openSockets

Typefunction
DictionaryLCS
LibraryLiveCode Script
Syntax
the openSockets
openSockets()
Summary

Returns a list of the currently open sockets.

Introduced1.0
OSmac, windows, linux, ios, android
Platformsdesktop, server, mobile
Example
the openSockets
if line thisLine of the openSockets is "example.com:80" then beep
Values
NameTypeDescription
return

The openSockets function returns a list of the open sockets, one per line.

RelatedKeyword: line
Message: socketTimeout
Command: accept
Glossary: socket, host, append, return, port
Control Structure: function
Securitynetwork
Description

Use the openSockets function to find out which sockets need to be closed, or to check whether a socket is already open before reading from it or writing to it.

Each line of the list returned by the openSockets function is a socket identifier. A socket identifier consists of the host and port number the socket is connected to, separated by a colon. If a connection name or number was assigned when the socket was opened, it is appended to the identifier, separated from the port number by a vertical bar (|).

Note: Several of the commands and functions in the Internet library use sockets, so the openSockets func may return sockets opened by the Internet library in addition to any sockets you have opened with the open socket com.

Tagsnetworking