https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-http

HTTP on top of libp2p
https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-http

go http ipfs libp2p

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HTTP on top of libp2p

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-http
• Owner: libp2p
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-02-03T23:22:18.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-29T08:32:24.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-07T23:08:34.972Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: go, http, ipfs, libp2p
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 294 KB
• Stars: 66
• Watchers: 21
• Forks: 19
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# go-libp2p-http

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> HTTP on top of libp2p

Package `p2phttp` allows to serve HTTP endpoints and make HTTP requests through [libp2p](https://github.com/libp2p/libp2p) using Go's standard "http" and "net" stack.

Instead of the regular "host:port" addressing, `p2phttp` uses a Peer ID and lets libp2p take care of the routing, thus taking advantage of features like multi-routes,  NAT transversal and stream multiplexing over a single connection.

## Table of Contents

- [Install](#install)

- [Usage](#usage)

- [Contribute](#contribute)

- [License](#license)

## Install

This package is a library that uses Go modules for dependency management.

## Usage

Full documentation can be read at [Godoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-http). The important bits follow.

A simple `http.Server` on libp2p works as:

```go

listener, _ := gostream.Listen(host1, p2phttp.DefaultP2PProtocol)

defer listener.Close()

go func() {

	http.HandleFunc("/hello", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

		w.Write([]byte("Hi!"))

	})

	server := &http.Server{}

	server.Serve(listener)

}()

```

The listener is provided by https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-gostream .

A client just needs to be initialized with a custom libp2p host-based transport to perform requests to such server:

```go

tr := &http.Transport{}

tr.RegisterProtocol("libp2p", p2phttp.NewTransport(clientHost))

client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}

res, err := client.Get("libp2p://Qmaoi4isbcTbFfohQyn28EiYM5CDWQx9QRCjDh3CTeiY7P/hello")

```

## Contribute

PRs accepted.

## License

MIT © Protocol Labs, Inc.