creating sockaddr using getaddrinfo
The previous example showed how to use getaddrinfo like gethostbyname. This page shows you another way to use getaddrinfo. To use socket system call, you would have to know the protocol family, for example, AF_INET or AF_INET6. To use connect system call, you would need sockaddr. This document shows you how to get the protocol family and sockaddr from getaddrinfo result.
Simple sample code
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netdb.h>
int
main()
{
char *hostname = "localhost";
char *service = "80";
struct addrinfo hints, *res;
int err;
int sock;
memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
if ((err = getaddrinfo(hostname, service, &hints, &res)) != 0) {
printf("error %d : %s\n", err, gai_strerror(err));
return 1;
}
sock = socket(res->ai_family, res->ai_socktype, res->ai_protocol);
if (sock < 0) {
perror("socket");
return 1;
}
if (connect(sock, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen) != 0) {
perror("connect");
return 1;
}
freeaddrinfo(res);
return 0;
}
The second argument given to getaddrinfo will be the port number or service name. for example, you can use service="http" instead of service="80".
This example uses IPv4. You can use IPv6 by setting hints.ai_family = AF_INET6. If you want to use either IPv4 or IPv6, you can do hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC.
