libp2p-pubsub

js-libp2p-pubsub

libp2p-pubsub consits on the base protocol for libp2p pubsub implementation. This module is responsible for all the logic regarding peer connections.

Lead Maintainer

Vasco Santos.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
• Contribute
• License

Install

> npm install libp2p-pubsub

Usage

A pubsub implementation MUST override the _processConnection, publish, subscribe and unsubscribe functions.

Other functions, such as _addPeer, _removePeer, _onDial, start and stop may be overwritten if the pubsub implementation needs to add custom logic on them. It is important pointing out that start and stop must call super. The start function is responsible for mounting the pubsub protocol onto the libp2p node and sending its' subscriptions to every peer conneceted, while the stop function is responsible for unmounting the pubsub protocol and shutting down every connection

All the remaining functions MUST NOT be overwritten.

The following example aims to show how to create your pubsub implementation extending this base protocol. The pubsub implementation will handle the subscriptions logic.

const Pubsub = require('libp2p-pubsub')

class PubsubImplementation extends Pubsub {
  constructor(libp2p) {
    super('libp2p:pubsub', '/pubsub-implementation/1.0.0', libp2p)
  }

  _processConnection(idB58Str, conn, peer) {
    // Required to be implemented by the subclass
    // Process each message accordingly
  }

  publish() {
    // Required to be implemented by the subclass
  }

  subscribe() {
    // Required to be implemented by the subclass
  }

  unsubscribe() {
    // Required to be implemented by the subclass
  }
}

Implementations using this base protocol

You can use the following implementations as examples for building your own pubsub implementation.

• libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub

Contribute

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

This repository falls under the IPFS Code of Conduct.

License

Copyright (c) Protocol Labs, Inc. under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.