feature request: bind a special local address in net.connect (as a tcp client)

[qyb]

tcp server.listen support bind(), but tcp client has no such feature.

in net.js
exports.connect = exports.createConnection = function(port /* [host], [cb] */) {
var s;

if (isPipeName(port)) {
s = new Socket({ handle: createPipe() });
} else {
s = new Socket();
}

return s.connect(port, arguments[1], arguments[2]);
};

[bobrik]

Really? Did you ever try?

[bobrik]

Btw, I suggest you to learn some basics of Github markup, looks really great for some code:

var net = require("net");

net.createConnection(80, "google.com", function() {
    console.log("hi there!");
})

[qyb]

@bobrik, please notice I mention here is "bind local address", not "connect remote google's 80 port"

[bnoordhuis]

Yes, it's not possible to bind a client socket to a local address right now. It's high on my 'things to do when I have an hour to kill' list.

[mabels]

Hey

you closed the issue but i don't see my or any patch which is related to this issue, has been integrated into the node codebase.
What i missed

cheers

meno

[bnoordhuis]

What i missed

Nothing so far. #987 doesn't apply to v0.6, that's why I closed it. I want to implement it in the near future.

[mabels]

When will the "near future" give me the local bind feature?

cheers

meno

[bnoordhuis]

When will the "near future" give me the local bind feature?

When either a) one of the maintainers finds the time to implement it, or b) someone submits a patch.

[mabels]

i offert to make the patch.

But i'am not willing to do the work and later on to get rejected again.

cheers

meno

[bnoordhuis]

i offert to make the patch. But i'am not willing to do the work and later on to get rejected again.

Submit a high-quality patch and there's a good chance of it getting landed. Check out the Contributing wiki page.

[qyb]

node 0.7.6

net, http, https: add localAddress option (Dmitry Nizovtsev)