title: facil.io - lib sock - a making sockets in C easy to use. toc: true layout: api

A Simple Socket Library for non-blocking Sockets

This documentation is incomplete. I would love your help to finish it up. Until that time, please read the documentation in the sock.h header file.

Overview

The sock linrary was born to solve many concerns that pop up when using the system sockets API directly.

It supports TCP/IP sockets as well as unix doamin sockets. Pipes can also be attached to the library.

The sock.h API can be divided into a few different categories:

  • General helper functions

  • Accepting connections and opening new sockets.

  • Sending and receiving data.

  • Read/Write Hooks.

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Constants

Types

General Functions

Socket Initialization and State

Sending / Receiving Data

Read/Write Hooks

Important Notes