { int e = errno; switch (e) { case ENAMETOOLONG: #ifdef __linux__ case EINVAL: /* glibc before version 2.1 uses EINVAL instead of ENAMETOOLONG */ #endif break; default: rb_syserr_fail(e, "gethostname(3)"); } rb_str_modify_expand(name, len); len += len; } rb_str_resize(name, strlen(RSTRING_PTR(name))); return name; }
Returns the hostname.
p Socket.gethostname #=> "hal"
Note that it is not guaranteed to be able to convert to IP address using gethostbyname, getaddrinfo, etc. If you need local IP address, use ::ip_address_list.
static VALUE socket_s_getifaddrs(VALUE self) { return rsock_getifaddrs(); }
Returns an array of interface addresses. An element of the array is an instance of Socket::Ifaddr.
This method can be used to find multicast-enabled interfaces:
pp Socket.getifaddrs.reject {|ifaddr| !ifaddr.addr.ip? || (ifaddr.flags & Socket::IFF_MULTICAST == 0) }.map {|ifaddr| [ifaddr.name, ifaddr.ifindex, ifaddr.addr] } #=> [["eth0", 2, #<Addrinfo: 221.186.184.67>], # ["eth0", 2, #<Addrinfo: fe80::216:3eff:fe95:88bb%eth0>]]
Example result on GNU/Linux:
pp Socket.getifaddrs #=> [#<Socket::Ifaddr lo UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,0x10000 PACKET[protocol=0 lo hatype=772 HOST hwaddr=00:00:00:00:00:00]>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr eth0 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,0x10000 PACKET[protocol=0 eth0 hatype=1 HOST hwaddr=00:16:3e:95:88:bb] broadcast=PACKET[protocol=0 eth0 hatype=1 HOST hwaddr=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr sit0 NOARP PACKET[protocol=0 sit0 hatype=776 HOST hwaddr=00:00:00:00]>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr lo UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,0x10000 127.0.0.1 netmask=255.0.0.0>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr eth0 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,0x10000 221.186.184.67 netmask=255.255.255.240 broadcast=221.186.184.79>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr lo UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,0x10000 ::1 netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr eth0 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,0x10000 fe80::216:3eff:fe95:88bb%eth0 netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::>]
Example result on FreeBSD:
pp Socket.getifaddrs #=> [#<Socket::Ifaddr usbus0 UP,0x10000 LINK[usbus0]>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr re0 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,0x800 LINK[re0 3a:d0:40:9a:fe:e8]>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr re0 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,0x800 10.250.10.18 netmask=255.255.255.? (7 bytes for 16 bytes sockaddr_in) broadcast=10.250.10.255>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr re0 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,0x800 fe80:2::38d0:40ff:fe9a:fee8 netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr re0 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,0x800 2001:2e8:408:10::12 netmask=UNSPEC>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr plip0 POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,0x800 LINK[plip0]>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr lo0 UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST LINK[lo0]>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr lo0 UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST ::1 netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr lo0 UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST fe80:4::1 netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::>, # #<Socket::Ifaddr lo0 UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST 127.0.0.1 netmask=255.?.?.? (5 bytes for 16 bytes sockaddr_in)>]
static VALUE sock_s_getnameinfo(int argc, VALUE *argv) { VALUE sa, af = Qnil, host = Qnil, port = Qnil, flags, tmp; char *hptr, *pptr; char hbuf[1024], pbuf[1024]; int fl; struct rb_addrinfo *res = NULL; struct addrinfo hints, *r; int error, saved_errno; union_sockaddr ss; struct sockaddr *sap; socklen_t salen; sa = flags = Qnil; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &sa, &flags); fl = 0; if (!NIL_P(flags)) { fl = NUM2INT(flags); } tmp = rb_check_sockaddr_string_type(sa); if (!NIL_P(tmp)) { sa = tmp; if (sizeof(ss) < (size_t)RSTRING_LEN(sa)) { rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "sockaddr length too big"); } memcpy(&ss, RSTRING_PTR(sa), RSTRING_LEN(sa)); if (!VALIDATE_SOCKLEN(&ss.addr, RSTRING_LEN(sa))) { rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "sockaddr size differs - should not happen"); } sap = &ss.addr; salen = RSTRING_SOCKLEN(sa); goto call_nameinfo; } tmp = rb_check_array_type(sa); if (!NIL_P(tmp)) { sa = tmp; MEMZERO(&hints, struct addrinfo, 1); if (RARRAY_LEN(sa) == 3) { af = RARRAY_PTR(sa)[0]; port = RARRAY_PTR(sa)[1]; host = RARRAY_PTR(sa)[2]; } else if (RARRAY_LEN(sa) >= 4) { af = RARRAY_PTR(sa)[0]; port = RARRAY_PTR(sa)[1]; host = RARRAY_PTR(sa)[3]; if (NIL_P(host)) { host = RARRAY_PTR(sa)[2]; } else { /* * 4th element holds numeric form, don't resolve. * see rsock_ipaddr(). */ #ifdef AI_NUMERICHOST /* AIX 4.3.3 doesn't have AI_NUMERICHOST. */ hints.ai_flags |= AI_NUMERICHOST; #endif } } else { rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "array size should be 3 or 4, %ld given", RARRAY_LEN(sa)); } /* host */ if (NIL_P(host)) { hptr = NULL; } else { strncpy(hbuf, StringValuePtr(host), sizeof(hbuf)); hbuf[sizeof(hbuf) - 1] = '\0'; hptr = hbuf; } /* port */ if (NIL_P(port)) { strcpy(pbuf, "0"); pptr = NULL; } else if (FIXNUM_P(port)) { snprintf(pbuf, sizeof(pbuf), "%ld", NUM2LONG(port)); pptr = pbuf; } else { strncpy(pbuf, StringValuePtr(port), sizeof(pbuf)); pbuf[sizeof(pbuf) - 1] = '\0'; pptr = pbuf; } hints.ai_socktype = (fl & NI_DGRAM) ? SOCK_DGRAM : SOCK_STREAM; /* af */ hints.ai_family = NIL_P(af) ? PF_UNSPEC : rsock_family_arg(af); error = rb_getaddrinfo(hptr, pptr, &hints, &res); if (error) goto error_exit_addr; sap = res->ai->ai_addr; salen = res->ai->ai_addrlen; } else { rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "expecting String or Array"); } call_nameinfo: error = rb_getnameinfo(sap, salen, hbuf, sizeof(hbuf), pbuf, sizeof(pbuf), fl); if (error) goto error_exit_name; if (res) { for (r = res->ai->ai_next; r; r = r->ai_next) { char hbuf2[1024], pbuf2[1024]; sap = r->ai_addr; salen = r->ai_addrlen; error = rb_getnameinfo(sap, salen, hbuf2, sizeof(hbuf2), pbuf2, sizeof(pbuf2), fl); if (error) goto error_exit_name; if (strcmp(hbuf, hbuf2) != 0|| strcmp(pbuf, pbuf2) != 0) { rb_freeaddrinfo(res); rb_raise(rb_eSocket, "sockaddr resolved to multiple nodename"); } } rb_freeaddrinfo(res); } return rb_assoc_new(rb_str_new2(hbuf), rb_str_new2(pbuf)); error_exit_addr: saved_errno = errno; if (res) rb_freeaddrinfo(res); errno = saved_errno; rsock_raise_socket_error("getaddrinfo", error); error_exit_name: saved_errno = errno; if (res) rb_freeaddrinfo(res); errno = saved_errno; rsock_raise_socket_error("getnameinfo", error); UNREACHABLE; }
Obtains name information for sockaddr.
sockaddr should be one of follows.
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packed sockaddr string such as ::sockaddr_in(80, “127.0.0.1”)
-
3-elements array such as [“AF_INET”, 80, “127.0.0.1”]
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4-elements array such as [“AF_INET”, 80, ignored, “127.0.0.1”]
flags should be bitwise OR of Socket::NI_* constants.
