Socket Server Example
Simple example server using the standard socket iterface
/* server.c - code for example server program that uses TCP */ #ifndef unix #define WIN32 #include <windows.h> #include <winsock.h> #else #define closesocket close #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <netdb.h> #endif #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #define PROTOPORT 5193 /* default protocol port number */ #define QLEN 6 /* size of request queue */ int visits = 0; /* counts client connections */ /*------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Program: server * * Purpose: allocate a socket and then repeatedly execute the following: * (1) wait for the next connection from a client * (2) send a short message to the client * (3) close the connection * (4) go back to step (1) * * Syntax: server [ port ] * * port - protocol port number to use * * Note: The port argument is optional. If no port is specified, * the server uses the default given by PROTOPORT. * *------------------------------------------------------------------------ */ main(argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { struct hostent *ptrh; /* pointer to a host table entry */ struct protoent *ptrp; /* pointer to a protocol table entry */ struct sockaddr_in sad; /* structure to hold server's address */ struct sockaddr_in cad; /* structure to hold client's address */ int sd, sd2; /* socket descriptors */ int port; /* protocol port number */ int alen; /* length of address */ char buf[1000]; /* buffer for string the server sends */ #ifdef WIN32 WSADATA wsaData; WSAStartup(0x0101, &wsaData); #endif memset((char *)&sad,0,sizeof(sad)); /* clear sockaddr structure */ sad.sin_family = AF_INET; /* set family to Internet */ sad.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY; /* set the local IP address */ /* Check command-line argument for protocol port and extract */ /* port number if one is specified. Otherwise, use the default */ /* port value given by constant PROTOPORT */ if (argc > 1) { /* if argument specified */ port = atoi(argv[1]); /* convert argument to binary */ } else { port = PROTOPORT; /* use default port number */ } if (port > 0) /* test for illegal value */ sad.sin_port = htons((u_short)port); else { /* print error message and exit */ fprintf(stderr,"bad port number %s\n",argv[1]); exit(1); } /* Map TCP transport protocol name to protocol number */ if ( ((int)(ptrp = getprotobyname("tcp"))) == 0) { fprintf(stderr, "cannot map \"tcp\" to protocol number"); exit(1); } /* Create a socket */ sd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, ptrp->p_proto); if (sd < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "socket creation failed\n"); exit(1); } /* Bind a local address to the socket */ if (bind(sd, (struct sockaddr *)&sad, sizeof(sad)) < 0) { fprintf(stderr,"bind failed\n"); exit(1); } /* Specify size of request queue */ if (listen(sd, QLEN) < 0) { fprintf(stderr,"listen failed\n"); exit(1); } /* Main server loop - accept and handle requests */ while (1) { alen = sizeof(cad); if ( (sd2=accept(sd, (struct sockaddr *)&cad, &alen)) < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "accept failed\n"); exit(1); } visits++; sprintf(buf,"This server has been contacted %d time%s\n", visits,visits==1?".":"s."); send(sd2,buf,strlen(buf),0); closesocket(sd2); } }