Dns resolver ipv6

[0x4139]

require('http') is responsible for passing the host to the dns resolver, when the the address you want to bind on is ipv6 the dns resolver should return the ipv6 address instead of the ipv4 one.

[Fishrock123]

I think @cjihrig did a lot of the ipv6 stuff

[cjihrig]

@0x4139 could you please provide some example code of what you're looking for? For example, the following code will only work if you uncomment the family: 6 line.

'use strict';
var http = require('http');
var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  res.end();
});

server.listen({port: 4000, host: '::1'}, function() {
  var connection = http.get({
    port: 4000,
    // family: 6
  }, function() {
    server.close();
  });
});

Or, is the problem with trying to force something like localhost to bind to IPv6?

[gildean]

I think the main problem here is that the docs don't mention anything about a family property in the request options.

[silverwind]

ping @0x4139

[0x4139]

@silverwind sorry for the delayed answer this is what i was looking for!

[silverwind]

@cjihrig the family option there is only used for resolution of host, right?

[cjihrig]

@silverwind, yes I think it's currently undocumented behavior, but the family option eventually makes its way here to resolve the host.

[silverwind]

Fixed by b4ad5d7