Note: The last form is compatible with IPSocket#addr and IPSocket#peeraddr.
Socket.getnameinfo(Socket.sockaddr_in(80, "127.0.0.1")) #=> ["localhost", "www"] Socket.getnameinfo(["AF_INET", 80, "127.0.0.1"]) #=> ["localhost", "www"] Socket.getnameinfo(["AF_INET", 80, "localhost", "127.0.0.1"]) #=> ["localhost", "www"]
If Addrinfo object is preferred, use Addrinfo#getnameinfo.
static VALUE sock_s_getservbyname(int argc, VALUE *argv) { VALUE service, proto; struct servent *sp; long port; const char *servicename, *protoname = "tcp"; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &service, &proto); StringValue(service); if (!NIL_P(proto)) StringValue(proto); servicename = StringValueCStr(service); if (!NIL_P(proto)) protoname = StringValueCStr(proto); sp = getservbyname(servicename, protoname); if (sp) { port = ntohs(sp->s_port); } else { char *end; port = STRTOUL(servicename, &end, 0); if (*end != '\0') { rb_raise(rb_eSocket, "no such service %s/%s", servicename, protoname); } } return INT2FIX(port); }
Obtains the port number for service_name.
If protocol_name is not given, “tcp” is assumed.
Socket.getservbyname("smtp") #=> 25 Socket.getservbyname("shell") #=> 514 Socket.getservbyname("syslog", "udp") #=> 514
static VALUE sock_s_getservbyport(int argc, VALUE *argv) { VALUE port, proto; struct servent *sp; long portnum; const char *protoname = "tcp"; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &port, &proto); portnum = NUM2LONG(port); if (portnum != (uint16_t)portnum) { const char *s = portnum > 0 ? "big" : "small"; rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "integer %ld too %s to convert into `int16_t'", portnum, s); } if (!NIL_P(proto)) protoname = StringValueCStr(proto); sp = getservbyport((int)htons((uint16_t)portnum), protoname); if (!sp) { rb_raise(rb_eSocket, "no such service for port %d/%s", (int)portnum, protoname); } return rb_tainted_str_new2(sp->s_name); }
Obtains the port number for port.
If protocol_name is not given, “tcp” is assumed.
Socket.getservbyport(80) #=> "www" Socket.getservbyport(514, "tcp") #=> "shell" Socket.getservbyport(514, "udp") #=> "syslog"
static VALUE socket_s_ip_address_list(VALUE self) { #if defined(HAVE_GETIFADDRS) struct ifaddrs *ifp = NULL; struct ifaddrs *p; int ret; VALUE list; ret = getifaddrs(&ifp); if (ret == -1) { rb_sys_fail("getifaddrs"); } list = rb_ary_new(); for (p = ifp; p; p = p->ifa_next) { if (p->ifa_addr != NULL && IS_IP_FAMILY(p->ifa_addr->sa_family)) { struct sockaddr *addr = p->ifa_addr; #if defined(AF_INET6) && defined(__sun) /* * OpenIndiana SunOS 5.11 getifaddrs() returns IPv6 link local * address with sin6_scope_id == 0. * So fill it from the interface name (ifa_name). */ struct sockaddr_in6 addr6; if (addr->sa_family == AF_INET6) { socklen_t len = (socklen_t)sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6); memcpy(&addr6, addr, len); addr = (struct sockaddr *)&addr6; if (IN6_IS_ADDR_LINKLOCAL(&addr6.sin6_addr) && addr6.sin6_scope_id == 0) { unsigned int ifindex = if_nametoindex(p->ifa_name); if (ifindex != 0) { addr6.sin6_scope_id = ifindex; } } } #endif rb_ary_push(list, sockaddr_obj(addr, sockaddr_len(addr))); } } freeifaddrs(ifp); return list; #elif defined(SIOCGLIFCONF) && defined(SIOCGLIFNUM) && !defined(__hpux) /* Solaris if_tcp(7P) */ /* HP-UX has SIOCGLIFCONF too. But it uses different struct */ int fd = -1; int ret; struct lifnum ln; struct lifconf lc; char *reason = NULL; int save_errno; int i; VALUE list = Qnil; lc.lifc_buf = NULL; fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); if (fd == -1) rb_sys_fail("socket(2)"); memset(&ln, 0, sizeof(ln)); ln.lifn_family = AF_UNSPEC; ret = ioctl(fd, SIOCGLIFNUM, &ln); if (ret == -1) { reason = "SIOCGLIFNUM"; goto finish; } memset(&lc, 0, sizeof(lc)); lc.lifc_family = AF_UNSPEC; lc.lifc_flags = 0; lc.lifc_len = sizeof(struct lifreq) * ln.lifn_count; lc.lifc_req = xmalloc(lc.lifc_len); ret = ioctl(fd, SIOCGLIFCONF, &lc); if (ret == -1) { reason = "SIOCGLIFCONF"; goto finish; } list = rb_ary_new(); for (i = 0; i < ln.lifn_count; i++) { struct lifreq *req = &lc.lifc_req[i]; if (IS_IP_FAMILY(req->lifr_addr.ss_family)) { if (req->lifr_addr.ss_family == AF_INET6 && IN6_IS_ADDR_LINKLOCAL(&((struct sockaddr_in6 *)(&req->lifr_addr))->sin6_addr) && ((struct sockaddr_in6 *)(&req->lifr_addr))->sin6_scope_id == 0) { struct lifreq req2; memcpy(req2.lifr_name, req->lifr_name, LIFNAMSIZ); ret = ioctl(fd, SIOCGLIFINDEX, &req2); if (ret == -1) { reason = "SIOCGLIFINDEX"; goto finish; } ((struct sockaddr_in6 *)(&req->lifr_addr))->sin6_scope_id = req2.lifr_index; } rb_ary_push(list, sockaddr_obj((struct sockaddr *)&req->lifr_addr, req->lifr_addrlen)); } } finish: save_errno = errno; if (lc.lifc_buf != NULL) xfree(lc.lifc_req); if (fd != -1) close(fd); errno = save_errno; if (reason) rb_sys_fail(reason); return list; #elif defined(SIOCGIFCONF) int fd = -1; int ret; #define EXTRA_SPACE ((int)(sizeof(struct ifconf) + sizeof(union_sockaddr))) char initbuf[4096+EXTRA_SPACE]; char *buf = initbuf; int bufsize; struct ifconf conf; struct ifreq *req; VALUE list = Qnil; const char *reason = NULL; int save_errno; fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); if (fd == -1) rb_sys_fail("socket(2)"); bufsize = sizeof(initbuf); buf = initbuf; retry: conf.ifc_len = bufsize; conf.ifc_req = (struct ifreq *)buf; /* fprintf(stderr, "bufsize: %d\n", bufsize); */ ret = ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFCONF, &conf); if (ret == -1) { reason = "SIOCGIFCONF"; goto finish; } /* fprintf(stderr, "conf.ifc_len: %d\n", conf.ifc_len); */ if (bufsize - EXTRA_SPACE < conf.ifc_len) { if (bufsize < conf.ifc_len) { /* NetBSD returns required size for all interfaces. */ bufsize = conf.ifc_len + EXTRA_SPACE; } else { bufsize = bufsize << 1; } if (buf == initbuf) buf = NULL; buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize); goto retry; } close(fd); fd = -1; list = rb_ary_new(); req = conf.ifc_req; while ((char*)req < (char*)conf.ifc_req + conf.ifc_len) { struct sockaddr *addr = &req->ifr_addr; if (IS_IP_FAMILY(addr->sa_family)) { rb_ary_push(list, sockaddr_obj(addr, sockaddr_len(addr))); } #ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_SA_LEN # ifndef _SIZEOF_ADDR_IFREQ # define _SIZEOF_ADDR_IFREQ(r) \ (sizeof(struct ifreq) + \ (sizeof(struct sockaddr) < (r).ifr_addr.sa_len ? \ (r).ifr_addr.sa_len - sizeof(struct sockaddr) : \ 0)) # endif req = (struct ifreq *)((char*)req + _SIZEOF_ADDR_IFREQ(*req)); #else req = (struct ifreq *)((char*)req + sizeof(struct ifreq)); #endif } finish: save_errno = errno; if (buf != initbuf) xfree(buf); if (fd != -1) close(fd); errno = save_errno; if (reason) rb_sys_fail(reason); return