go-multiaddr/README.md
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# go-multiaddr
[multiaddr](https://github.com/jbenet/multiaddr) implementation in Go.
## Example
### Simple
```go
import ma "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
// construct from a string (err signals parse failure)
m1, err := ma.NewMultiaddr("/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234")
// construct from bytes (err signals parse failure)
m2, err := ma.NewMultiaddrBytes(m1.Bytes())
// true
strings.Equal(m1.String(), "/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234")
strings.Equal(m1.String(), m2.String())
bytes.Equal(m1.Bytes(), m2.Bytes())
m1.Equal(m2)
m2.Equal(m1)
```
### Protocols
```go
// get the multiaddr protocol description objects
addr.Protocols()
// []*Protocol{
// &Protocol{ Code: 4, Name: 'ip4', Size: 32},
// &Protocol{ Code: 17, Name: 'udp', Size: 16},
// }
```
### En/decapsulate
```go
m.Encapsulate(ma.NewMultiaddr("/sctp/5678"))
// <Multiaddr /ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234/sctp/5678>
m.Decapsulate(ma.NewMultiaddr("/udp")) // up to + inc last occurrence of subaddr
// <Multiaddr /ip4/127.0.0.1>
```
### Tunneling
Multiaddr allows expressing tunnels very nicely.
```js
printer, _ := ma.NewMultiaddr("/ip4/192.168.0.13/tcp/80")
proxy, _ := ma.NewMultiaddr("/ip4/10.20.30.40/tcp/443")
printerOverProxy := proxy.Encapsulate(printer)
// /ip4/10.20.30.40/tcp/443/ip4/192.168.0.13/tcp/80
proxyAgain := printerOverProxy.Decapsulate(printer)
// /ip4/10.20.30.40/tcp/443
```