This is a node.js abstraction of a BitTorrent "swarm", which is handy for managing all peer connections for a given torrent download. This handles connecting to peers, listening for incoming connections, and doing the initial peer wire protocol handshake with peers. It also tracks total data uploaded/downloaded to/from the swarm.
This module is used by WebTorrent.
npm install bittorrent-swarm
var Swarm = require('bittorrent-swarm')
var swarm = new Swarm(myInfoHash, myPeerId)
swarm.on('wire', function(wire) {
// a relevant wire has appeared, see `bittorrent-protocol` for more info
wire.on('unchoke', function() {
// we are now unchoked
})
swarm.wires // <- list of all connected wires
});
swarm.addPeer('127.0.0.1:42442') // add a peer
swarm.removePeer('127.0.0.1:42244') // remove a peer
MIT
This was originally forked from peer-wire-swarm which is also MIT licensed.