Module: bitmessage/messages

Source:

• messages.js, line 1

See:

• https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Protocol_specification#Message_types
• https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Protocol_specification_v3#Message_types
• https://bitmessage.org/Bitmessage%20Technical%20Paper.pdf

Example

var structs = require("bitmessage").structs;
var messages = require("bitmessage").messages;

// Simple encoding and decoding:
var vermsg = messages.version.encode({
  nonce: Buffer(8),  // Hack detection connection to self
  remoteHost: "1.1.1.1",
  remotePort: 8444,
});
console.log(messages.version.decode(vermsg).remoteHost);  // 1.1.1.1

// Low-level encoding and decoding:
var addrPayload = messages.addr.encodePayload([
  {host: "2.2.2.2", port: 28444},
]);
var addrmsg = structs.message.encode("addr", addrPayload);
var decoded = structs.message.decode(addrmsg);
console.log(decoded.command);  // addr
var payload = decoded.payload;
var decodedPayload = messages.addr.decodePayload(payload);
console.log(decodedPayload.addrs[0].host);  // 2.2.2.2

// Encode with empty payload:
var verackmsg = structs.message.encode("verack");
console.log(structs.message.decode(verackmsg).command);  // verack