Gio.SocketClient.set_local_address

### Method

# Gio SocketClientset_local_address

since: 2.22

#### Declaration

    void
    g_socket_client_set_local_address (
      GSocketClient* client,
      GSocketAddress* address
    )

#### Description

Sets the local address of the socket client. The sockets created by this object will bound to the specified address (if not `NULL`) before connecting.

This is useful if you want to ensure that the local side of the connection is on a specific port, or on a specific interface.

Available since: 2.22

Sets property | `Gio.SocketClient:local-address`

#### Parameters

`address`

  Type: `GSocketAddress`

  A `GSocketAddress`, or `NULL`.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the method.