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go-ping

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A simple but powerful ICMP echo (ping) library for Go, inspired by go-fastping.

Here is a very simple example that sends and receives three packets:

pinger, err := ping.NewPinger("www.google.com")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
pinger.Count = 3
err = pinger.Run() // Blocks until finished.
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
stats := pinger.Statistics() // get send/receive/rtt stats

Here is an example that emulates the traditional UNIX ping command:

pinger, err := ping.NewPinger("www.google.com")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

// If you want to change TOS value of sent packet. 
pinger.TOS = 0x26
// Listen for Ctrl-C.
c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt)
go func() {
	for _ = range c {
		pinger.Stop()
	}
}()

pinger.OnRecv = func(pkt *ping.Packet) {
	fmt.Printf("%d bytes from %s: icmp_seq=%d time=%v\n",
		pkt.Nbytes, pkt.IPAddr, pkt.Seq, pkt.Rtt)
}

pinger.OnFinish = func(stats *ping.Statistics) {
	fmt.Printf("\n--- %s ping statistics ---\n", stats.Addr)
	fmt.Printf("%d packets transmitted, %d packets received, %v%% packet loss\n",
		stats.PacketsSent, stats.PacketsRecv, stats.PacketLoss)
	fmt.Printf("round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = %v/%v/%v/%v\n",
		stats.MinRtt, stats.AvgRtt, stats.MaxRtt, stats.StdDevRtt)
}

fmt.Printf("PING %s (%s):\n", pinger.Addr(), pinger.IPAddr())
err = pinger.Run()
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

It sends ICMP Echo Request packet(s) and waits for an Echo Reply in response. If it receives a response, it calls the OnRecv callback. When it's finished, it calls the OnFinish callback.

For a full ping example, see cmd/ping/ping.go.

Installation

go get -u github.com/go-ping/ping

To install the native Go ping executable:

go get -u github.com/go-ping/ping/...
$GOPATH/bin/ping

Supported Operating Systems

Linux

This library attempts to send an "unprivileged" ping via UDP. On Linux, this must be enabled with the following sysctl command:

sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ping_group_range="0 2147483647"

If you do not wish to do this, you can call pinger.SetPrivileged(true) in your code and then use setcap on your binary to allow it to bind to raw sockets (or just run it as root):

setcap cap_net_raw=+ep /path/to/your/compiled/binary

See this blog and the Go x/net/icmp package for more details.

Windows

You must use pinger.SetPrivileged(true), otherwise you will receive the following error:

socket: The requested protocol has not been configured into the system, or no implementation for it exists.

Despite the method name, this should work without the need to elevate privileges and has been tested on Windows 10. Please note that accessing packet TTL values is not supported due to limitations in the Go x/net/ipv4 and x/net/ipv6 packages.

Plan 9 from Bell Labs

There is no support for Plan 9. This is because the entire x/net/ipv4 and x/net/ipv6 packages are not implemented by the Go programming language.

Maintainers and Getting Help:

This repo was originally in the personal account of sparrc, but is now maintained by the go-ping organization.

For support and help, you usually find us in the #go-ping channel of Gophers Slack. See https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/ for an invite to the Gophers Slack org.

Documentation

Overview

Package ping is a simple but powerful ICMP echo (ping) library.

Here is a very simple example that sends and receives three packets: 

pinger, err := ping.NewPinger("www.google.com")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
pinger.Count = 3
err = pinger.Run() // blocks until finished
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

stats := pinger.Statistics() // get send/receive/rtt stats

Here is an example that emulates the traditional UNIX ping command: 

pinger, err := ping.NewPinger("www.google.com")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
// Listen for Ctrl-C.
c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt)
go func() {
	for _ = range c {
		pinger.Stop()
	}
}()
pinger.OnRecv = func(pkt *ping.Packet) {
	fmt.Printf("%d bytes from %s: icmp_seq=%d time=%v\n",
		pkt.Nbytes, pkt.IPAddr, pkt.Seq, pkt.Rtt)
}
pinger.OnFinish = func(stats *ping.Statistics) {
	fmt.Printf("\n--- %s ping statistics ---\n", stats.Addr)
	fmt.Printf("%d packets transmitted, %d packets received, %v%% packet loss\n",
		stats.PacketsSent, stats.PacketsRecv, stats.PacketLoss)
	fmt.Printf("round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = %v/%v/%v/%v\n",
		stats.MinRtt, stats.AvgRtt, stats.MaxRtt, stats.StdDevRtt)
}
fmt.Printf("PING %s (%s):\n", pinger.Addr(), pinger.IPAddr())
err = pinger.Run()
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

It sends ICMP Echo Request packet(s) and waits for an Echo Reply in response. If it receives a response, it calls the OnRecv callback. When it's finished, it calls the OnFinish callback.

For a full ping example, see "cmd/ping/ping.go".

