sponchcafe / easy-socket

Modern C++ 11 native, OS agnostic, socket library/starting base with a single header include

easy-socket

Modern C++ 11 native, OS agnostic, socket library/base code with a single header include

Features

• Easy: Start using simple socket features by including a single header file
• Portable: Works on Windows and Linux
• Configurable: All sockets configurations and settings can easily accessed and changed from the header file.

Requirements

• C++ 11 and up

Namespace, Members, Functions

Import:

#include <masesk/EasySocket.hpp>

Namespace and Initialize

masesk::EasySocket easySocket; //or using namespace std;

Functions

Server Functions

• void socketListen(std::string channelName, int port, std::function<void (std::string data)> callback);
  • channelName: string identifier of channel
  • port: integer value of port use on server side (eg. 8080)
  • function: pointer of function that will be called to handle data when socket recieves data

Client Functions

• void socketConnect(std::string channelName, std::string ip, int port) - start a new connection with a server with a channel name
  • channelName - string identifier of channel
  • ip - string for where the server resides (eg. 127.0.0.1 for local)
  • port - integer value of port use on server side (eg. 8080)
• void socketSend(std::string channelName, std::string data) - send data to server based on channel name
  • channelName: string identifier of channel
  • data: data to be sent through to the server on given channel
• void closeConnection(std::string channelName) - close connection with server using channel name
  • channelName: string identifier of channel

Example

Check test/test-server and test/test-client for a working client and server example running locally.