Peer Exchange

Channels

Pex has one channel. The channel identifier is listed below.

Name	Number
PexChannel	0

Message Types

PexRequest

PexRequest is an empty message requesting a list of peers.

EmptyRequest

PexResponse

PexResponse is an list of net addresses provided to a peer to dial.

Name	Type	Description	Field Number
addresses	repeated PexAddress	List of peer addresses available to dial	1

PexAddress

PexAddress provides needed information for a node to dial a peer. This is in the form of a URL that gets parsed into a NodeAddress. See ParseNodeAddress (opens new window) for more details.

Name	Type	Description	Field Number
url	string	See golang url (opens new window)	1

Message

Message is a oneof protobuf type (opens new window). The one of consists of two messages.

Name	Type	Description	Field Number
pex_request	PexRequest	Empty request asking for a list of addresses to dial	3
pex_response	PexResponse	List of addresses to dial	4