# Module `onionr.netcontroller.getopenport`

Onionr - Private P2P Communication

get an open port

Source code

    '''
        Onionr - Private P2P Communication

        get an open port
    '''
    '''
        This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
        it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
        the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
        (at your option) any later version.

        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
        but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
        GNU General Public License for more details.

        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
        along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
    '''
    import socket
    def get_open_port():
        # taken from (but modified) https://stackoverflow.com/a/2838309 by https://stackoverflow.com/users/133374/albert ccy-by-sa-3 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
        # changes from source: import moved to top of file, bind specifically to localhost
        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        s.bind(("127.0.0.1",0))
        s.listen(1)
        port = s.getsockname()[1]
        s.close()
        return port

## Functions

`def get_open_port()`
  Source code

      def get_open_port():
          # taken from (but modified) https://stackoverflow.com/a/2838309 by https://stackoverflow.com/users/133374/albert ccy-by-sa-3 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
          # changes from source: import moved to top of file, bind specifically to localhost
          s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
          s.bind(("127.0.0.1",0))
          s.listen(1)
          port = s.getsockname()[1]
          s.close()
          return port