list; #undef EXTRA_SPACE #elif defined(_WIN32) typedef struct ip_adapter_unicast_address_st { unsigned LONG_LONG dummy0; struct ip_adapter_unicast_address_st *Next; struct { struct sockaddr *lpSockaddr; int iSockaddrLength; } Address; int dummy1; int dummy2; int dummy3; long dummy4; long dummy5; long dummy6; } ip_adapter_unicast_address_t; typedef struct ip_adapter_anycast_address_st { unsigned LONG_LONG dummy0; struct ip_adapter_anycast_address_st *Next; struct { struct sockaddr *lpSockaddr; int iSockaddrLength; } Address; } ip_adapter_anycast_address_t; typedef struct ip_adapter_addresses_st { unsigned LONG_LONG dummy0; struct ip_adapter_addresses_st *Next; void *dummy1; ip_adapter_unicast_address_t *FirstUnicastAddress; ip_adapter_anycast_address_t *FirstAnycastAddress; void *dummy2; void *dummy3; void *dummy4; void *dummy5; void *dummy6; BYTE dummy7[8]; DWORD dummy8; DWORD dummy9; DWORD dummy10; DWORD IfType; int OperStatus; DWORD dummy12; DWORD dummy13[16]; void *dummy14; } ip_adapter_addresses_t; typedef ULONG (WINAPI *GetAdaptersAddresses_t)(ULONG, ULONG, PVOID, ip_adapter_addresses_t *, PULONG); HMODULE h; GetAdaptersAddresses_t pGetAdaptersAddresses; ULONG len; DWORD ret; ip_adapter_addresses_t *adapters; VALUE list; h = LoadLibrary("iphlpapi.dll"); if (!h) rb_notimplement(); pGetAdaptersAddresses = (GetAdaptersAddresses_t)GetProcAddress(h, "GetAdaptersAddresses"); if (!pGetAdaptersAddresses) { FreeLibrary(h); rb_notimplement(); } ret = pGetAdaptersAddresses(AF_UNSPEC, 0, NULL, NULL, &len); if (ret != ERROR_SUCCESS && ret != ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW) { errno = rb_w32_map_errno(ret); FreeLibrary(h); rb_sys_fail("GetAdaptersAddresses"); } adapters = (ip_adapter_addresses_t *)ALLOCA_N(BYTE, len); ret = pGetAdaptersAddresses(AF_UNSPEC, 0, NULL, adapters, &len); if (ret != ERROR_SUCCESS) { errno = rb_w32_map_errno(ret); FreeLibrary(h); rb_sys_fail("GetAdaptersAddresses"); } list = rb_ary_new(); for (; adapters; adapters = adapters->Next) { ip_adapter_unicast_address_t *uni; ip_adapter_anycast_address_t *any; if (adapters->OperStatus != 1) /* 1 means IfOperStatusUp */ continue; for (uni = adapters->FirstUnicastAddress; uni; uni = uni->Next) { #ifndef INET6 if (uni->Address.lpSockaddr->sa_family == AF_INET) #else if (IS_IP_FAMILY(uni->Address.lpSockaddr->sa_family)) #endif rb_ary_push(list, sockaddr_obj(uni->Address.lpSockaddr, uni->Address.iSockaddrLength)); } for (any = adapters->FirstAnycastAddress; any; any = any->Next) { #ifndef INET6 if (any->Address.lpSockaddr->sa_family == AF_INET) #else if (IS_IP_FAMILY(any->Address.lpSockaddr->sa_family)) #endif rb_ary_push(list, sockaddr_obj(any->Address.lpSockaddr, any->Address.iSockaddrLength)); } } FreeLibrary(h); return list; #endif }
Returns local IP addresses as an array.
The array contains Addrinfo objects.
pp Socket.ip_address_list #=> [#<Addrinfo: 127.0.0.1>, #<Addrinfo: 192.168.0.128>, #<Addrinfo: ::1>, ...]
static VALUE sock_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE sock) { VALUE domain, type, protocol; int fd; int d, t; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &domain, &type, &protocol); if (NIL_P(protocol)) protocol = INT2FIX(0); rb_secure(3); setup_domain_and_type(domain, &d, type, &t); fd = rsock_socket(d, t, NUM2INT(protocol)); if (fd < 0) rb_sys_fail("socket(2)"); return rsock_init_sock(sock, fd); }
Creates a new socket object.
domain should be a communications domain such as: :INET, :INET6, :UNIX, etc.
socktype should be a socket type such as: :STREAM, :DGRAM, :RAW, etc.
protocol is optional and should be a protocol defined in the domain. If protocol is not given, 0 is used internally.
Socket.new(:INET, :STREAM) # TCP socket Socket.new(:INET, :DGRAM) # UDP socket Socket.new(:UNIX, :STREAM) # UNIX stream socket Socket.new(:UNIX, :DGRAM) # UNIX datagram socket
static VALUE sock_s_pack_sockaddr_in(VALUE self, VALUE port, VALUE host) { struct rb_addrinfo *res = rsock_addrinfo(host, port, 0, 0); VALUE addr = rb_str_new((char*)res->ai->ai_addr, res->ai->ai_addrlen); rb_freeaddrinfo(res); OBJ_INFECT(addr, port); OBJ_INFECT(addr, host); return addr; }
Packs port and host as an AF_INET/AF_INET6 sockaddr string.
Socket.sockaddr_in(80, "127.0.0.1") #=> "\x02\x00\x00P\x7F\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" Socket.sockaddr_in(80, "::1") #=> "\n\x00\x00P\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00"
static VALUE sock_s_pack_sockaddr_un(VALUE self, VALUE path) { struct sockaddr_un sockaddr; VALUE addr; StringValue(path); INIT_SOCKADDR_UN(&sockaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)); if (sizeof(sockaddr.sun_path) < (size_t)RSTRING_LEN(path)) { rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "too long unix socket path (%"PRIuSIZE" bytes given but %"PRIuSIZE" bytes max)", (size_t)RSTRING_LEN(path), sizeof(sockaddr.sun_path)); } memcpy(sockaddr.sun_path, RSTRING_PTR(path), RSTRING_LEN(path)); addr = rb_str_new((char*)&sockaddr, rsock_unix_sockaddr_len(path)); OBJ_INFECT(addr, path); return addr; }
Packs path as an AF_UNIX sockaddr string.
Socket.sockaddr_un("/tmp/sock") #=> "\x01\x00/tmp/sock\x00\x00..."
VALUE rsock_sock_s_socketpair(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) { VALUE domain, type, protocol; int d, t, p, sp[2]; int ret; VALUE s1, s2, r; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &domain, &type, &protocol); if (NIL_P(protocol)) protocol = INT2FIX(0); setup_domain_and_type(domain, &d, type, &t); p = NUM2INT(protocol); ret = rsock_socketpair(d, t, p, sp); if (ret < 0) { rb_sys_fail("socketpair(2)"); } s1 = rsock_init_sock(rb_obj_alloc(klass), sp[0]); s2 = rsock_init_sock(rb_obj_alloc(klass), sp[1]); r = rb_assoc_new(s1, s2); if (rb_block_given_p()) { return rb_ensure(pair_yield, r, io_close, s1); } return r; }
Creates a pair of sockets connected each other.
domain should be a communications domain such as: :INET, :INET6, :UNIX, etc.
socktype should be a socket type such as: :STREAM, :DGRAM, :RAW, etc.
protocol should be a protocol defined in the domain, defaults to 0 for the domain.
s1, s2 = Socket.pair(:UNIX, :STREAM, 0) s1.send "a", 0 s1.send "b", 0 s1.close p s2.recv(10) #=> "ab" p s2.recv(10) #=> "" p s2.recv(10) #=> "" s1, s2 = Socket.pair(:UNIX, :DGRAM, 0) s1.send "a", 0 s1.send "b", 0 p s2.recv(10) #=> "a" p s2.recv(10) #=> "b"
static VALUE sock_s_pack_sockaddr_in(VALUE self, VALUE port, VALUE host) { struct rb_addrinfo *res = rsock_addrinfo(host, port, 0, 0); VALUE addr = rb_str_new((char*)res->ai->ai_addr, res->ai->ai_addrlen); rb_freeaddrinfo(res); OBJ_INFECT(addr, port); OBJ_INFECT(addr, host); return addr; }
Packs port and host as an AF_INET/AF_INET6 sockaddr string.
