UDPConnection

Provides a network connection over UDP, with verification of packet support via libsodium (optional). Implemented in C++ (up to C++11 standard), but is available via a C api, which should facilitate creating bindings for other programming languages if needed.

~~This library is still a work in progress, so api breaking changes may happen in the future.~~
This library is usable. Try testing it out using the NetworkTest binary which is built when Debug builds are enabled (the default) with CMake.

$ ./NetworkTest
[-c | -s] - client or server (default server)
-ll <addr> - listen addr
-lp <port> - listen port
-cl <addr> - connection addr (client only)
-clh <hostname> - connection hostname (client only)
-cp <port> - connection port (client only)
-t <tick_count>
-n - do not add payload to packets
-l (silent|error|warning|info|verbose|debug) - log level, default debug
-e - enable receiving events
-ls - enable libsodium
-ck <pubkey_file> - add pubkey to whitelist
-sk <pubkey> <seckey> - start with pub/sec key pair
-p <"fallback" or "strict"> - set auth policy
--hostname <hostname> - dont run test, just lookup hostname

A typical test can be done with the following parameters:

Server:

./NetworkTest -s -ll ::1 -lp 9000 -t 50 -e

Client:

./NetworkTest -c -ll ::1 -lp 9001 -cl ::1 -cp 9000 -t 40 -e

NetworkTest gracefully shuts down on SIGINT (Ctrl-C).

The source of NetworkTest can be found in src/test/UDPC_NetworkTest.c.

Documentation

See the gh-pages generated Doxygen documentation here.

Compiling

Release builds

mkdir buildRelease
cd buildRelease
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True ..
make
make DESTDIR=install_destination install

Debug builds

mkdir buildDebug
cd buildDebug
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
make

Usage

The program in src/test/UDPC_NetworkTest.c is used for testing UDPConnection and is also an example of using the library in a C program.

Debug Builds

NetworkTest only builds when CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is Debug (default).

UnitTest only builds in Debug mode and if GTest (a unit testing framework) is available.

Links

https://github.com/Stephen-Seo/UDPConnection
https://git.seodisparate.com/stephenseo/UDPConnection

Other Notes

Inspired by a series of blog posts about networking for games.

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