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JavaScript implementation of the DHT for libp2p

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JavaScript implementation of the Kad-DHT for libp2p

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Install

$ npm i @libp2p/kad-dht

Browser <script> tag

Loading this module through a script tag will make it's exports available as Libp2pKadDht in the global namespace.

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@libp2p/kad-dht/dist/index.min.js"></script>
> npm i @libp2p/kad-dht

Use in Node.js

import { create } from '@libp2p/kad-dht'

API

See https://libp2p.github.io/js-libp2p-kad-dht for the auto generated docs.

The libp2p-kad-dht module offers 3 APIs: Peer Routing, Content Routing and Peer Discovery.

Custom secondary DHT in libp2p

import { createLibp2pNode } from 'libp2p'
import { kadDHT } from '@libp2p/kad-dht'

const node = await createLibp2pNode({
  dht: kadDHT()
  //... other config
})
await node.start()

for await (const event of node.dht.findPeer(node.peerId)) {
  console.info(event)
}

Note that you may want to supply your own peer discovery function and datastore

Peer Routing

Content Routing

Peer Discovery

Spec

js-libp2p-kad-dht follows the libp2p/kad-dht spec and implements the algorithms described in the IPFS DHT documentation.

API Docs

License

Licensed under either of

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.