refactor: enhanced ping function with advanced options and docs

- Added advanced parameters (count, deadline, timeout)
- Updated parameter names for clarity
- Used constants for default values
- Improved method and parameter documentation
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filippolauria 2025-01-31 14:11:12 +01:00
parent 4bd775e4be
commit e1bdc53ba5

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@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
const tcpp = require("tcp-ping");
const ping = require("@louislam/ping");
const { R } = require("redbean-node");
const { log, genSecret, badgeConstants } = require("../src/util");
const {
log, genSecret, badgeConstants,
PING_PACKET_SIZE_DEFAULT, PING_DEADLINE_DEFAULT,
PING_COUNT_DEFAULT, PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT
} = require("../src/util");
const passwordHash = require("./password-hash");
const { Resolver } = require("dns");
const iconv = require("iconv-lite");
@ -118,20 +122,33 @@ exports.tcping = function (hostname, port) {
/**
* Ping the specified machine
* @param {string} hostname Hostname / address of machine
* @param {number} size Size of packet to send
* @param {string} dest_address Hostname / IP address of machine to ping
* @param {number} count Number of packets to send before stopping
* @param {string} source_address Source address for sending/receiving echo requests
* @param {boolean} numeric If true, IP addresses will be output instead of symbolic hostnames
* @param {number} size Size (in bytes) of echo request to send
* @param {number} deadline Maximum time in seconds before ping stops, regardless of packets sent
* @param {number} timeout Maximum time in seconds to wait for each response
* @returns {Promise<number>} Time for ping in ms rounded to nearest integer
*/
exports.ping = async (hostname, size = 56) => {
exports.ping = async (
dest_address,
count = PING_COUNT_DEFAULT,
source_address = '',
numeric = true,
size = PING_PACKET_SIZE_DEFAULT,
deadline = PING_DEADLINE_DEFAULT,
timeout = PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT,
) => {
try {
return await exports.pingAsync(hostname, false, size);
return await exports.pingAsync(dest_address, false, count, source_address, numeric, size, deadline, timeout);
} catch (e) {
// If the host cannot be resolved, try again with ipv6
log.debug("ping", "IPv6 error message: " + e.message);
// As node-ping does not report a specific error for this, try again if it is an empty message with ipv6 no matter what.
if (!e.message) {
return await exports.pingAsync(hostname, true, size);
return await exports.pingAsync(dest_address, true, count, source_address, numeric, size, deadline, timeout);
} else {
throw e;
}
@ -140,18 +157,34 @@ exports.ping = async (hostname, size = 56) => {
/**
* Ping the specified machine
* @param {string} hostname Hostname / address of machine to ping
* @param {string} dest_address Hostname / IP address of machine to ping
* @param {boolean} ipv6 Should IPv6 be used?
* @param {number} size Size of ping packet to send
* @param {number} count Number of packets to send before stopping
* @param {string} source_address Source address for sending/receiving echo requests
* @param {boolean} numeric If true, IP addresses will be output instead of symbolic hostnames
* @param {number} size Size (in bytes) of echo request to send
* @param {number} deadline Maximum time in seconds before ping stops, regardless of packets sent
* @param {number} timeout Maximum time in seconds to wait for each response
* @returns {Promise<number>} Time for ping in ms rounded to nearest integer
*/
exports.pingAsync = function (hostname, ipv6 = false, size = 56) {
exports.pingAsync = function (
dest_address,
ipv6 = false,
count = PING_COUNT_DEFAULT,
source_address = '',
numeric = true,
size = PING_PACKET_SIZE_DEFAULT,
deadline = PING_DEADLINE_DEFAULT,
timeout = PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT,
) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
ping.promise.probe(hostname, {
ping.promise.probe(dest_address, {
v6: ipv6,
min_reply: 1,
deadline: 10,
min_reply: count,
sourceAddr: source_address,
packetSize: size,
deadline: deadline,
timeout: timeout
}).then((res) => {
// If ping failed, it will set field to unknown
if (res.alive) {