# server.Server.socketName

- **Module:** server
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ts/blob/073b9d7dedad900bff6f5ec0ea47794e40225870/packages/libtmux/src/server.ts#L578
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-socketname/

```
socketName(): string | undefined
```

The socket name this server addresses, if it was named rather than pathed.

## Examples

```ts
new Server({ socketName: "work" }).socketName; // "work"
```

## In other ports

The socket name this server addresses

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Server.socket_name`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-socket_name/) (attribute) |
| Rust | [`server.Server.socket_name`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-socket_name/) (method) |
| Go | `Server.SocketPath` reports the resolved path instead |
| Java | no equivalent on `Server` |
| C# | no equivalent on `Server` |
| C++ | `Server::at_socket_name` sets it rather than reading it |
| Swift | `Server.init(socketName:)` takes it rather than reporting it |

No equivalent is recorded in Ruby, Lua, PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Kotlin, Scala or F#.