hypercore-protocol-proxy

hypercore-protocol-proxy

A module that allows you to proxy a single hypercore replication stream to multiple peers.

npm install hypercore-protocol-proxy

Useful if you want to implement a hypercore proxy gateway that replicates with many peers behind the scene, for privacy or connectivity reasons.

Usage

const createProxyStream = require('hypercore-protocol-proxy')
const net = require('net')
const pump = require('pump')

net.createServer(function (socket) {
  const { stream, proxy } = createProxyStream(aFeedKey)

  pump(socket, stream, socket)

  // find some peers something
  findSomePeers(aFeedKey, function (stream) {
    proxy(stream) // proxy to this peer, can be called multiple times
  })
}).listen(3282)

API

{ stream, proxy } = createProxyStream(feedKey, [options])

Create a proxy stream and forwarded. All options are forwarded to hypercore's replication method.

Call proxy(stream) with a stream to another peer to start proxying to them. It is safe to call this as many times as you want.

License

MIT