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basic client server example in c++with sockets
//server.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <string.h>
#define PORT 8080
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
// insert code here...
std::cout << "Server's main() called!\n";
int server_fd;
int new_socket;
int valread;
struct sockaddr_in address;
int opt = 1;
int addrlen = sizeof(address);
char buffer[1024] = {0};
char *hello = "Hi message from server";
//create socket file descriptor
if ((server_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == 0) {
std::cout << "Socket fd fail " << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else {
std::cout << "socket fd success. server_fd: " << server_fd << std::endl;
}
if (setsockopt(server_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR | SO_REUSEPORT, &opt, sizeof(opt)) == 0) {
std::cout << "Set socket opt fail" << std::endl;
} else {
std::cout << "Set socket opt success" << std::endl;
}
address.sin_family = AF_INET;
address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
address.sin_port = htons(PORT);
if(bind(server_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&address, sizeof(address)) < 0) {
std::cout << "bind failed" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else {
std::cout << "bind success" << std::endl;
}
if(listen(server_fd, 3) < 0) {
std::cout << "listen failed" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else {
std::cout << "listen success" << std::endl;
}
if ((new_socket = accept(server_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&address, (socklen_t*)&addrlen)) < 0) {
std::cout << "accept fail" << std::endl;
} else {
std::cout << "accept success" << std::endl;
}
valread = read(new_socket, buffer, 1024);
std::cout << "buffer: " << buffer << std::endl;
send(new_socket, hello, strlen(hello), 0);
std::cout << "Hello message sent\n" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
//client.cpp
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define PORT 8080
int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
struct sockaddr_in address;
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
int sock = 0;
int valread = 0;
char *hello = "Hello from client";
char buffer[1024] = {0};
if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))< 0) {
std::cout << "socket creation error" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else {
std::cout << "socket creation success" << std::endl;
}
memset(&serv_addr, '0', sizeof(serv_addr));
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
//Convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from text to binary
if (inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &serv_addr.sin_addr) <= 0) {
std::cout << "Invalid address / address not supported" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else {
std::cout << "Valid address " << std::endl;
}
if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
std::cout << "Connected failed" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else {
std::cout << "Connected successfully" << std::endl;
}
send(sock, hello, strlen(hello), 0);
std::cout << "Hello message sent from client" << std::endl;
valread = read(sock, buffer, 1024);
std::cout << "" << std::endl;
std::cout << "buffer: " << buffer << std::endl;
return 0;
}
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