transport

go-libp2p-transport

libp2p transport code

A common interface for network transports.

This is the 'base' layer for any transport that wants to be used by libp2p and ipfs. If you want to make 'ipfs work over X', the first thing you'll want to do is to implement the Transport interface for 'X'.

Transports are:

• Encrypted: Connections must be end-to-end encrypted.
• Authenticated: The endpoints, RemotePeer and LocalPeer, must be authenticated.
• Multiplexed: It must be possible to multiplex multiple reliable streams over a single transport connection.

Install

> go get github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-transport

This repo is gomod-compatible, and users of go 1.11 and later with modules enabled will automatically pull the latest tagged release by referencing this package. Upgrades to future releases can be managed using go get, or by editing your go.mod file as described by the gomod documentation.

Usage

To actually use a transport, you'll likely want to register it with a transport.Network (e.g., go-libp2p-swarm). However, you're probably more interested in implementing transports.

Transports construct fully featured, encrypted, multiplexed connections. However, there's a fairly good chance your transport won't meet all of those requirements. To make life easier, we've created a helper library called go-libp2p-transport-upgrader for upgrading simple stream transports to fully-featured (encrypted, authenticated, multiplexed) transports. Check out that package's README for an example.

Contribute

Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an issue!

This repository falls under the IPFS Code of Conduct.

Want to hack on IPFS?

License

MIT

The last gx published version of this module was: 3.0.27: QmNQWMWWBmkAcaVEspSNwYB95axzKFhYTdqZtABA2zXoPu