p2plib

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P2P client and server in node.js
Install from npm:
npm i p2plib

Usage:
Start P2P server (will not work in browser)
require("p2plib");

const server = new p2plib(false);
server.StartServer()

Start P2P client (will work in browser)
require("p2plib")

const  p2p = new p2plib()
p2p.StartPeer();

Stop P2P client
p2p.StopPeer();

Step-by-step build instructions:
  1. Install nvm

For Linux:
[sudo] apt-get update
[sudo] apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev curl -y
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh -o install_nvm.sh
bash install_nvm.sh
[sudo] reboot

nvm install 16.13.0

For Windows:
You can use terminal in Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/download or in c9sdk https://cloud9-sdk.readme.io/docs/running-the-sdk
  1. Clone repository and install modules

git clone https://github.com/3s3s/p2plib.git
cd p2plib
npm install
npm install -g forever
npm install -g browserify

  1. Start P2P server

npm run server

Instead of running the server, you can compile the code for browser:
npm run compile

The p2plib/browser directory will contain the code for the browser extension. It is compatible with Firefox and Chrome browsers.
Also you can run server as a background process (daemon)
npm run daemon

To stop the daemon jus type:
npm run daemon_stop

Examples:
https://3s3s.github.io/p2plib/browser/html/popup.html
https://3s3s.github.io/p2plib/browser/html/simplechat.html