Refactor: Rewriting new functions and classes in C++ with better code readability in mind

include/net.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include "net.hpp"
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+Socket::Socket() {
+    sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+    if (sock < 0) {
+        throw runtime_error("Failed to create socket");
+    }
+    memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
+    server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+}
+
+Socket::~Socket() {
+    close(sock);
+}
+
+void Socket::connect(const char *ip, uint16_t port) {
+    server_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+    if (inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, &server_addr.sin_addr) <= 0) {
+        throw runtime_error("Invalid IP address");
+    }
+}
+
+void Socket::send() {
+    ssize_t sent_bytes = sendto(sock, &packet_data, sizeof(packet_data), 0,
+                                (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr));
+    if (sent_bytes < 0) {
+        throw runtime_error("Failed to send data");
+    }
+}
+
+void Socket::send(const api_packet &data) {
+    ssize_t sent_bytes = sendto(sock, &data, sizeof(data), 0,
+                                (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr));
+    if (sent_bytes < 0) {
+        throw runtime_error("Failed to send data");
+    }
+}
+
+void Socket::set_packet(const api_packet &data) {
+    packet_data = data;
+}
+
+api_packet Socket::create_packet(uint8_t tracker_id) {
+    api_packet pkt;
+    memset(&pkt, 0, sizeof(pkt));
+
+    pkt.message_type = 65; // Handshake message type 
+    pkt.tracker_id = tracker_id;
+    return pkt;
+}
+
+api_packet Socket::get_packet() {
+    return packet_data;
+}

include/net.hpp

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef NET_HPP
 #define NET_HPP
 
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdexcept>
-#include <cstring>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "server_structs.h"
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ class Socket {
 	// Socket file descriptor
 	int sock;
 	struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
+
 	// Socket Data
 	api_packet packet_data;
 
-
   public:
 	Socket();
 	~Socket();
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class Socket {
 	void connect(const char *ip, uint16_t port);
 	void send();
 	void send(const api_packet &data);
+	void set_packet(const api_packet &data);
+	api_packet create_packet(uint8_t tracker_id);
+	api_packet get_packet();
 };
 
 #endif // NET_HPP

source/main.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
@@ -6,12 +7,25 @@
 
 #include "file.hpp" // for parce_args
 #include "net.hpp"  // for socket operations
+#include "server_structs.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	app_info app = parce_args(argc, argv);
+    api_packet packet;
 
+    try {
+        Socket sock;
+        sock.connect(app.app_server_out_ip, app.app_port_out);
+
+        packet = sock.create_packet((uint8_t)app.app_id);
+        sock.set_packet(packet);
+        sock.send();
+    } catch (const runtime_error &e) {
+        cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
 
 	return 0;
 }