portscanner

What is portscanner?

The portscanner npm package is a utility for scanning and checking the status of ports on a given host. It can be used to find open ports, check if a specific port is open, and find the first open port within a range.

What are portscanner's main functionalities?

Check if a specific port is open

This feature allows you to check if a specific port on a given host is open or closed. The code sample demonstrates how to check the status of port 3000 on localhost.

const portscanner = require('portscanner');

portscanner.checkPortStatus(3000, '127.0.0.1', (error, status) => {
  if (error) throw error;
  console.log(`Port 3000 is ${status}`); // 'open' or 'closed'
});

Find the first open port in a range

This feature allows you to find the first open port within a specified range on a given host. The code sample demonstrates how to find the first open port between 3000 and 3010 on localhost.

const portscanner = require('portscanner');

portscanner.findAPortNotInUse(3000, 3010, '127.0.0.1', (error, port) => {
  if (error) throw error;
  console.log(`First open port is ${port}`);
});

Find the first port in use in a range

This feature allows you to find the first port that is in use within a specified range on a given host. The code sample demonstrates how to find the first port in use between 3000 and 3010 on localhost.

const portscanner = require('portscanner');

portscanner.findAPortInUse(3000, 3010, '127.0.0.1', (error, port) => {
  if (error) throw error;
  console.log(`First port in use is ${port}`);
});

Other packages similar to portscanner

net-ping

net-ping is a package that provides network utilities including ping and port scanning. While it offers more comprehensive network diagnostic tools, its port scanning capabilities are similar to those of portscanner. It can be used to check the status of ports and find open ports on a host.

README

The What

The portscanner module is an asynchronous JavaScript port scanner for Node.js.

Portscanner can check a port, or range of ports, for 'open' or 'closed' statuses.

The How

To Install

npm install portscanner

To Use

A brief example:

var portscanner = require('portscanner')

// Checks the status of a single port
portscanner.checkPortStatus(3000, 'localhost', function(error, status) {
  // Status is 'open' if currently in use or 'closed' if available
  console.log(status)
})

// Find the first available port. Asynchronously checks, so first port
// determined as available is returned.
portscanner.findAPortNotInUse(3000, 3010, 'localhost', function(error, port) {
  console.log('AVAILABLE PORT AT: ' + port)
})

// Find the first port in use or blocked. Asynchronously checks, so first port
// to respond is returned.
portscanner.findAPortInUse(3000, 3010, 'localhost', function(error, port) {
  console.log('PORT IN USE AT: ' + port)
})

The example directory contains a more detailed example.

To Test

Bleh. I am a fan of testing, but currently looking into an easier way to test several HTTP connections. If any ideas, please message me.

The Future

Please create issues, or better yet, pull requests, for port scanning related features you'd like to see included.

The License (MIT)

Released under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for the complete wording.