NETS

A library providing generic interface for transferring data over a network across different platforms.

Features

• Blocking / non-blocking socket
• Stream client / server (TCP)
• Datagram client / server (UDP)
• Secure socket layer (OpenSSL)
• Datagrams over TCP stream
• HTTP client (TLS, Compression)

Supported operating systems

• Ubuntu
• MacOS
• Windows

Build requirements

• C99 compiler
• Git 2.30+
• CMake 3.10+
• OpenSSL 1.1.1+ (Optional)

OpenSSL installation

• Ubuntu: sudo apt install libssl-dev
• MacOS: brew install openssl
• Windows: choco install openssl

CMake options

Name	Description	Default value
NETS_BUILD_SHARED	Build Nets shared library	ON
NETS_BUILD_EXAMPLES	Build Nets usage examples	ON
NETS_USE_OPENSSL	Use OpenSSL for secure communication	ON
NETS_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SSL	Allow deprecated OpenSSL functions	OFF

Cloning

git clone --recursive https://github.com/cfnptr/nets

Usage examples

Datagram client / server example: examples/datagram_example.c
HTTPS client (OpenSSL) example: examples/https_example.c

Third-party

• mpmt (Apache-2.0 License)
• OpenSSL (Apache-2.0 License)
• zlib (zlib License)

Inspired by

• asio
• libuv

Special thanks to Gigaflops.