Socket.sockaddr_in(80, "127.0.0.1") #=> "\x02\x00\x00P\x7F\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" Socket.sockaddr_in(80, "::1") #=> "\n\x00\x00P\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00"
static VALUE sock_s_pack_sockaddr_un(VALUE self, VALUE path) { struct sockaddr_un sockaddr; VALUE addr; StringValue(path); INIT_SOCKADDR_UN(&sockaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)); if (sizeof(sockaddr.sun_path) < (size_t)RSTRING_LEN(path)) { rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "too long unix socket path (%"PRIuSIZE" bytes given but %"PRIuSIZE" bytes max)", (size_t)RSTRING_LEN(path), sizeof(sockaddr.sun_path)); } memcpy(sockaddr.sun_path, RSTRING_PTR(path), RSTRING_LEN(path)); addr = rb_str_new((char*)&sockaddr, rsock_unix_sockaddr_len(path)); OBJ_INFECT(addr, path); return addr; }
Packs path as an AF_UNIX sockaddr string.
Socket.sockaddr_un("/tmp/sock") #=> "\x01\x00/tmp/sock\x00\x00..."
VALUE rsock_sock_s_socketpair(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) { VALUE domain, type, protocol; int d, t, p, sp[2]; int ret; VALUE s1, s2, r; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &domain, &type, &protocol); if (NIL_P(protocol)) protocol = INT2FIX(0); setup_domain_and_type(domain, &d, type, &t); p = NUM2INT(protocol); ret = rsock_socketpair(d, t, p, sp); if (ret < 0) { rb_sys_fail("socketpair(2)"); } s1 = rsock_init_sock(rb_obj_alloc(klass), sp[0]); s2 = rsock_init_sock(rb_obj_alloc(klass), sp[1]); r = rb_assoc_new(s1, s2); if (rb_block_given_p()) { return rb_ensure(pair_yield, r, io_close, s1); } return r; }
Creates a pair of sockets connected each other.
domain should be a communications domain such as: :INET, :INET6, :UNIX, etc.
socktype should be a socket type such as: :STREAM, :DGRAM, :RAW, etc.
protocol should be a protocol defined in the domain, defaults to 0 for the domain.
s1, s2 = Socket.pair(:UNIX, :STREAM, 0) s1.send "a", 0 s1.send "b", 0 s1.close p s2.recv(10) #=> "ab" p s2.recv(10) #=> "" p s2.recv(10) #=> "" s1, s2 = Socket.pair(:UNIX, :DGRAM, 0) s1.send "a", 0 s1.send "b", 0 p s2.recv(10) #=> "a" p s2.recv(10) #=> "b"
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 314 def self.tcp(host, port, *rest) # :yield: socket opts = Hash === rest.last ? rest.pop : {} raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments (#{rest.length} for 2)" if 2 < rest.length local_host, local_port = rest last_error = nil ret = nil connect_timeout = opts[:connect_timeout] local_addr_list = nil if local_host != nil || local_port != nil local_addr_list = Addrinfo.getaddrinfo(local_host, local_port, nil, :STREAM, nil) end Addrinfo.foreach(host, port, nil, :STREAM) {|ai| if local_addr_list local_addr = local_addr_list.find {|local_ai| local_ai.afamily == ai.afamily } next if !local_addr else local_addr = nil end begin sock = local_addr ? ai.connect_from(local_addr, :timeout => connect_timeout) : ai.connect(:timeout => connect_timeout) rescue SystemCallError last_error = $! next end ret = sock break } if !ret if last_error raise last_error else raise SocketError, "no appropriate local address" end end if block_given? begin yield ret ensure ret.close if !ret.closed? end else ret end end
creates a new socket object connected to host:port using TCP/IP.
If local_host:local_port is given, the socket is bound to it.
The optional last argument opts is options represented by a hash. opts may have following options:
- :connect_timeout
-
specify the timeout in seconds.
If a block is given, the block is called with the socket. The value of the block is returned. The socket is closed when this method returns.
If no block is given, the socket is returned.
Socket.tcp("www.ruby-lang.org", 80) {|sock| sock.print "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: www.ruby-lang.org\r\n\r\n" sock.close_write puts sock.read }
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 555 def self.tcp_server_loop(host=nil, port, &b) # :yield: socket, client_addrinfo tcp_server_sockets(host, port) {|sockets| accept_loop(sockets, &b) } end
creates a TCP/IP server on port and calls the block for each connection accepted. The block is called with a socket and a client_address as an Addrinfo object.
If host is specified, it is used with port to determine the server addresses.
The socket is not closed when the block returns. So application should close it explicitly.
This method calls the block sequentially. It means that the next connection is not accepted until the block returns. So concurrent mechanism, thread for example, should be used to service multiple clients at a time.
Note that Addrinfo.getaddrinfo is used to determine the server socket addresses. When Addrinfo.getaddrinfo returns two or more addresses, IPv4 and IPv6 address for example, all of them are used. ::tcp_server_loop succeeds if one socket can be used at least.
# Sequential echo server. # It services only one client at a time. Socket.tcp_server_loop(16807) {|sock, client_addrinfo| begin IO.copy_stream(sock, sock) ensure sock.close end } # Threaded echo server # It services multiple clients at a time. # Note that it may accept connections too much. Socket.tcp_server_loop(16807) {|sock, client_addrinfo| Thread.new { begin IO.copy_stream(sock, sock) ensure sock.close end } }
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 452 def self.tcp_server_sockets(host=nil, port) if port == 0 sockets = tcp_server_sockets_port0(host) else last_error = nil sockets = [] begin Addrinfo.foreach(host, port, nil, :STREAM, nil, Socket::AI_PASSIVE) {|ai| begin s = ai.listen rescue SystemCallError last_error = $! next end sockets << s } if sockets.empty? raise last_error end rescue Exception sockets.each {|s| s.close } raise end end if block_given? begin yield sockets ensure sockets.each {|s| s.close if !s.closed? } end else sockets end end
creates TCP/IP server sockets for host and port. host is optional.
If no block given, it returns an array of listening sockets.
If a block is given, the block is called with the sockets. The value of the block is returned. The socket is closed when this method returns.
If port is 0, actual port number is chosen dynamically. However all sockets in the result has same port number.
# tcp_server_sockets returns two sockets. sockets = Socket.tcp_server_sockets(1296) p sockets #=> [#<Socket:fd 3>, #<Socket:fd 4>] # The sockets contains IPv6 and IPv4 sockets. sockets.each {|s| p s.local_address } #=> #<Addrinfo: [::]:1296 TCP> # #<Addrinfo: 0.0.0.0:1296 TCP> # IPv6 and IPv4 socket has same port number, 53114, even if it is chosen dynamically. sockets = Socket.tcp_server_sockets(0) sockets.each {|s| p s.local_address } #=> #<Addrinfo: [::]:53114 TCP> # #<Addrinfo: 0.0.0.0:53114 TCP> # The block is called with the sockets. Socket.tcp_server_sockets(0) {|sockets| p sockets #=> [#<Socket:fd 3>, #<Socket:fd 4>] }
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 727 def self.udp_server_loop(host=nil, port, &b) # :yield: message, message_source udp_server_sockets(host, port) {|sockets| udp_server_loop_on(sockets, &b) } end
creates a UDP/IP server on port and calls the block for each message arrived. The block is called with the message and its source information.
