C# function that returns a random unused TCP port.
private static int GetRandomUnusedPort()
{
var listener = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Loopback, 0);
listener.Start();
var port = ((IPEndPoint)listener.LocalEndpoint).Port;
listener.Stop();
return port;
}
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// Related: https://github.com/dotnet/tye/blob/main/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/NextPortFinder.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
namespace Microsoft.Tye
{
public sealed class NextPortFinder
{
public static int GetNextPort()
{
// Let the OS assign the next available port. Unless we cycle through all ports
// on a test run, the OS will always increment the port number when making these calls.
// This prevents races in parallel test runs where a test is already bound to
// a given port, and a new test is able to bind to the same port due to port
// reuse being enabled by default by the OS.
using var socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
socket.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, 0));
return ((IPEndPoint)socket.LocalEndPoint!).Port;
}
}
}