Get an available TCP or UDP port for the given IP address.
const pickPort = require('pick-port');
pickPort()
.then(port =>
{
console.log(port);
//=> 34323
});
Optionally, provide the TCP/IP protocol family type, IP address and/or port:
pickPort({ type: 'tcp', ip: '10.10.10.1', port: 8000 })
.then(port =>
{
console.log(port);
//=> 8000 if the given port if free to use, otherwise the corresponding exception is thrown
});
Returns a Promise for a port number.
Type: Object
Type: string
TCP/IP family type. Options for this parameter are 'udp' and 'tcp'. Default value is 'udp'.
Type: number
Specific port to be checked. Default value is 0, which means that any free port can be taken.
Type: string
The IP address for which a free port is requested. IPv4 and IPv6 addressing is supported. Default value is '127.0.0.1'.
FAQs
Get a free TCP or UDP port for the given IP address
The npm package pick-port receives a total of 3,505 weekly downloads. As such, pick-port popularity was classified as popular.
We found that pick-port demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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