This method allocates sockets internally using port. If host is specified, it is used conjunction with port to determine the server addresses.
The msg is a string.
The msg_src is a Socket::UDPSource object. It is used for reply.
# UDP/IP echo server. Socket.udp_server_loop(9261) {|msg, msg_src| msg_src.reply msg }
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 700 def self.udp_server_loop_on(sockets, &b) # :yield: msg, msg_src loop { readable, _, _ = IO.select(sockets) udp_server_recv(readable, &b) } end
Run UDP/IP server loop on the given sockets.
The return value of ::udp_server_sockets is appropriate for the argument.
It calls the block for each message received.
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 670 def self.udp_server_recv(sockets) sockets.each {|r| begin msg, sender_addrinfo, _, *controls = r.recvmsg_nonblock rescue IO::WaitReadable next end ai = r.local_address if ai.ipv6? and pktinfo = controls.find {|c| c.cmsg_is?(:IPV6, :PKTINFO) } ai = Addrinfo.udp(pktinfo.ipv6_pktinfo_addr.ip_address, ai.ip_port) yield msg, UDPSource.new(sender_addrinfo, ai) {|reply_msg| r.sendmsg reply_msg, 0, sender_addrinfo, pktinfo } else yield msg, UDPSource.new(sender_addrinfo, ai) {|reply_msg| r.send reply_msg, 0, sender_addrinfo } end } end
Receive UDP/IP packets from the given sockets. For each packet received, the block is called.
The block receives msg and msg_src. msg is a string which is the payload of the received packet. msg_src is a Socket::UDPSource object which is used for reply.
::udp_server_loop can be implemented using this method as follows.
udp_server_sockets(host, port) {|sockets| loop { readable, _, _ = IO.select(sockets) udp_server_recv(readable) {|msg, msg_src| ... } } }
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 583 def self.udp_server_sockets(host=nil, port) last_error = nil sockets = [] ipv6_recvpktinfo = nil if defined? Socket::AncillaryData if defined? Socket::IPV6_RECVPKTINFO # RFC 3542 ipv6_recvpktinfo = Socket::IPV6_RECVPKTINFO elsif defined? Socket::IPV6_PKTINFO # RFC 2292 ipv6_recvpktinfo = Socket::IPV6_PKTINFO end end local_addrs = Socket.ip_address_list ip_list = [] Addrinfo.foreach(host, port, nil, :DGRAM, nil, Socket::AI_PASSIVE) {|ai| if ai.ipv4? && ai.ip_address == "0.0.0.0" local_addrs.each {|a| next if !a.ipv4? ip_list << Addrinfo.new(a.to_sockaddr, :INET, :DGRAM, 0); } elsif ai.ipv6? && ai.ip_address == "::" && !ipv6_recvpktinfo local_addrs.each {|a| next if !a.ipv6? ip_list << Addrinfo.new(a.to_sockaddr, :INET6, :DGRAM, 0); } else ip_list << ai end } if port == 0 sockets = ip_sockets_port0(ip_list, false) else ip_list.each {|ip| ai = Addrinfo.udp(ip.ip_address, port) begin s = ai.bind rescue SystemCallError last_error = $! next end sockets << s } if sockets.empty? raise last_error end end sockets.each {|s| ai = s.local_address if ipv6_recvpktinfo && ai.ipv6? && ai.ip_address == "::" s.setsockopt(:IPV6, ipv6_recvpktinfo, 1) end } if block_given? begin yield sockets ensure sockets.each {|s| s.close if !s.closed? } if sockets end else sockets end end
Creates UDP/IP sockets for a UDP server.
If no block given, it returns an array of sockets.
If a block is given, the block is called with the sockets. The value of the block is returned. The sockets are closed when this method returns.
If port is zero, some port is chosen. But the chosen port is used for the all sockets.
# UDP/IP echo server Socket.udp_server_sockets(0) {|sockets| p sockets.first.local_address.ip_port #=> 32963 Socket.udp_server_loop_on(sockets) {|msg, msg_src| msg_src.reply msg } }
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 777 def self.unix(path) # :yield: socket addr = Addrinfo.unix(path) sock = addr.connect if block_given? begin yield sock ensure sock.close if !sock.closed? end else sock end end
creates a new socket connected to path using UNIX socket socket.
If a block is given, the block is called with the socket. The value of the block is returned. The socket is closed when this method returns.
If no block is given, the socket is returned.
# talk to /tmp/sock socket. Socket.unix("/tmp/sock") {|sock| t = Thread.new { IO.copy_stream(sock, STDOUT) } IO.copy_stream(STDIN, sock) t.join }
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 864 def self.unix_server_loop(path, &b) # :yield: socket, client_addrinfo unix_server_socket(path) {|serv| accept_loop(serv, &b) } end
creates a UNIX socket server on path. It calls the block for each socket accepted.
If host is specified, it is used with port to determine the server ports.
The socket is not closed when the block returns. So application should close it.
This method deletes the socket file pointed by path at first if the file is a socket file and it is owned by the user of the application. This is safe only if the directory of path is not changed by a malicious user. So don't use /tmp/malicious-users-directory/socket. Note that /tmp/socket and /tmp/your-private-directory/socket is safe assuming that /tmp has sticky bit.
# Sequential echo server. # It services only one client at a time. Socket.unix_server_loop("/tmp/sock") {|sock, client_addrinfo| begin IO.copy_stream(sock, sock) ensure sock.close end }
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 807 def self.unix_server_socket(path) if !unix_socket_abstract_name?(path) begin st = File.lstat(path) rescue Errno::ENOENT end if st && st.socket? && st.owned? File.unlink path end end s = Addrinfo.unix(path).listen if block_given? begin yield s ensure s.close if !s.closed? if !unix_socket_abstract_name?(path) File.unlink path end end else s end end
creates a UNIX server socket on path
If no block given, it returns a listening socket.
If a block is given, it is called with the socket and the block value is returned. When the block exits, the socket is closed and the socket file is removed.
socket = Socket.unix_server_socket("/tmp/s") p socket #=> #<Socket:fd 3> p socket.local_address #=> #<Addrinfo: /tmp/s SOCK_STREAM> Socket.unix_server_socket("/tmp/sock") {|s| p s #=> #<Socket:fd 3> p s.local_address #=> # #<Addrinfo: /tmp/sock SOCK_STREAM> }
static VALUE sock_s_unpack_sockaddr_in(VALUE self, VALUE addr) { struct sockaddr_in * sockaddr; VALUE host; sockaddr = (struct sockaddr_in*)SockAddrStringValuePtr(addr); if (RSTRING_LEN(addr) < (char*)&((struct sockaddr *)sockaddr)->sa_family + sizeof(((struct sockaddr *)sockaddr)->sa_family) - (char*)sockaddr) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "too short sockaddr"); if (((struct sockaddr *)sockaddr)->sa_family != AF_INET #ifdef INET6 && ((struct sockaddr *)sockaddr)->sa_family != AF_INET6 #endif ) { #ifdef INET6 rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "not an AF_INET/AF_INET6 sockaddr"); #else rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "not an AF_INET sockaddr"); #endif } host = rsock_make_ipaddr((struct sockaddr*)sockaddr, RSTRING_SOCKLEN(addr)); OBJ_INFECT(host, addr); return rb_assoc_new(INT2NUM(ntohs(sockaddr->sin_port)), host); }
Unpacks sockaddr into port and ip_address.
sockaddr should be a string or an addrinfo for AF_INET/AF_INET6.
sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_in(80, "127.0.0.1") p sockaddr #=> "\x02\x00\x00P\x7F\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" p Socket.unpack_sockaddr_in(sockaddr) #=> [80, "127.0.0.1"]
static VALUE sock_s_unpack_sockaddr_un(VALUE self, VALUE addr) { struct sockaddr_un * sockaddr; VALUE path; sockaddr = (struct sockaddr_un*)SockAddrStringValuePtr(addr); if (RSTRING_LEN(addr) < (char*)&((struct sockaddr *)sockaddr)->sa_family + sizeof(((struct sockaddr *)sockaddr)->sa_family) - (char*)sockaddr) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "too short sockaddr"); if (((struct sockaddr *)sockaddr)->sa_family != AF_UNIX) { rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "not an AF_UNIX sockaddr"); } if (sizeof(struct sockaddr_un) < (size_t)RSTRING_LEN(addr)) { rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "too long sockaddr_un - %ld longer than %d", RSTRING_LEN(addr), (int)sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)); } path = rsock_unixpath_str(sockaddr, RSTRING_SOCKLEN(addr)); OBJ_INFECT(path, addr); return path; }
Unpacks sockaddr into path.
sockaddr should be a string or an addrinfo for AF_UNIX.
sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_un("/tmp/sock") p Socket.unpack_sockaddr_un(sockaddr) #=> "/tmp/sock"
Private Class Methods
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 835 def unix_socket_abstract_name?(path) /linux/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM && /\A(\0|\z)/ =~ path end
Public Instance Methods
static VALUE sock_accept(VALUE sock) { rb_io_t *fptr; VALUE sock2; union_sockaddr buf; socklen_t len = (socklen_t)sizeof buf; GetOpenFile(sock, fptr); sock2 = rsock_s_accept(rb_cSocket,fptr->fd,&buf.addr,&len); return rb_assoc_new(sock2, rsock_io_socket_addrinfo(sock2, &buf.addr, len)); }
Accepts a next connection. Returns a new Socket object and Addrinfo object.
serv = Socket.new(:INET, :STREAM, 0) serv.listen(5) c = Socket.new(:INET, :STREAM, 0) c.connect(serv.connect_address) p serv.accept #=> [#<Socket:fd 6>, #<Addrinfo: 127.0.0.1:48555 TCP>]
static VALUE sock_accept_nonblock(VALUE sock) { rb_io_t *fptr; VALUE sock2; union_sockaddr buf; socklen_t len = (socklen_t)sizeof buf; GetOpenFile(sock, fptr); sock2 = rsock_s_accept_nonblock(rb_cSocket, fptr, &buf.addr, &len); return rb_assoc_new(sock2, rsock_io_socket_addrinfo(sock2, &buf.addr, len)); }
Accepts an incoming connection using accept(2) after O_NONBLOCK is set for the underlying file descriptor. It returns an array containing the accepted socket for the incoming connection, client_socket, and an Addrinfo, client_addrinfo.
Example
# In one script, start this first require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_in(2200, 'localhost') socket.bind(sockaddr) socket.listen(5) begin # emulate blocking accept client_socket, client_addrinfo = socket.accept_nonblock rescue IO::WaitReadable, Errno::EINTR IO.select([socket]) retry end puts "The client said, '#{client_socket.readline.chomp}'" client_socket.puts "Hello from script one!" socket.close # In another script, start this second require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_in(2200, 'localhost') socket.connect(sockaddr) socket.puts "Hello from script 2." puts "The server said, '#{socket.readline.chomp}'" socket.close
Refer to #accept for the exceptions that may be thrown if the call to accept_nonblock fails.
#accept_nonblock may raise any error corresponding to accept(2) failure, including Errno::EWOULDBLOCK.
If the exception is Errno::EWOULDBLOCK, Errno::AGAIN, Errno::ECONNABORTED or Errno::EPROTO, it is extended by IO::WaitReadable. So IO::WaitReadable can be used to rescue the exceptions for retrying accept_nonblock.
See
static VALUE sock_bind(VALUE sock, VALUE addr) { VALUE rai; rb_io_t *fptr; SockAddrStringValueWithAddrinfo(addr, rai); GetOpenFile(sock, fptr); if (bind(fptr->fd, (struct sockaddr*)RSTRING_PTR(addr), RSTRING_SOCKLEN(addr)) < 0) rsock_sys_fail_raddrinfo_or_sockaddr("bind(2)", addr, rai); return INT2FIX(0); }
Binds to the given local address.
Parameter
-
local_sockaddr
- thestruct
sockaddr contained in a string or an Addrinfo object
Example
require 'socket' # use Addrinfo socket = Socket.new(:INET, :STREAM, 0) socket.bind(Addrinfo.tcp("127.0.0.1", 2222)) p socket.local_address #=> #<Addrinfo: 127.0.0.1:2222 TCP> # use struct sockaddr include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in( 2200, 'localhost' ) socket.bind( sockaddr )
Unix-based Exceptions
On unix-based based systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to bind fails:
-
Errno::EACCES - the specified sockaddr is protected and the current user does not have permission to bind to it
-
Errno::EADDRINUSE - the specified sockaddr is already in use
-
Errno::EADDRNOTAVAIL - the specified sockaddr is not available from the local machine
-
Errno::EAFNOSUPPORT - the specified sockaddr is not a valid address for the family of the calling
socket
-
Errno::EBADF - the sockaddr specified is not a valid file descriptor
-
Errno::EFAULT - the sockaddr argument cannot be accessed
-
Errno::EINVAL - the
socket
is already bound to an address, and the protocol does not support binding to the new sockaddr or thesocket
has been shut down. -
Errno::EINVAL - the address length is not a valid length for the address family
-
Errno::ENAMETOOLONG - the pathname resolved had a length which exceeded PATH_MAX
-
Errno::ENOBUFS - no buffer space is available
-
Errno::ENOSR - there were insufficient STREAMS resources available to complete the operation
-
Errno::ENOTSOCK - the
socket
does not refer to a socket -
Errno::EOPNOTSUPP - the socket type of the
socket
does not support binding to an address
On unix-based based systems if the address family of the calling socket
is Socket::AF_UNIX the follow exceptions may be raised if the call to bind fails:
-
Errno::EACCES - search permission is denied for a component of the prefix path or write access to the
socket
is denied -
Errno::EDESTADDRREQ - the sockaddr argument is a null pointer
-
Errno::EISDIR - same as Errno::EDESTADDRREQ
-
Errno::EIO - an i/o error occurred
-
Errno::ELOOP - too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname in sockaddr
-
Errno::ENAMETOOLLONG - a component of a pathname exceeded NAME_MAX characters, or an entire pathname exceeded PATH_MAX characters
-
Errno::ENOENT - a component of the pathname does not name an existing file or the pathname is an empty string
-
Errno::ENOTDIR - a component of the path prefix of the pathname in sockaddr is not a directory
-
Errno::EROFS - the name would reside on a read only filesystem
Windows Exceptions
On Windows systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to bind fails:
-
Errno::ENETDOWN– the network is down
-
Errno::EACCES - the attempt to connect the datagram socket to the broadcast address failed
-
Errno::EADDRINUSE - the socket's local address is already in use
-
Errno::EADDRNOTAVAIL - the specified address is not a valid address for this computer
-
Errno::EFAULT - the socket's internal address or address length parameter is too small or is not a valid part of the user space addressed
-
Errno::EINVAL - the
socket
is already bound to an address -
Errno::ENOBUFS - no buffer space is available
-
Errno::ENOTSOCK - the
socket
argument does not refer to a socket
See
-
bind manual pages on unix-based systems
-
bind function in Microsoft's Winsock functions reference
static VALUE sock_connect(VALUE sock, VALUE addr) { VALUE rai; rb_io_t *fptr; int fd, n; SockAddrStringValueWithAddrinfo(addr, rai); addr = rb_str_new4(addr); GetOpenFile(sock, fptr); fd = fptr->fd; n = rsock_connect(fd, (struct sockaddr*)RSTRING_PTR(addr), RSTRING_SOCKLEN(addr), 0); if (n < 0) { rsock_sys_fail_raddrinfo_or_sockaddr("connect(2)", addr, rai); } return INT2FIX(n); }
Requests a connection to be made on the given remote_sockaddr
. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise an exception is raised.