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Types

type Packet 

type Packet struct {
	// Rtt is the round-trip time it took to ping.
	Rtt time.Duration

	// IPAddr is the address of the host being pinged.
	IPAddr *net.IPAddr

	// Addr is the string address of the host being pinged.
	Addr string

	// NBytes is the number of bytes in the message.
	Nbytes int

	// Seq is the ICMP sequence number.
	Seq int

	// TTL is the Time To Live on the packet.
	Ttl int
}

Packet represents a received and processed ICMP echo packet.

type Pinger 

type Pinger struct {
	// Interval is the wait time between each packet send. Default is 1s.
	Interval time.Duration

	// Timeout specifies a timeout before ping exits, regardless of how many
	// packets have been received.
	Timeout time.Duration

	// Count tells pinger to stop after sending (and receiving) Count echo
	// packets. If this option is not specified, pinger will operate until
	// interrupted.
	Count int

	// TOS value
	TOS int

	// Debug runs in debug mode
	Debug bool

	// Number of packets sent
	PacketsSent int

	// Number of packets received
	PacketsRecv int

	// If true, keep a record of rtts of all received packets.
	// Set to false to avoid memory bloat for long running pings.
	RecordRtts bool

	// OnSend is called when Pinger sends a packet
	OnSend func(*Packet)

	// OnRecv is called when Pinger receives and processes a packet
	OnRecv func(*Packet)

	// OnFinish is called when Pinger exits
	OnFinish func(*Statistics)

	// Size of packet being sent
	Size int

	// Tracker: Used to uniquely identify packet when non-priviledged
	Tracker int64

	// Source is the source IP address
	Source string
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Pinger represents a packet sender/receiver.

func New 

func New(addr string) *Pinger

New returns a new Pinger struct pointer.

func NewPinger 

func NewPinger(addr string) (*Pinger, error)

NewPinger returns a new Pinger and resolves the address.

func (*Pinger) Addr 

func (p *Pinger) Addr() string

Addr returns the string ip address of the target host.

func (*Pinger) IPAddr 

func (p *Pinger) IPAddr() *net.IPAddr

IPAddr returns the ip address of the target host.

func (*Pinger) Privileged 

func (p *Pinger) Privileged() bool

Privileged returns whether pinger is running in privileged mode.

func (*Pinger) Resolve 

func (p *Pinger) Resolve() error

Resolve does the DNS lookup for the Pinger address and sets IP protocol.

func (*Pinger) Run 

func (p *Pinger) Run() error

Run runs the pinger. This is a blocking function that will exit when it's done. If Count or Interval are not specified, it will run continuously until it is interrupted.

func (*Pinger) SetAddr 

func (p *Pinger) SetAddr(addr string) error

SetAddr resolves and sets the ip address of the target host, addr can be a DNS name like "www.google.com" or IP like "127.0.0.1".

func (*Pinger) SetIPAddr 

func (p *Pinger) SetIPAddr(ipaddr *net.IPAddr)

SetIPAddr sets the ip address of the target host.

func (*Pinger) SetNetwork 

func (p *Pinger) SetNetwork(n string)

SetNetwork allows configuration of DNS resolution. * "ip" will automatically select IPv4 or IPv6. * "ip4" will select IPv4. * "ip6" will select IPv6.

func (*Pinger) SetPrivileged 

func (p *Pinger) SetPrivileged(privileged bool)

SetPrivileged sets the type of ping pinger will send. false means pinger will send an "unprivileged" UDP ping. true means pinger will send a "privileged" raw ICMP ping. NOTE: setting to true requires that it be run with super-user privileges.

func (*Pinger) Statistics 

func (p *Pinger) Statistics() *Statistics

Statistics returns the statistics of the pinger. This can be run while the pinger is running or after it is finished. OnFinish calls this function to get it's finished statistics.

func (*Pinger) Stop 

func (p *Pinger) Stop()

type Statistics 

type Statistics struct {
	// PacketsRecv is the number of packets received.
	PacketsRecv int

	// PacketsSent is the number of packets sent.
	PacketsSent int

	// PacketLoss is the percentage of packets lost.
	PacketLoss float64

	// IPAddr is the address of the host being pinged.
	IPAddr *net.IPAddr

	// Addr is the string address of the host being pinged.
	Addr string

	// Rtts is all of the round-trip times sent via this pinger.
	Rtts []time.Duration

	// MinRtt is the minimum round-trip time sent via this pinger.
	MinRtt time.Duration

	// MaxRtt is the maximum round-trip time sent via this pinger.
	MaxRtt time.Duration

	// AvgRtt is the average round-trip time sent via this pinger.
	AvgRtt time.Duration

	// StdDevRtt is the standard deviation of the round-trip times sent via
	// this pinger.
	StdDevRtt time.Duration
}

Statistics represent the stats of a currently running or finished pinger operation.

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