@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux

Yamux stream multiplexer for libp2p

Table of contents

• Install
  • Browser <script> tag
• Usage
• API
• Contribute
• API Docs
• License
• Contribution

Install

$ npm i @chainsafe/libp2p-yamux

Browser <script> tag

Loading this module through a script tag will make it's exports available as ChainsafeLibp2pYamux in the global namespace.

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux/dist/index.min.js"></script>

Usage

import { yamux } from '@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux'
import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
import { duplexPair } from 'it-pair/duplex'
import all from 'it-all'

// Connect two yamux muxers to demo basic stream multiplexing functionality

const clientMuxer = yamux({
  client: true,
  onIncomingStream: stream => {
    // echo data on incoming streams
    pipe(stream, stream)
  },
  onStreamEnd: stream => {
    // do nothing
  }
})()

const serverMuxer = yamux({
  client: false,
  onIncomingStream: stream => {
    // echo data on incoming streams
    pipe(stream, stream)
  },
  onStreamEnd: stream => {
    // do nothing
  }
})()

// `p` is our "connections", what we use to connect the two sides
// In a real application, a connection is usually to a remote computer
const p = duplexPair()

// connect the muxers together
pipe(p[0], clientMuxer, p[0])
pipe(p[1], serverMuxer, p[1])

// now either side can open streams
const stream0 = clientMuxer.newStream()
const stream1 = serverMuxer.newStream()

// Send some data to the other side
const encoder = new TextEncoder()
const data = [encoder.encode('hello'), encoder.encode('world')]
pipe(data, stream0)

// Receive data back
const result = await pipe(stream0, all)

// close a stream
stream1.close()

// close the muxer
clientMuxer.close()

API

This library implements the StreamMuxerFactory, StreamMuxer and Stream interfaces defined in @libp2p/interfaces/stream-muxer.

Contribute

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

• Go through the modules and check out existing issues. This is especially useful for modules in active development. Some knowledge of IPFS/libp2p may be required, as well as the infrastructure behind it - for instance, you may need to read up on p2p and more complex operations like muxing to be able to help technically.
• Perform code reviews. More eyes will help a) speed the project along b) ensure quality and c) reduce possible future bugs.

API Docs

• https://ChainSafe.github.io/js-libp2p-yamux

License

Licensed under either of

• Apache 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE / http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT (LICENSE-MIT / http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.