whispering_gophers/util/helper.go
2019-07-02 11:37:42 +02:00

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// Package util provides various useful functions for completing the
// "Whispering Gophers" code lab.
package util
import (
"crypto/rand"
"errors"
"fmt"
"net"
)
// ListenOnFirstUsableInterface returns a Listener that listens on the first
// available port on the first available non-loopback IPv4 network interface.
// It may not be the one you want (192.168.nn.128 won't usually be reachable from
// outside your machine).
func ListenOnFirstUsableInterface() (net.Listener, error) {
ip, err := firstExternalIP()
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find active non-loopback address: %v", err)
}
return net.Listen("tcp4", ip+":0")
}
func firstExternalIP() (string, error) {
ifaces, err := net.Interfaces()
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
for _, iface := range ifaces {
if iface.Flags&net.FlagUp == 0 {
continue // interface down
}
if iface.Flags&net.FlagLoopback != 0 {
continue // loopback interface
}
addrs, err := iface.Addrs()
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
for _, addr := range addrs {
var ip net.IP
switch v := addr.(type) {
case *net.IPNet:
ip = v.IP
case *net.IPAddr:
ip = v.IP
}
if ip == nil || ip.IsLoopback() {
continue
}
ip = ip.To4()
if ip == nil {
continue // not an ipv4 address
}
return ip.String(), nil
}
}
return "", errors.New("are you connected to the network?")
}
// RandomID returns an 8 byte random string in hexadecimal.
func RandomID() string {
b := make([]byte, 8)
n, _ := rand.Read(b)
return fmt.Sprintf("%x", b[:n])
}