P2P Wikipedia

Installation

To install p2pwiki, clone the repo into your golang working directory and run:

> go install github.com/nickbradley/p2pwiki

Usage

Running the chord server

To start the first node in the chord ring:

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:2222 server create

To join an existing chord ring:

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3333 server join 127.0.0.1:2222

Interacting with an article

All article commands have the form

p2pwiki <ip:port client> article <ip:port local server> <op> <title> <opargs>

Before viewing/editing an article, it must first be pulled from a peer and stored in the local cache:

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3334 article 127.0.0.1:3333 pull A1

Article A1 has been pulled successfully from 127.0.0.1:3333.

To view a local article:

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3334 article 127.0.0.1:3333 view A1

A1
----
B

Local articles can be edited using:

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3334 article 127.0.0.1:3333 insert A1 2 "second sentence"
Insert into A1 succeed...

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3334 article 127.0.0.1:3333 view A1

A1
---
B
second sentence

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3334 article 127.0.0.1:3333 delete A1 1
> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3334 article 127.0.0.1:3333 view A1

A1
---
second sentence

To share your changes you must push your edits to the peer server:

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3334 article 127.0.0.1:3333 push A1

Article A1 has sent to 127.0.0.1:3333.

Notice that the CRDT will automagically merge changes from multiple pushes.

You can also discard edits by running:

> p2pwiki 127.0.0.1:3334 article 127.0.0.1:3333 discard A1

Project structure

parent_dir
 |-- bin
 |-- pkg
 |-- src
     |-- github.com
         |-- nickbradley
             |-- p2pwiki
                 |-- article
                     |-- article.go
                     |-- treedoc.go
                 |-- chord
                     |-- chord.go
                 |-- p2pwiki.go