---
version: tip
layout: manpage_v2
title: nng_stream_dialer(5)
---
<h1>nng_stream_dialer(5)</h1>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_name">NAME</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>nng_stream_dialer - byte stream dialer</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="pygments highlight"><code data-lang="c"><span></span><span class="tok-cp">#include</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-cpf">&lt;nng/nng.h&gt;</span>

<span class="tok-k">typedef</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-k">struct</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-nc">nng_stream_dialer</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-n">nng_stream_dialer</span><span class="tok-p">;</span></code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>
An <code>nng_stream_dialer</code> is a handle to a dialer for byte streams,
and is responsible for creating
<a href="nng_stream.5.html"><code>nng_stream</code></a> objects (corresponding to connected byte
streams) by connecting to remote peers.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
The <code>nng_stream_dialer</code> object is used for low-level byte stream
connections, and should not be confused with a high-level
<a href="nng_dialer.5.html"><code>nng_dialer</code></a> object.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph text-left">
<p><a href="nng_stream_dialer_alloc.3str.html">nng_stream_dialer_alloc(3str)</a>,
<a href="nng_stream_dialer_close.3str.html">nng_stream_dialer_close(3str)</a>,
<a href="nng_stream_dialer_dial.3str.html">nng_stream_dialer_dial(3str)</a>,
<a href="nng_stream_dialer_free.3str.html">nng_stream_dialer_free(3str)</a>,
<a href="nng_stream.5.html">nng_stream(5)</a>,
<a href="nng_stream_listener.5.html">nng_stream_listener(5)</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>