Example how to browse for DNS-SD services using the client interface to avahi-daemon.
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif
#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <avahi-client/client.h>
#include <avahi-client/lookup.h>
#include <avahi-common/simple-watch.h>
#include <avahi-common/malloc.h>
#include <avahi-common/error.h>
static AvahiSimplePoll *simple_poll = NULL;
static void resolve_callback(
AvahiServiceResolver *r,
AVAHI_GCC_UNUSED AvahiIfIndex interface,
AVAHI_GCC_UNUSED AvahiProtocol protocol,
AvahiResolverEvent event,
const char *name,
const char *type,
const char *domain,
const char *host_name,
const AvahiAddress *address,
uint16_t port,
AvahiStringList *txt,
AvahiLookupResultFlags flags,
AVAHI_GCC_UNUSED void* userdata) {
assert(r);
switch (event) {
case AVAHI_RESOLVER_FAILURE:
fprintf(stderr, "(Resolver) Failed to resolve service '%s' of type '%s' in domain '%s': %s\n", name, type, domain, avahi_strerror(avahi_client_errno(avahi_service_resolver_get_client(r))));
break;
case AVAHI_RESOLVER_FOUND: {
char a[AVAHI_ADDRESS_STR_MAX], *t;
fprintf(stderr, "Service '%s' of type '%s' in domain '%s':\n", name, type, domain);
avahi_address_snprint(a, sizeof(a), address);
t = avahi_string_list_to_string(txt);
fprintf(stderr,
"\t%s:%u (%s)\n"
"\tTXT=%s\n"
"\tcookie is %u\n"
"\tis_local: %i\n"
"\tour_own: %i\n"
"\twide_area: %i\n"
"\tmulticast: %i\n"
"\tcached: %i\n",
host_name, port, a,
t,
avahi_string_list_get_service_cookie(txt),
!!(flags & AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_LOCAL),
!!(flags & AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_OUR_OWN),
!!(flags & AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_WIDE_AREA),
!!(flags & AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_MULTICAST),
!!(flags & AVAHI_LOOKUP_RESULT_CACHED));
avahi_free(t);
}
}
avahi_service_resolver_free(r);
}
static void browse_callback(
AvahiServiceBrowser *b,
AvahiIfIndex interface,
AvahiProtocol protocol,
AvahiBrowserEvent event,
const char *name,
const char *type,
const char *domain,
AVAHI_GCC_UNUSED AvahiLookupResultFlags flags,
void* userdata) {
AvahiClient *c = userdata;
assert(b);
switch (event) {
case AVAHI_BROWSER_FAILURE:
fprintf(stderr, "(Browser) %s\n", avahi_strerror(avahi_client_errno(avahi_service_browser_get_client(b))));
avahi_simple_poll_quit(simple_poll);
return;
case AVAHI_BROWSER_NEW:
fprintf(stderr, "(Browser) NEW: service '%s' of type '%s' in domain '%s'\n", name, type, domain);
if (!(avahi_service_resolver_new(c, interface, protocol, name, type, domain, AVAHI_PROTO_UNSPEC, 0, resolve_callback, c)))
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to resolve service '%s': %s\n", name, avahi_strerror(avahi_client_errno(c)));
break;
case AVAHI_BROWSER_REMOVE:
fprintf(stderr, "(Browser) REMOVE: service '%s' of type '%s' in domain '%s'\n", name, type, domain);
break;
case AVAHI_BROWSER_ALL_FOR_NOW:
case AVAHI_BROWSER_CACHE_EXHAUSTED:
fprintf(stderr, "(Browser) %s\n", event == AVAHI_BROWSER_CACHE_EXHAUSTED ? "CACHE_EXHAUSTED" : "ALL_FOR_NOW");
break;
}
}
static void client_callback(AvahiClient *c, AvahiClientState state, AVAHI_GCC_UNUSED void * userdata) {
assert(c);
if (state == AVAHI_CLIENT_FAILURE) {
fprintf(stderr, "Server connection failure: %s\n", avahi_strerror(avahi_client_errno(c)));
avahi_simple_poll_quit(simple_poll);
}
}
int main(AVAHI_GCC_UNUSED int argc, AVAHI_GCC_UNUSED char*argv[]) {
AvahiClient *client = NULL;
AvahiServiceBrowser *sb = NULL;
int error;
int ret = 1;
if (!(simple_poll = avahi_simple_poll_new())) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create simple poll object.\n");
goto fail;
}
client = avahi_client_new(avahi_simple_poll_get(simple_poll), 0, client_callback, NULL, &error);
if (!client) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create client: %s\n", avahi_strerror(error));
goto fail;
}
if (!(sb = avahi_service_browser_new(client, AVAHI_IF_UNSPEC, AVAHI_PROTO_UNSPEC, "_http._tcp", NULL, 0, browse_callback, client))) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create service browser: %s\n", avahi_strerror(avahi_client_errno(client)));
goto fail;
}
avahi_simple_poll_loop(simple_poll);
ret = 0;
fail:
if (sb)
avahi_service_browser_free(sb);
if (client)
avahi_client_free(client);
if (simple_poll)
avahi_simple_poll_free(simple_poll);
return ret;
}