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Wakeup protocol over protomux
npm install protomux-wakeup
const Wakeup = require('protomux-wakeup')
const w = new Wakeup()
w.addStream(stream)
const s = w.session(capability, {
onpeeradd (peer) {
// peer added
},
onpeerremove (peer) {
// peer removed
},
onlookup (req, peer) {
// received a lookup request
},
onannounce (wakeup, peer) {
// received an announce message
}
})
// the peers
s.peers
// request wakeup
s.lookup(peer, { hash })
s.announce(peer, [{ key, length }])
// or by stream
s.lookupByStream(stream, ...)
s.announceByStream(stream, ...)
// mark session as inactive, you must call this when done
s.inactive()
// cancel an inactive call
s.active()
const w = new Wakeup([onwakeup])Create a new wakeup swarm with a onwakeup callback. onwakeup is called with the id and stream whenever a new peer connects. id is the wakeup topic (see w.session() for more info). stream is the Protomux instance.
w.topicsA map of all topics being tracked.
const sessions = w.getSessions(capability, handlers = {})Return all sessions for the topic that matches the capability & handlers.
const s = w.session(capability, handlers = {})Create a session to track the capability. Handlers includes hook callbacks for the life cycle of peers in the session.
const s = w.session(core.key, {
onpeeradd: (peer, session) => {
// Called when a peer is added to the session
},
onpeerremove: (peer, session) => {
// Called when a peer is removed from the session
},
onpeeractive: (peer, session) => {
// Called when a peer becomes active
},
onpeerinactive: (peer, session) => {
// Called when a peer becomes inactive
},
onannounce: (wakeup, peer, session) => {
// Called when a peer announces its available wake ups
},
onlookup: (req, peer, session) => {
// Called when a peer requests available wake ups
}
})
handlers can also includes:
{
active: true, // Whether the session is currently active / replicating
discoveryKey: crypto.discoveryKey(capability) // The buffer to use as the `id` for the wake up topic. If not provide a discoveryKey hash of the capability will be used.
}
s.peersPeers on the session's topic.
s.topicThe session's topic.
s.isActiveWhether the session is active.
s.addStream(stream)Add the stream to the current session. If stream doesn't have a Protomux instance, one will added.
const peer = s.getPeer(stream)Get the peer for the given stream.
s.lookup(peer, req = { hash: null })Send a lookup request to a peer. req can be of the form { hash }.
Usually used to prompt the peer for any available wake ups.
s.broadcastLookup(req)Call s.lookup() on all peers.
s.lookupByStream(stream, req)A shortcut for calling s.lookup() on the peer for a given stream.
s.announce(peer, wakeup)Announce to the peer an array of wake up messages. Wake up messages have the form { key: Buffer, length: Number }. The key buffer is 32 bytes long.
s.announceByStream(stream, wakeup)A shortcut for calling s.announce() on the peer for a given stream.
s.active()Set the session as active. Sessions are active by default.
s.inactive()Set the session as inactive. This must be called when the session is done.
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Wakeup protocol over protomux
The npm package protomux-wakeup receives a total of 1,251 weekly downloads. As such, protomux-wakeup popularity was classified as popular.
We found that protomux-wakeup demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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