Querying the DHT

If you just want to query the network, you can use the example query script. For instance:

$ python examples/get.py 1.2.3.4 8468 SpecialKey

The query script is simple:

import logging
import asyncio
import sys

from kademlia.network import Server

if len(sys.argv) != 4:
    print("Usage: python get.py <bootstrap node> <bootstrap port> <key>")
    sys.exit(1)

handler = logging.StreamHandler()
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
handler.setFormatter(formatter)
log = logging.getLogger('kademlia')
log.addHandler(handler)
log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

async def run():
    server = Server()
    await server.listen(8469)
    bootstrap_node = (sys.argv[1], int(sys.argv[2]))
    await server.bootstrap([bootstrap_node])

    result = await server.get(sys.argv[3])
    print("Get result:", result)
    server.stop()

asyncio.run(run())

Check out the examples folder for other examples.