Parameter
-
remote_sockaddr
- thestruct
sockaddr contained in a string or Addrinfo object
Example:
# Pull down Google's web page require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in( 80, 'www.google.com' ) socket.connect( sockaddr ) socket.write( "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n" ) results = socket.read
Unix-based Exceptions
On unix-based systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to connect fails:
-
Errno::EACCES - search permission is denied for a component of the prefix path or write access to the
socket
is denied -
Errno::EADDRINUSE - the sockaddr is already in use
-
Errno::EADDRNOTAVAIL - the specified sockaddr is not available from the local machine
-
Errno::EAFNOSUPPORT - the specified sockaddr is not a valid address for the address family of the specified
socket
-
Errno::EALREADY - a connection is already in progress for the specified socket
-
Errno::EBADF - the
socket
is not a valid file descriptor -
Errno::ECONNREFUSED - the target sockaddr was not listening for connections refused the connection request
-
Errno::ECONNRESET - the remote host reset the connection request
-
Errno::EFAULT - the sockaddr cannot be accessed
-
Errno::EHOSTUNREACH - the destination host cannot be reached (probably because the host is down or a remote router cannot reach it)
-
Errno::EINPROGRESS - the O_NONBLOCK is set for the
socket
and the connection cannot be immediately established; the connection will be established asynchronously -
Errno::EINTR - the attempt to establish the connection was interrupted by delivery of a signal that was caught; the connection will be established asynchronously
-
Errno::EISCONN - the specified
socket
is already connected -
Errno::EINVAL - the address length used for the sockaddr is not a valid length for the address family or there is an invalid family in sockaddr
-
Errno::ENAMETOOLONG - the pathname resolved had a length which exceeded PATH_MAX
-
Errno::ENETDOWN - the local interface used to reach the destination is down
-
Errno::ENETUNREACH - no route to the network is present
-
Errno::ENOBUFS - no buffer space is available
-
Errno::ENOSR - there were insufficient STREAMS resources available to complete the operation
-
Errno::ENOTSOCK - the
socket
argument does not refer to a socket -
Errno::EOPNOTSUPP - the calling
socket
is listening and cannot be connected -
Errno::EPROTOTYPE - the sockaddr has a different type than the socket bound to the specified peer address
-
Errno::ETIMEDOUT - the attempt to connect time out before a connection was made.
On unix-based systems if the address family of the calling socket
is AF_UNIX the follow exceptions may be raised if the call to connect fails:
-
Errno::EIO - an i/o error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system
-
Errno::ELOOP - too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname in sockaddr
-
Errno::ENAMETOOLLONG - a component of a pathname exceeded NAME_MAX characters, or an entire pathname exceeded PATH_MAX characters
-
Errno::ENOENT - a component of the pathname does not name an existing file or the pathname is an empty string
-
Errno::ENOTDIR - a component of the path prefix of the pathname in sockaddr is not a directory
Windows Exceptions
On Windows systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to connect fails:
-
Errno::ENETDOWN - the network is down
-
Errno::EADDRINUSE - the socket's local address is already in use
-
Errno::EINTR - the socket was cancelled
-
Errno::EINPROGRESS - a blocking socket is in progress or the service provider is still processing a callback function. Or a nonblocking connect call is in progress on the
socket
. -
Errno::EALREADY - see Errno::EINVAL
-
Errno::EADDRNOTAVAIL - the remote address is not a valid address, such as ADDR_ANY TODO check ADDRANY TO INADDR_ANY
-
Errno::EAFNOSUPPORT - addresses in the specified family cannot be used with with this
socket
-
Errno::ECONNREFUSED - the target sockaddr was not listening for connections refused the connection request
-
Errno::EFAULT - the socket's internal address or address length parameter is too small or is not a valid part of the user space address
-
Errno::EINVAL - the
socket
is a listening socket -
Errno::EISCONN - the
socket
is already connected -
Errno::ENETUNREACH - the network cannot be reached from this host at this time
-
Errno::EHOSTUNREACH - no route to the network is present
-
Errno::ENOBUFS - no buffer space is available
-
Errno::ENOTSOCK - the
socket
argument does not refer to a socket -
Errno::ETIMEDOUT - the attempt to connect time out before a connection was made.
-
Errno::EWOULDBLOCK - the socket is marked as nonblocking and the connection cannot be completed immediately
-
Errno::EACCES - the attempt to connect the datagram socket to the broadcast address failed
See
-
connect manual pages on unix-based systems
-
connect function in Microsoft's Winsock functions reference
static VALUE sock_connect_nonblock(VALUE sock, VALUE addr) { VALUE rai; rb_io_t *fptr; int n; SockAddrStringValueWithAddrinfo(addr, rai); addr = rb_str_new4(addr); GetOpenFile(sock, fptr); rb_io_set_nonblock(fptr); n = connect(fptr->fd, (struct sockaddr*)RSTRING_PTR(addr), RSTRING_SOCKLEN(addr)); if (n < 0) { if (errno == EINPROGRESS) rb_readwrite_sys_fail(RB_IO_WAIT_WRITABLE, "connect(2) would block"); rsock_sys_fail_raddrinfo_or_sockaddr("connect(2)", addr, rai); } return INT2FIX(n); }
Requests a connection to be made on the given remote_sockaddr
after O_NONBLOCK is set for the underlying file descriptor. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise an exception is raised.
Parameter
-
remote_sockaddr
- thestruct
sockaddr contained in a string or Addrinfo object
Example:
# Pull down Google's web page require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_in(80, 'www.google.com') begin # emulate blocking connect socket.connect_nonblock(sockaddr) rescue IO::WaitWritable IO.select(nil, [socket]) # wait 3-way handshake completion begin socket.connect_nonblock(sockaddr) # check connection failure rescue Errno::EISCONN end end socket.write("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n") results = socket.read
Refer to #connect for the exceptions that may be thrown if the call to connect_nonblock fails.
#connect_nonblock may raise any error corresponding to connect(2) failure, including Errno::EINPROGRESS.
If the exception is Errno::EINPROGRESS, it is extended by IO::WaitWritable. So IO::WaitWritable can be used to rescue the exceptions for retrying connect_nonblock.
See
# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 282 def ipv6only! if defined? Socket::IPV6_V6ONLY self.setsockopt(:IPV6, :V6ONLY, 1) end end
enable the socket option IPV6_V6ONLY if IPV6_V6ONLY is available.
VALUE rsock_sock_listen(VALUE sock, VALUE log) { rb_io_t *fptr; int backlog; backlog = NUM2INT(log); GetOpenFile(sock, fptr); if (listen(fptr->fd, backlog) < 0) rb_sys_fail("listen(2)"); return INT2FIX(0); }
Listens for connections, using the specified int
as the backlog. A call to listen only applies if the socket
is of type SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_SEQPACKET.
Parameter
-
backlog
- the maximum length of the queue for pending connections.
Example 1
require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in( 2200, 'localhost' ) socket.bind( sockaddr ) socket.listen( 5 )
Example 2 (listening on an arbitrary port, unix-based systems only):
require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) socket.listen( 1 )
Unix-based Exceptions
On unix based systems the above will work because a new sockaddr
struct is created on the address ADDR_ANY, for an arbitrary port number as handed off by the kernel. It will not work on Windows, because Windows requires that the socket
is bound by calling bind before it can listen.
If the backlog amount exceeds the implementation-dependent maximum queue length, the implementation's maximum queue length will be used.
