python-p2p

P2P Application with Python

Python-P2P Logic

P2P: all users are client and server

1. Tries to connect to a PEER (client mode)

• IF connection is successful: listen to PEER (client mode)
• IF connection is unsuccessful: become a server mode

2. Start server mode

3. Wait for a peer to connect (server mode)

4. Send data to peer (server mode)

Usage

1. create a Python 3.7 virtualenv $ virtualenv --python=python3 env-p2p

2. source virtualenv $ source env-p2p/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies, if any $ pip install requirements.txt

4. Execute p2p_main $ python p2p_main.py

Console Messages

1. Attempt to connect to a PEER (client mode)

• • • • • TRYING TO CONNECT

2. Starting server mode

• • • • • SERVER RUNNING

3. Receiving data from PEER (client mode)

• • • • • RECEIVING MESSAGE

Based on https://medium.com/@amannagpal4/how-to-create-your-own-decentralized-file-sharing-service-using-python-2e00005bdc4a https://github.com/Ezi0aaudit0re/P2P-music-sharing