Please Look at the video demo here. https://youtu.be/f5CXSABgg7g
This repository contains the crude implementation of the peer to peer protocol.
There is
- manager
- peer
The manager has the data of all the peers that are in the network. When a new peer joins the network he pings the manager and gets the list of all active peers in the network.
When a peer needs a file, he/she asks other peers whether they have the file. If Multiple peers have the file, chunks of the files are received from each of the peers. After receiving the whole file, peer reassembles the file and saves it.
python 200020007_manager.pypython 200020007_peer.py
Run running peer, it will ask you to select a port and name.
name should be same as the name of the folder inside the Peers folder
As new peers join, or peers leave, the manager broadcasts a list
of active peers. The list is written in logs/<name>.log file for
convenience.
From one of the peers, select the 3rd option ie, get_files. Then you can
request which file you want.
If the file exists it will be transferred from other peers and will be stored
in the ./Peers/<name>/ folder.
Currently, the peer folder contains a. The peer a contains a example.txt.
Thus we can run a as one of the peer, other peer as let's say b. Now, from peer b
we can ask for file example.txt.
The file will be transferred to a.