X-Git-Url: http://git.meshlink.io/?p=meshlink;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fmeshlink.h;h=74ebae5d71e4eb5771312f57bbe5a08e663a2130;hp=2f2e7f841054e2ea3d21622c09906bb881d95970;hb=1a7277c64d74ae5ae18c48ebe09a522ffe7c696b;hpb=e99687f6b8c784e9a1805d1435e91a08b4ea6408 diff --git a/src/meshlink.h b/src/meshlink.h index 2f2e7f84..74ebae5d 100644 --- a/src/meshlink.h +++ b/src/meshlink.h @@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ typedef enum { _DEV_CLASS_MAX = 3 } dev_class_t; +/// Invitation flags +static const uint32_t MESHLINK_INVITE_LOCAL = 1; // Only use local addresses in the URL +static const uint32_t MESHLINK_INVITE_PUBLIC = 2; // Only use public or canonical addresses in the URL +static const uint32_t MESHLINK_INVITE_IPV4 = 4; // Only use IPv4 addresses in the URL +static const uint32_t MESHLINK_INVITE_IPV6 = 8; // Only use IPv6 addresses in the URL +static const uint32_t MESHLINK_INVITE_NUMERIC = 16; // Don't look up hostnames + /// Channel flags static const uint32_t MESHLINK_CHANNEL_RELIABLE = 1; // Data is retransmitted when packets are lost. static const uint32_t MESHLINK_CHANNEL_ORDERED = 2; // Data is delivered in-order to the application. @@ -498,10 +505,32 @@ extern char *meshlink_get_external_address(meshlink_handle_t *mesh); * * @return This function returns a pointer to a C string containing the discovered external address, * or NULL if there was an error looking up the address. - * After meshlink_get_external_address() returns, the application is free to overwrite or free this string. + * After meshlink_get_external_address_for_family() returns, the application is free to overwrite or free this string. */ extern char *meshlink_get_external_address_for_family(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, int address_family); +/// Try to discover the local address for the local node. +/** This function performs tries to discover the address of the local interface used for outgoing connection. + * + * Please note that this is function only returns a single address, + * even if the interface might have more than one address. + * In that case, there is no control over which address will be selected. + * Also note that if you have a dynamic IP address, + * there is no guarantee that the local address will be valid for an extended period of time. + * + * This function will fail if it couldn't find a local address for the given address family. + * If hostname resolving is requested, this function may block for a few seconds. + * + * @param mesh A handle which represents an instance of MeshLink. + * @param family The address family to check, for example AF_INET or AF_INET6. If AF_UNSPEC is given, + * this might return the local address for any working address family. + * + * @return This function returns a pointer to a C string containing the discovered local address, + * or NULL if there was an error looking up the address. + * After meshlink_get_local_address_for_family() returns, the application is free to overwrite or free this string. + */ +extern char *meshlink_get_local_address_for_family(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, int address_family); + /// Try to discover the external address for the local node, and add it to its list of addresses. /** This function is equivalent to: * @@ -561,6 +590,24 @@ extern void meshlink_set_invitation_timeout(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, int timeout * @param mesh A handle which represents an instance of MeshLink. * @param name A nul-terminated C string containing the name that the invitee will be allowed to use in the mesh. * After this function returns, the application is free to overwrite or free @a name @a. + * @param flags A bitwise-or'd combination of flags that controls how the URL is generated. + * + * @return This function returns a nul-terminated C string that contains the invitation URL, or NULL in case of an error. + * The application should call free() after it has finished using the URL. + */ +extern char *meshlink_invite_ex(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, const char *name, uint32_t flags); + +/// Invite another node into the mesh. +/** This function generates an invitation that can be used by another node to join the same mesh as the local node. + * The generated invitation is a string containing a URL. + * This URL should be passed by the application to the invitee in a way that no eavesdroppers can see the URL. + * The URL can only be used once, after the user has joined the mesh the URL is no longer valid. + * + * Calling this function is equal to callen meshlink_invite_ex() with flags set to 0. + * + * @param mesh A handle which represents an instance of MeshLink. + * @param name A nul-terminated C string containing the name that the invitee will be allowed to use in the mesh. + * After this function returns, the application is free to overwrite or free @a name @a. * * @return This function returns a nul-terminated C string that contains the invitation URL, or NULL in case of an error. * The application should call free() after it has finished using the URL. @@ -774,6 +821,9 @@ extern meshlink_channel_t *meshlink_channel_open_ex(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, mes * When the application does no longer need to use this channel, it must call meshlink_close() * to free its resources. * + * Calling this function is equivalent to calling meshlink_channel_open_ex() + * with the flags set to MESHLINK_CHANNEL_TCP. + * * @param mesh A handle which represents an instance of MeshLink. * @param node The node to which this channel is being initiated. * @param port The port number the peer wishes to connect to.