#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <netdb.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <logger.h> #include <helpers.h> int helper_connect_tcp_server(char* host, uint16_t port) { char port_str[6]; sprintf(port_str, "%d", port); int s; int status; struct addrinfo *res; struct addrinfo hints; memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints); hints.ai_family = AF_INET; //set IP Protocol flag (IPv4 or IPv6 - we don't care) hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM; //set socket flag if ((status = getaddrinfo(host, port_str, &hints, &res)) != 0) { //getaddrinfo() will evaluate the given address, using the hints-flags and port, and return an IP address and other server infos LOGGER_ERR("getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(status)); return -1; } //res got filled out by getaddrinfo() for us s = socket(res->ai_family, res->ai_socktype, res->ai_protocol); //creating Socket if (connect(s, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen) != 0) { LOGGER_ERR("connect() failed\n"); freeaddrinfo(res); return -1; } freeaddrinfo(res); return s; }