JavaScript implementation of the Kad-DHT for libp2p
$ npm i @libp2p/kad-dht
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
import { create } from '@libp2p/kad-dht'
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.
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
js-libp2p-kad-dht follows the libp2p/kad-dht spec and implements the algorithms described in the IPFS DHT documentation.
Licensed under either of
- Apache 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE / http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT (LICENSE-MIT / http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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.