The core protocol of WoopChain
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woop/p2p/peer.go

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package p2p
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/binary"
"log"
"net"
"strings"
)
// Object for a p2p peer (node)
type Peer struct {
// Ip address of the peer
Ip string
// Port number of the peer
Port string
// Public key of the peer
PubKey string
}
// Send the message to the peer
func SendMessage(peer Peer, msg []byte) {
// Construct normal p2p message
payload := ConstructP2pMessage(byte(0), msg)
send(peer.Ip, peer.Port, payload)
}
// Send the message to a list of peers
func BroadcastMessage(peers []Peer, msg []byte) {
// Construct broadcast p2p message
payload := ConstructP2pMessage(byte(17), msg)
for _, peer := range peers {
send(peer.Ip, peer.Port, payload)
}
}
// Construct the p2p message as [messageType, payloadSize, payload]
func ConstructP2pMessage(msgType byte, payload []byte) []byte {
firstByte := byte(17) // messageType
sizeBytes := make([]byte, 4) // payloadSize
binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(sizeBytes, uint32(len(payload)))
byteBuffer := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
byteBuffer.WriteByte(firstByte)
byteBuffer.Write(sizeBytes)
byteBuffer.Write(payload)
return byteBuffer.Bytes()
}
// SocketClient is to connect a socket given a port and send the given message.
func sendWithSocketClient(ip, port string, message []byte) (res string) {
log.Printf("Sending message to ip %s and port %s\n", ip, port)
addr := strings.Join([]string{ip, port}, ":")
conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", addr)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln(err)
}
defer conn.Close()
conn.Write(message)
log.Printf("Sent to ip %s and port %s: %s\n", ip, port, message)
// No ack (reply) message from the receiver for now.
// TODO: think about
return
}
// Send a message to another node with given port.
func send(ip, port string, message []byte) (returnMessage string) {
returnMessage = sendWithSocketClient(ip, port, message)
log.Println(returnMessage)
return
}