From 6c75dd40a9aaed2f116b3858fc4481e349cfcc5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marcel=20St=C3=B6r?= Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 23:30:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add net module documentation --- docs/en/modules/net.md | 284 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mkdocs.yml | 2 +- 2 files changed, 285 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 docs/en/modules/net.md diff --git a/docs/en/modules/net.md b/docs/en/modules/net.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d1cb73a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en/modules/net.md @@ -0,0 +1,284 @@ +# net Module + +## Constants +`net.TCP`, `net.UDP` + +## net.createConnection() + +Creates a client. + +#### Syntax +`net.createConnection(type, secure)` + +#### Parameters +- `type` `net.TCP` or `net.UDP` +- `secure` 1 for encrypted, 0 for plain + +#### Returns +net.socket sub module + +#### Example + +```lua +net.createConnection(net.UDP, 0) +``` + +#### See also +[`net.createServer()`](#netcreateserver) + +## net.createServer() + +Creates a server. + +#### Syntax +`net.createServer(type, timeout)` + +#### Parameters +- `type` `net.TCP` or `net.UDP` +- `timeout` for a TCP server timeout is 1~28'800 seconds (for an inactive client to be disconnected) + +#### Returns +net.server sub module + +#### Example + +```lua +net.createServer(net.TCP, 30) -- 30s timeout +``` + +#### See also +[`net.createConnection()`](#netcreateconnection) + +# net.server Module + +## net.server:close() + +Closes the server. + +#### Syntax +`net.server.close()` + +#### Parameters +none + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### Example +```lua +-- creates a server +sv = net.createServer(net.TCP, 30) +-- closes the server +sv:close() +``` + +#### See also +[`net.createServer()`](#netcreateserver) + +## net.server:listen() + +Listen on port from IP address. + +#### Syntax +`net.server.listen(port,[ip],function(net.socket))` + +#### Parameters +- `port` port number +- `ip` IP address string, can be omitted +- `function(net.socket)` callback function, pass to caller function as param if a connection is created successfully + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### Example +```lua + -- 30s time out for a inactive client +sv = net.createServer(net.TCP, 30) +-- server listens on 80, if data received, print data to console and send "hello world" back to caller +sv:listen(80, function(c) + c:on("receive", function(c, pl) + print(pl) + end) + c:send("hello world") +end) +``` + +#### See also +[`net.createServer()`](#netcreateserver) + +# net.socket Module +## net.socket:close() + +Closes socket. + +#### Syntax +`close()` + +#### Parameters +none + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### See also +[`net.createServer()`](#netcreateserver) + +## net.socket:connect() + +Connect to a remote server. + +#### Syntax +`connect(port, ip|domain)` + +#### Parameters +- `port` port number +- `ip` IP address or domain name string + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### See also +[`net.socket:on()`](#netsocketon) + +## net.socket:dns() + +Provides DNS resolution for a hostname. + +#### Syntax +`dns(domain, function(net.socket, ip))` + +#### Parameters +- `domain` domain name +- `function(net.socket, ip)` callback function. The first parameter is the socket, the second parameter is the IP address as a string. + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### Example +```lua +sk = net.createConnection(net.TCP, 0) +sk:dns("www.nodemcu.com", function(conn, ip) print(ip) end) +sk = nil +``` + +#### See also +[`net.createServer()`](#netcreateserver) + +## net.socket:on() + +Register callback functions for specific events. + +#### Syntax +`on(event, function())` + +#### Parameters +- `event` string, which can be "connection", "reconnection", "disconnection", "receive" or "sent" +- `function(net.socket, [string])` callback function. The first parameter is the socket. If event is "receive", the second parameter is the received data as string. + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### Example +```lua +sk = net.createConnection(net.TCP, 0) +sk:on("receive", function(sck, c) print(c) end ) +sk:connect(80,"192.168.0.66") +sk:on("connection", function(sck,c) + -- Wait for connection before sending. + sk:send("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 192.168.0.66\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\nAccept: */*\r\n\r\n") +end) +``` + +#### See also +[`net.createServer()`](#netcreateserver) + +## net.socket:send() + +Sends data to server. + +#### Syntax +`send(string, function(sent))` + +#### Parameters +- `string` data in string which will be sent to server +- `function(sent)` callback function for sending string + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### Note + +Multiple consecutive `send()` calls aren't guaranteed to work (and often don't) as network requests are treated as separate tasks by the SDK. Instead, subscribe to the "sent" event on the socket and send additional data (or close) in that callback. See [#730](https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/730#issuecomment-154241161) for an example and explanation. + +#### See also +[`net.socket:on()`](#netsocketon) + +# net.dns Module + +## net.dns.getdnsserver() + +Gets the IP address of the DNS server used to resolve hostnames. + +#### Syntax +`net.dns.getdnsserver(dns_index)` + +#### Parameters +dns_index which DNS server to get (range 0~1) + +#### Returns +IP address (string) of DNS server + +#### Example +```lua +print(net.dns.getdnsserver(0)) -- 208.67.222.222 +print(net.dns.getdnsserver(1)) -- nil + +net.dns.setdnsserver("8.8.8.8", 0) +net.dns.setdnsserver("192.168.1.252", 1) + +print(net.dns.getdnsserver(0)) -- 8.8.8.8 +print(net.dns.getdnsserver(1)) -- 192.168.1.252 +``` +#### See also +[`net.dns:setdnsserver()`](#netdnssetdnsserver) + +## net.dns.resolve() + +Resolve a hostname to an IP address. Doesn't require a socket like [`net.socket.dns()`](#netsocketdns). + +#### Syntax +`net.dns.resolve(host, function(ip))` + +#### Parameters +- `host` hostname to resolve +- `function(sk, ip)` callback called when the name was resolved. Don't use `sk`, it's a socket used internally to resolve the hostname. + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### Example +```lua +net.dns.resolve("www.google.com", function(sk, ip) + if (ip == nil) then print("DNS fail!") else print(ip) end +end) +``` +#### See also +[`net.socket:dns()`](#netsocketdns) + +## net.dns.setdnsserver() + +Sets the IP of the DNS server used to resolve hostnames. Default: resolver1.opendns.com (208.67.222.222). You can specify up to 2 DNS servers. + +#### Syntax +`net.dns.setdnsserver(dns_ip_addr, dns_index)` + +#### Parameters +- `dns_ip_addr` IP address of a DNS server +- `dns_index` which DNS server to set (range 0~1). Hence, it supports max. 2 servers. + +#### Returns +`nil` + +#### See also +[`net.dns:getdnsserver()`](#netdnsgetdnsserver) + diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml index 5149a049..8b39c298 100644 --- a/mkdocs.yml +++ b/mkdocs.yml @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pages: - 'gpio': 'en/modules/gpio.md' - 'hx711' : 'en/modules/hx711.md' - 'i2c' : 'en/modules/i2c.md' -# - 'net': 'en/modules/net.md' + - 'net': 'en/modules/net.md' - 'node': 'en/modules/node.md' - 'mqtt': 'en/modules/mqtt.md' - 'pwm' : 'en/modules/pwm.md'