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Code Editor : dgram.md

# UDP/datagram sockets

> Stability: 2 - Stable

The `node:dgram` module provides an implementation of UDP datagram sockets.

```mjs
import dgram from 'node:dgram';

const server = dgram.createSocket('udp4');

server.on('error', (err) => {
  console.error(`server error:\n${err.stack}`);
  server.close();
});

server.on('message', (msg, rinfo) => {
  console.log(`server got: ${msg} from ${rinfo.address}:${rinfo.port}`);
});

server.on('listening', () => {
  const address = server.address();
  console.log(`server listening ${address.address}:${address.port}`);
});

server.bind(41234);
// Prints: server listening 0.0.0.0:41234
```

```cjs
const dgram = require('node:dgram');
const server = dgram.createSocket('udp4');

server.on('error', (err) => {
  console.error(`server error:\n${err.stack}`);
  server.close();
});

server.on('message', (msg, rinfo) => {
  console.log(`server got: ${msg} from ${rinfo.address}:${rinfo.port}`);
});

server.on('listening', () => {
  const address = server.address();
  console.log(`server listening ${address.address}:${address.port}`);
});

server.bind(41234);
// Prints: server listening 0.0.0.0:41234
```

## Class: `dgram.Socket`

* Extends: {EventEmitter}

Encapsulates the datagram functionality.

New instances of `dgram.Socket` are created using [`dgram.createSocket()`][].
The `new` keyword is not to be used to create `dgram.Socket` instances.

### Event: `'close'`

The `'close'` event is emitted after a socket is closed with [`close()`][].
Once triggered, no new `'message'` events will be emitted on this socket.

### Event: `'connect'`

The `'connect'` event is emitted after a socket is associated to a remote
address as a result of a successful [`connect()`][] call.

### Event: `'error'`

* `exception` {Error}

The `'error'` event is emitted whenever any error occurs. The event handler
function is passed a single `Error` object.

### Event: `'listening'`

The `'listening'` event is emitted once the `dgram.Socket` is addressable and
can receive data. This happens either explicitly with `socket.bind()` or
implicitly the first time data is sent using `socket.send()`.
Until the `dgram.Socket` is listening, the underlying system resources do not
exist and calls such as `socket.address()` and `socket.setTTL()` will fail.

### Event: `'message'`

The `'message'` event is emitted when a new datagram is available on a socket.
The event handler function is passed two arguments: `msg` and `rinfo`.

* `msg` {Buffer} The message.
* `rinfo` {Object} Remote address information.
  * `address` {string} The sender address.
  * `family` {string} The address family (`'IPv4'` or `'IPv6'`).
  * `port` {number} The sender port.
  * `size` {number} The message size.

If the source address of the incoming packet is an IPv6 link-local
address, the interface name is added to the `address`. For
example, a packet received on the `en0` interface might have the
address field set to `'fe80::2618:1234:ab11:3b9c%en0'`, where `'%en0'`
is the interface name as a zone ID suffix.

### `socket.addMembership(multicastAddress[, multicastInterface])`

* `multicastAddress` {string}
* `multicastInterface` {string}

Tells the kernel to join a multicast group at the given `multicastAddress` and
`multicastInterface` using the `IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP` socket option. If the
`multicastInterface` argument is not specified, the operating system will choose
one interface and will add membership to it. To add membership to every
available interface, call `addMembership` multiple times, once per interface.

When called on an unbound socket, this method will implicitly bind to a random
port, listening on all interfaces.

When sharing a UDP socket across multiple `cluster` workers, the
`socket.addMembership()` function must be called only once or an
`EADDRINUSE` error will occur:

```mjs
import cluster from 'node:cluster';
import dgram from 'node:dgram';

if (cluster.isPrimary) {
  cluster.fork(); // Works ok.
  cluster.fork(); // Fails with EADDRINUSE.
} else {
  const s = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
  s.bind(1234, () => {
    s.addMembership('224.0.0.114');
  });
}
```

```cjs
const cluster = require('node:cluster');
const dgram = require('node:dgram');

### `socket.addSourceSpecificMembership(sourceAddress, groupAddress[, multicastInterface])`

* `sourceAddress` {string}
* `groupAddress` {string}
* `multicastInterface` {string}

Tells the kernel to join a source-specific multicast channel at the given
`sourceAddress` and `groupAddress`, using the `multicastInterface` with the
`IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP` socket option. If the `multicastInterface` argument
is not specified, the operating system will choose one interface and will add
membership to it. To add membership to every available interface, call
`socket.addSourceSpecificMembership()` multiple times, once per interface.

When called on an unbound socket, this method will implicitly bind to a random
port, listening on all interfaces.

### `socket.address()`

* Returns: {Object}

Returns an object containing the address information for a socket.
For UDP sockets, this object will contain `address`, `family`, and `port`
properties.

This method throws `EBADF` if called on an unbound socket.

### `socket.bind([port][, address][, callback])`

* `port` {integer}
* `address` {string}
* `callback` {Function} with no parameters. Called when binding is complete.

For UDP sockets, causes the `dgram.Socket` to listen for datagram
messages on a named `port` and optional `address`. If `port` is not
specified or is `0`, the operating system will attempt to bind to a
random port. If `address` is not specified, the operating system will
attempt to listen on all addresses. Once binding is complete, a
`'listening'` event is emitted and the optional `callback` function is
called.

Specifying both a `'listening'` event listener and passing a
`callback` to the `socket.bind()` method is not harmful but not very
useful.

A bound datagram socket keeps the Node.js process running to receive
datagram messages.

If binding fails, an `'error'` event is generated. In rare case (e.g.
attempting to bind with a closed socket), an [`Error`][] may be thrown.

Example of a UDP server listening on port 41234: