libp2p-tcp/README.md

Node.js implementation of the TCP module that libp2p uses, which implements the interface-connection and interface-transport interfaces

# js-libp2p-tcp

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> JavaScript implementation of the TCP module for libp2p. It exposes the [interface-transport](https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-interfaces/tree/master/src/transport) for dial/listen. `libp2p-tcp` is a very thin shim that adds support for dialing to a `multiaddr`. This small shim will enable libp2p to use other transports.

## Lead Maintainer

[Jacob Heun](https://github.com/jacobheun)

## Table of Contents

- [Install](#install)
  - [npm](#npm)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [API](#api)
- [Contribute](#contribute)
- [License](#license)

## Install

### npm

```sh
> npm install libp2p-tcp
```

## Usage

```js
const TCP = require('libp2p-tcp')
const multiaddr = require('multiaddr')
const pipe = require('it-pipe')
const { collect } = require('streaming-iterables')

// A simple upgrader that just returns the MultiaddrConnection
const upgrader = {
  upgradeInbound: maConn => maConn,
  upgradeOutbound: maConn => maConn
}

const tcp = new TCP({ upgrader })

const listener = tcp.createListener((socket) => {
  console.log('new connection opened')
  pipe(
    ['hello'],
    socket
  )
})

const addr = multiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9090')
await listener.listen(addr)
console.log('listening')

const socket = await tcp.dial(addr)
const values = await pipe(
  socket,
  collect
)
console.log(`Value: ${values.toString()}`)

// Close connection after reading
await listener.close()
```

Outputs:

```sh
listening
new connection opened
Value: hello
```

## API

### Transport

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`libp2p-tcp` accepts TCP addresses as both IPFS and non IPFS encapsulated addresses, i.e:

`/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001`
`/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmHash`

(both for dialing and listening)

### Connection

[![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-interfaces/master/src/connection/img/badge.png)](https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-interfaces/tree/master/src/connection)


## Contribute

Contributions are welcome! The libp2p implementation in JavaScript is a work in progress. As such, there's a few things you can do right now to help out:

- [Check out the existing issues](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp/issues).
- **Perform code reviews**.
- **Add tests**. There can never be enough tests.

Please be aware that all interactions related to libp2p are subject to the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

Small note: If editing the README, please conform to the [standard-readme](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme) specification.

## License

[MIT](LICENSE) © 2015-2016 David Dias