On unix-based based systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to listen fails:
-
Errno::EBADF - the socket argument is not a valid file descriptor
-
Errno::EDESTADDRREQ - the socket is not bound to a local address, and the protocol does not support listening on an unbound socket
-
Errno::EINVAL - the socket is already connected
-
Errno::ENOTSOCK - the socket argument does not refer to a socket
-
Errno::EOPNOTSUPP - the socket protocol does not support listen
-
Errno::EACCES - the calling process does not have appropriate privileges
-
Errno::EINVAL - the socket has been shut down
-
Errno::ENOBUFS - insufficient resources are available in the system to complete the call
Windows Exceptions
On Windows systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to listen fails:
-
Errno::ENETDOWN - the network is down
-
Errno::EADDRINUSE - the socket's local address is already in use. This usually occurs during the execution of bind but could be delayed if the call to bind was to a partially wildcard address (involving ADDR_ANY) and if a specific address needs to be committed at the time of the call to listen
-
Errno::EINPROGRESS - a Windows Sockets 1.1 call is in progress or the service provider is still processing a callback function
-
Errno::EINVAL - the
socket
has not been bound with a call to bind. -
Errno::EISCONN - the
socket
is already connected -
Errno::EMFILE - no more socket descriptors are available
-
Errno::ENOBUFS - no buffer space is available
-
Errno::ENOTSOC -
socket
is not a socket -
Errno::EOPNOTSUPP - the referenced
socket
is not a type that supports the listen method
See
-
listen manual pages on unix-based systems
-
listen function in Microsoft's Winsock functions reference
static VALUE sock_recvfrom(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE sock) { return rsock_s_recvfrom(sock, argc, argv, RECV_SOCKET); }
Receives up to maxlen bytes from socket
. flags is zero or more of the MSG_
options. The first element of the results, mesg, is the data received. The second element, sender_addrinfo, contains protocol-specific address information of the sender.
Parameters
-
maxlen
- the maximum number of bytes to receive from the socket -
flags
- zero or more of theMSG_
options
Example
# In one file, start this first require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in( 2200, 'localhost' ) socket.bind( sockaddr ) socket.listen( 5 ) client, client_addrinfo = socket.accept data = client.recvfrom( 20 )[0].chomp puts "I only received 20 bytes '#{data}'" sleep 1 socket.close # In another file, start this second require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in( 2200, 'localhost' ) socket.connect( sockaddr ) socket.puts "Watch this get cut short!" socket.close
Unix-based Exceptions
On unix-based based systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to recvfrom fails:
-
Errno::EAGAIN - the
socket
file descriptor is marked as O_NONBLOCK and no data is waiting to be received; or MSG_OOB is set and no out-of-band data is available and either thesocket
file descriptor is marked as O_NONBLOCK or thesocket
does not support blocking to wait for out-of-band-data -
Errno::EWOULDBLOCK - see Errno::EAGAIN
-
Errno::EBADF - the
socket
is not a valid file descriptor -
Errno::ECONNRESET - a connection was forcibly closed by a peer
-
Errno::EFAULT - the socket's internal buffer, address or address length cannot be accessed or written
-
Errno::EINTR - a signal interrupted recvfrom before any data was available
-
Errno::EINVAL - the MSG_OOB flag is set and no out-of-band data is available
-
Errno::EIO - an i/o error occurred while reading from or writing to the filesystem
-
Errno::ENOBUFS - insufficient resources were available in the system to perform the operation
-
Errno::ENOMEM - insufficient memory was available to fulfill the request
-
Errno::ENOSR - there were insufficient STREAMS resources available to complete the operation
-
Errno::ENOTCONN - a receive is attempted on a connection-mode socket that is not connected
-
Errno::ENOTSOCK - the
socket
does not refer to a socket -
Errno::EOPNOTSUPP - the specified flags are not supported for this socket type
-
Errno::ETIMEDOUT - the connection timed out during connection establishment or due to a transmission timeout on an active connection
Windows Exceptions
On Windows systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to recvfrom fails:
-
Errno::ENETDOWN - the network is down
-
Errno::EFAULT - the internal buffer and from parameters on
socket
are not part of the user address space, or the internal fromlen parameter is too small to accommodate the peer address -
Errno::EINTR - the (blocking) call was cancelled by an internal call to the WinSock function WSACancelBlockingCall
-
Errno::EINPROGRESS - a blocking Windows Sockets 1.1 call is in progress or the service provider is still processing a callback function
-
Errno::EINVAL -
socket
has not been bound with a call to bind, or an unknown flag was specified, or MSG_OOB was specified for a socket with SO_OOBINLINE enabled, or (for byte stream-style sockets only) the internal len parameter onsocket
was zero or negative -
Errno::EISCONN -
socket
is already connected. The call to recvfrom is not permitted with a connected socket on a socket that is connection oriented or connectionless. -
Errno::ENETRESET - the connection has been broken due to the keep-alive activity detecting a failure while the operation was in progress.
-
Errno::EOPNOTSUPP - MSG_OOB was specified, but
socket
is not stream-style such as type SOCK_STREAM. OOB data is not supported in the communication domain associated withsocket
, orsocket
is unidirectional and supports only send operations -
Errno::ESHUTDOWN -
socket
has been shutdown. It is not possible to call recvfrom on a socket after shutdown has been invoked. -
Errno::EWOULDBLOCK -
socket
is marked as nonblocking and a call to recvfrom would block. -
Errno::EMSGSIZE - the message was too large to fit into the specified buffer and was truncated.
-
Errno::ETIMEDOUT - the connection has been dropped, because of a network failure or because the system on the other end went down without notice
-
Errno::ECONNRESET - the virtual circuit was reset by the remote side executing a hard or abortive close. The application should close the socket; it is no longer usable. On a UDP-datagram socket this error indicates a previous send operation resulted in an ICMP Port Unreachable message.
static VALUE sock_recvfrom_nonblock(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE sock) { return rsock_s_recvfrom_nonblock(sock, argc, argv, RECV_SOCKET); }
Receives up to maxlen bytes from socket
using recvfrom(2) after O_NONBLOCK is set for the underlying file descriptor. flags is zero or more of the MSG_
options. The first element of the results, mesg, is the data received. The second element, sender_addrinfo, contains protocol-specific address information of the sender.
When recvfrom(2) returns 0, #recvfrom_nonblock returns an empty string as data. The meaning depends on the socket: EOF on TCP, empty packet on UDP, etc.
Parameters
-
maxlen
- the maximum number of bytes to receive from the socket -
flags
- zero or more of theMSG_
options
Example
# In one file, start this first require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_in(2200, 'localhost') socket.bind(sockaddr) socket.listen(5) client, client_addrinfo = socket.accept begin # emulate blocking recvfrom pair = client.recvfrom_nonblock(20) rescue IO::WaitReadable IO.select([client]) retry end data = pair[0].chomp puts "I only received 20 bytes '#{data}'" sleep 1 socket.close # In another file, start this second require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_in(2200, 'localhost') socket.connect(sockaddr) socket.puts "Watch this get cut short!" socket.close
Refer to #recvfrom for the exceptions that may be thrown if the call to recvfrom_nonblock fails.
#recvfrom_nonblock may raise any error corresponding to recvfrom(2) failure, including Errno::EWOULDBLOCK.
If the exception is Errno::EWOULDBLOCK or Errno::AGAIN, it is extended by IO::WaitReadable. So IO::WaitReadable can be used to rescue the exceptions for retrying recvfrom_nonblock.
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static VALUE sock_sysaccept(VALUE sock) { rb_io_t *fptr; VALUE sock2; union_sockaddr buf; socklen_t len = (socklen_t)sizeof buf; GetOpenFile(sock, fptr); sock2 = rsock_s_accept(0,fptr->fd,&buf.addr,&len); return rb_assoc_new(sock2, rsock_io_socket_addrinfo(sock2, &buf.addr, len)); }
Accepts an incoming connection returning an array containing the (integer) file descriptor for the incoming connection, client_socket_fd, and an Addrinfo, client_addrinfo.
Example
# In one script, start this first require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in( 2200, 'localhost' ) socket.bind( sockaddr ) socket.listen( 5 ) client_fd, client_addrinfo = socket.sysaccept client_socket = Socket.for_fd( client_fd ) puts "The client said, '#{client_socket.readline.chomp}'" client_socket.puts "Hello from script one!" socket.close # In another script, start this second require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in( 2200, 'localhost' ) socket.connect( sockaddr ) socket.puts "Hello from script 2." puts "The server said, '#{socket.readline.chomp}'" socket.close
Refer to #accept for the exceptions that may be thrown if the call to sysaccept fails.
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