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.IX Title "IO::Socket::INET 3perl"
.TH IO::Socket::INET 3perl 2024-09-01 "perl v5.40.0" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
IO::Socket::INET \- Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    use IO::Socket::INET;
.Ve
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\f(CW\*(C`IO::Socket::INET\*(C'\fR provides an object interface to creating and using sockets
in the AF_INET domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface and
inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket.
.SH CONSTRUCTOR
.IX Header "CONSTRUCTOR"
.IP "new ( [ARGS] )" 4
.IX Item "new ( [ARGS] )"
Creates an \f(CW\*(C`IO::Socket::INET\*(C'\fR object, which is a reference to a
newly created symbol (see the Symbol package). \f(CW\*(C`new\*(C'\fR
optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.
.Sp
In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket,
\&\f(CW\*(C`IO::Socket::INET\*(C'\fR provides.
.Sp
.Vb 10
\& PeerAddr    Remote host address          <hostname>[:<port>]
\& PeerHost    Synonym for PeerAddr
\& PeerPort    Remote port or service       <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
\& LocalAddr   Local host bind address      hostname[:port]
\& LocalHost   Synonym for LocalAddr
\& LocalPort   Local host bind port         <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
\& Proto       Protocol name (or number)    "tcp" | "udp" | ...
\& Type        Socket type              SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_DGRAM | ...
\& Listen      Queue size for listen
\& ReuseAddr   Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding
\& Reuse       Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding (deprecated,
\&                                              prefer ReuseAddr)
\& ReusePort   Set SO_REUSEPORT before binding
\& Broadcast   Set SO_BROADCAST before binding
\& Timeout     Timeout value for various operations
\& MultiHomed  Try all addresses for multi\-homed hosts
\& Blocking    Determine if connection will be blocking mode
.Ve
.Sp
If \f(CW\*(C`Listen\*(C'\fR is defined then a listen socket is created, else if the
socket type, which is derived from the protocol, is SOCK_STREAM then
\&\fBconnect()\fR is called.  If the \f(CW\*(C`Listen\*(C'\fR argument is given, but false,
the queue size will be set to 5.
.Sp
Although it is not illegal, the use of \f(CW\*(C`MultiHomed\*(C'\fR on a socket
which is in non-blocking mode is of little use. This is because the
first connect will never fail with a timeout as the connect call
will not block.
.Sp
The \f(CW\*(C`PeerAddr\*(C'\fR can be a hostname or the IP-address on the
"xx.xx.xx.xx" form.  The \f(CW\*(C`PeerPort\*(C'\fR can be a number or a symbolic
service name.  The service name might be followed by a number in
parenthesis which is used if the service is not known by the system.
The \f(CW\*(C`PeerPort\*(C'\fR specification can also be embedded in the \f(CW\*(C`PeerAddr\*(C'\fR
by preceding it with a ":".
.Sp
If \f(CW\*(C`Proto\*(C'\fR is not given and you specify a symbolic \f(CW\*(C`PeerPort\*(C'\fR port,
then the constructor will try to derive \f(CW\*(C`Proto\*(C'\fR from the service
name.  As a last resort \f(CW\*(C`Proto\*(C'\fR "tcp" is assumed.  The \f(CW\*(C`Type\*(C'\fR
parameter will be deduced from \f(CW\*(C`Proto\*(C'\fR if not specified.
.Sp
If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to
be a \f(CW\*(C`PeerAddr\*(C'\fR specification.
.Sp
If \f(CW\*(C`Blocking\*(C'\fR is set to 0, the connection will be in nonblocking mode.
If not specified it defaults to 1 (blocking mode).
.Sp
Examples:
.Sp
.Vb 3
\&   $sock = IO::Socket::INET\->new(PeerAddr => \*(Aqwww.perl.org\*(Aq,
\&                                 PeerPort => \*(Aqhttp(80)\*(Aq,
\&                                 Proto    => \*(Aqtcp\*(Aq);
\&
\&   $sock = IO::Socket::INET\->new(PeerAddr => \*(Aqlocalhost:smtp(25)\*(Aq);
\&
\&   $sock = IO::Socket::INET\->new(Listen    => 5,
\&                                 LocalAddr => \*(Aqlocalhost\*(Aq,
\&                                 LocalPort => 9000,
\&                                 Proto     => \*(Aqtcp\*(Aq);
\&
\&   $sock = IO::Socket::INET\->new(\*(Aq127.0.0.1:25\*(Aq);
\&
\&   $sock = IO::Socket::INET\->new(
\&                           PeerPort  => 9999,
\&                           PeerAddr  => inet_ntoa(INADDR_BROADCAST),
\&                           Proto     => \*(Aqudp\*(Aq,
\&                           LocalAddr => \*(Aqlocalhost\*(Aq,
\&                           Broadcast => 1 ) 
\&                       or die "Can\*(Aqt bind : $IO::Socket::errstr\en";
.Ve
.Sp
If the constructor fails it will return \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR and set the
\&\f(CW$IO::Socket::errstr\fR package variable to contain an error message.
.Sp
.Vb 2
\&    $sock = IO::Socket::INET\->new(...)
\&        or die "Cannot create socket \- $IO::Socket::errstr\en";
.Ve
.Sp
For legacy reasons the error message is also set into the global \f(CW$@\fR
variable, and you may still find older code which looks here instead.
.Sp
.Vb 2
\&    $sock = IO::Socket::INET\->new(...)
\&        or die "Cannot create socket \- $@\en";
.Ve
.SS METHODS
.IX Subsection "METHODS"
.IP "sockaddr ()" 4
.IX Item "sockaddr ()"
Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket
.IP "sockport ()" 4
.IX Item "sockport ()"
Return the port number that the socket is using on the local host
.IP "sockhost ()" 4
.IX Item "sockhost ()"
Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket in a
text form xx.xx.xx.xx
.IP "peeraddr ()" 4
.IX Item "peeraddr ()"
Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on
the peer host
.IP "peerport ()" 4
.IX Item "peerport ()"
Return the port number for the socket on the peer host.
.IP "peerhost ()" 4
.IX Item "peerhost ()"
Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the
peer host in a text form xx.xx.xx.xx
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Socket, IO::Socket
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters.  Please report all
bugs at <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) 1996\-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.