zephyr/doc/subsystems/networking/networking-api-usage.rst

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.. _networking_api_usage:
Network Connectivity API
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Applications can use the connectivity API defined in :file:`net_context.h`
to create a connection, send or receive data, and close a connection.
The same API can be used when working with UDP or TCP data.
The net_context API is similar to the BSD socket API and mapping between these
two is possible. The main difference between net_context API and BSD socket
API is that the net_context API uses the fragmented network buffers (net_buf)
defined in :file:`include/net/buf.h` and BSD socket API uses linear memory buffers.
This example creates a simple server that listens to incoming UDP connections
and sends the received data back. You can download the example application
source file here `connectivity-example-app.c <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/master/doc/subsystems/networking/connectivity-example-app.c>`_
This example application begins with some initialization. (Use this as an
example; you may need to do things differently in your own application.)
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After initialization, first thing application needs to create a context.
Context is similar to a socket.
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Then you need to define the local end point for a connection.
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Wait until the connection data is received.
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Close the context when finished.
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