Function handlePeerDiscovery

IceFireDB-SQLite/pkg/p2p/p2p.go:419–437

A function that connects the given host to all peers received from a channel of peer address information. Meant to be started as a go routine.

(nodehost host.Host, peerchan <-chan peer.AddrInfo)

// A function that connects the given host to all peers received from a
// channel of peer address information. Meant to be started as a go routine.
func handlePeerDiscovery(nodehost host.Host, peerchan <-chan peer.AddrInfo) {
	// Iterate over the peer channel
	for peer := range peerchan {
		// Ignore if the discovered peer is the host itself
		if peer.ID == nodehost.ID() {
			continue
		}

		// Connect to the peer
		err := nodehost.Connect(context.Background(), peer)

		if err != nil {
			logrus.Debugln("p2p peer connection failed: ", err)
		}

		logrus.Debugln("p2p peer connection success: ", peer.ID)
		log.Println("p2p peer connection success: ", peer.ID)
	}
}

// A function that generates a CID object for a given string and returns it.
// Uses SHA256 to hash the string and generate a multihash from it.