From 8c82144ba507244084836b38689e4925de982626 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flywind <43030857+xflywind@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 18:47:22 +0800
Subject: add getprotobyname (#15273)

* add getprotobyname

* tests, docs, changelog

* add since
---
 lib/pure/nativesockets.nim | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/pure/nativesockets.nim')

diff --git a/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim b/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
index e38dc2ecd..1f597f8eb 100644
--- a/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # TODO: Clean up the exports a bit and everything else in general.
 
 import os, options
+import std/private/since
+
 
 when hostOS == "solaris":
   {.passl: "-lsocket -lnsl".}
@@ -199,6 +201,18 @@ proc toSockType*(protocol: Protocol): SockType =
   of IPPROTO_IP, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPPROTO_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMP, IPPROTO_ICMPV6:
     SOCK_RAW
 
+proc getProtoByName*(name: string): int {.since: (1, 3, 5).} =
+  ## Returns a protocol code from the database that matches the protocol ``name``.
+  when useWinVersion:
+    let protoent = winlean.getprotobyname(name.cstring)
+  else:
+    let protoent = posix.getprotobyname(name.cstring)
+  
+  if protoent == nil:
+    raise newException(OsError, "protocol not found")
+
+  result = protoent.p_proto.int
+
 proc close*(socket: SocketHandle) =
   ## Closes a socket.
   when useWinVersion:
-- 
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