[#ConnectDirectly-0e]
= ConnectDirectly
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Create a socket and try to connect to the specified service.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<netbase.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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std::unique_ptr<Sock>
ConnectDirectly(
    xref:CService.adoc[CService] const& dest,
    bool manual_connection);
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== Return Value

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)
|===


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