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83 lines
2.9 KiB
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In the [previous tutorial](tutorial_1_connect.md), we've looked at how to create a simple ping program using the `nim-libp2p`.
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We'll now look at how to create a custom protocol inside the libp2p
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# Custom protocol in libp2p
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Let's create a `part2.nim`, and import our dependencies:
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```nim
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import bearssl
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import chronos
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import stew/byteutils
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import libp2p
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```
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This is similar to the first tutorial, except we don't need to import the `Ping` protocol.
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Next, we'll declare our custom protocol
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```nim
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const TestCodec = "/test/proto/1.0.0"
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type TestProto = ref object of LPProtocol
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```
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We've set a [protocol ID](https://docs.libp2p.io/concepts/protocols/#protocol-ids), and created a custom `LPProtocol`. In a more complex protocol, we could use this structure to store interesting variables.
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A protocol generally has two part: and handling/server part, and a dialing/client part.
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Theses two parts can be identical, but in our trivial protocol, the server will wait for a message from the client, and the client will send a message, so we have to handle the two cases separately.
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Let's start with the server part:
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```nim
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proc new(T: typedesc[TestProto]): T =
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# every incoming connections will in be handled in this closure
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proc handle(conn: Connection, proto: string) {.async, gcsafe.} =
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echo "Got from remote - ", string.fromBytes(await conn.readLp(1024))
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# We must close the connections ourselves when we're done with it
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await conn.close()
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return T(codecs: @[TestCodec], handler: handle)
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```
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This is a constructor for our `TestProto`, that will specify our `codecs` and a `handler`, which will be called for each incoming peer asking for this protocol.
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In our handle, we simply read a message from the connection and `echo` it.
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We can now create our client part:
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```nim
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proc hello(p: TestProto, conn: Connection) {.async.} =
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await conn.writeLp("Hello p2p!")
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```
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Again, pretty straight-forward, we just send a message on the connection.
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We can now create our main procedure:
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```nim
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proc main() {.async, gcsafe.} =
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let
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rng = newRng()
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testProto = TestProto.new()
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switch1 = newStandardSwitch(rng=rng)
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switch2 = newStandardSwitch(rng=rng)
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switch1.mount(testProto)
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let
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switch1Fut = await switch1.start()
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switch2Fut = await switch2.start()
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conn = await switch2.dial(switch1.peerInfo.peerId, switch1.peerInfo.addrs, TestCodec)
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await testProto.hello(conn)
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# We must close the connection ourselves when we're done with it
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await conn.close()
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await allFutures(switch1.stop(), switch2.stop()) # close connections and shutdown all transports
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await allFutures(switch1Fut & switch2Fut) # wait for all transports to shutdown
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```
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This is very similar to the first tutorial's `main`, the only noteworthy difference is that we use `newStandardSwitch`, which is similar to `createSwitch` but is bundled directly in libp2p
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We can now wrap our program by calling our main proc:
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```nim
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waitFor(main())
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```
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And that's it!
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