portinfo - Network port database

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OC-ports

OC-ports provides a database and library for using said database to cross-reference between protocol names and network port numbers. The database also contains the entity that registered the port(s) and, if applicable, a link to more information.

API

The portinfo API provides one function:

portinfo.search(*query*, [*database*]) table: result

The search() function takes your query - either a string or a port number - and searches the database, defaulting to the OC ports database, for your query, returning the first result as a table in the format:

• name
• port
• registered by
• more information

This is more than enough to use for simple port lookups and generating tables.

Reserving ports

To reserve a port in the database, please submit an issue on the GitHub repository.

Download

portinfo can be installed via oppm from the Minitel repository, using the command

oppm install portinfo

Additionally, to install manually, place portinfo.lua into /usr/lib/, and both oc.db and minitel.db into /usr/lib/ports/.