How to use sockets in the C language?
To use sockets in the C language, one must follow the following steps:
- Incorporate the system/socket header.
- import the library
- Create a socket.
- Create a new socket using AF_INET address family and SOCK_STREAM socket type.
- a data structure called sockaddr_in
- establish a connection
- Create a variable named “connect_result” and use the connect function with the socket file descriptor, server address structure, and the size of the server address.
- submit
- receive()
- The value of sending the result using the specified socket, buffer, and buffer length is stored in the variable “send_result”.
- One possible paraphrase could be:
– “Store the result of the receive function in the variable recv_result.”
- to shut down
- Terminate the socket connection.
It is important to note that the code above is just a simple example. In actual use, there may be a need to handle more error checks and exceptions. Additionally, other socket functions can be used to set socket options, listen for connections, and accept connections.