Exemple #1
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// Connect to a new peer at the given address, ping and add to the routing table
func (dht *IpfsDHT) Connect(addr *ma.Multiaddr) (*peer.Peer, error) {
	maddrstr, _ := addr.String()
	u.DOut("Connect to new peer: %s\n", maddrstr)
	npeer, err := dht.network.ConnectNew(addr)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// Ping new peer to register in their routing table
	// NOTE: this should be done better...
	err = dht.Ping(npeer, time.Second*2)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to ping newly connected peer: %s\n", err)
	}

	dht.Update(npeer)

	return npeer, nil
}