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find a free tcp port to listen locally

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  • find-free-port

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find-free-port

Find free tcp port or ports to listen locally.

Installation

npm install find-free-port

Examples

Find a free port to listen on, begin from 3000

var fp = require("find-free-port")
fp(3000, function(err, freePort){
});

Find a free port to listen on, begin from 3000, but stop at 3100 (not including 3100)

var fp = require("find-free-port")
fp(3000, 3100, function(err, freePort){
});

Find a free port to listen on, begin from 3000, stop at 3100, bound to ip 127.0.0.1 only

var fp = require("find-free-port")
fp(3000, 3100, '127.0.0.1', function(err, freePort){
});

Find a free port to listen on, begin from 3000, bound to ip 127.0.0.1 only

var fp = require("find-free-port")
fp(3000, '127.0.0.1', function(err, freePort){
});

Find a few free ports to listen on, begin from 3000, bound to ip 127.0.0.1 only

var fp = require("find-free-port")
fp(3000, 3100, '127.0.0.1', 3, function(err, p1, p2, p3){
});

Promise

If the callback is omitted, then the call returns a Promise that resolve to a list of avaiable ports:

var fp = require("find-free-port")
fp(3000).then(([freep])=>{
    console.log("found ' + freep);
}).catch((err)=>{
    console.error(err);
});