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= ConnectDirectly
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`ConnectDirectly` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<netbase.h>`

Create a socket and try to connect to the specified service.


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std::unique_ptr<Sock>
xref:ConnectDirectly-0e.adoc[ConnectDirectly](
    xref:CService.adoc[CService] const& dest,
    bool manual_connection);
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Create a socket and try to connect to the specified service, using the provided timeout.


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std::unique_ptr<Sock>
xref:ConnectDirectly-0c.adoc[ConnectDirectly](
    xref:CService.adoc[CService] const& dest,
    bool manual_connection,
    std::chrono::milliseconds timeout);
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== Return Value

* the connected socket if the operation succeeded, empty unique_ptr otherwise
* the connected socket if the operation succeeded, empty unique_ptr otherwise.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *dest* [in]
| The service to which to connect.
| *manual_connection* [in]
| Whether or not the connection was manually requested (e.g. through the addnode RPC)
| *timeout* [in]
| How long to wait for the connection before giving up.
|===


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