dWeb Networking API

There are several higher-level abstractions built on top of @dwebswarm/dht that are discussed below:

@dwebswarm/discovery

The discovery module can be used to do the following:

  • Look for peers under a dWeb network address
  • Start announcing a dWeb network address
  • Find a single peer for a particular dWeb network address
  • Ping all of dWeb's bootstrap DHT nodes
  • UDP holepunch to another peer

@dwebswarm/network

The network module can be used to create a network instance surrounding specific dWeb network addresses. The network instance can connect to a peer related to the address, and UDP holepunch to the peer if necessary.

dwebswarm

The dwebswarm module is the highest-level API for interacting with dWeb's DHT and can be used to the do the following:

  • Create a DHT node
  • Join a specific dWeb network address on the DHT
  • Leave a specific dWeb network address on the DHT
  • Retrieve the status of a dWeb network address on the DHT
  • Establish a connection to a given peer
  • Ban a peer and make the swarm stop connecting to it
  • Make the swarm backoff from reconnecting to a peer
  • See all active connections related to a particular dWeb network address

Other Network Tools

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What's next?

Learn about dWeb's various distributed database frameworks here.

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