ray-tower

A NodeJS program to create a Ray-Net tower. A Ray-Tower is just a server that bounces the signal of a request to all paired towers in its network. This progect will eventually use PGP to encrypt communication. Also, a Ray-Tower keeps no records of the requests made through it! A Sharding protocol using "Slice-Net" will also be implemented!

Installation

To install Ray-Tower use:

npm i ray-tower -g

Configuration

To use a Ray-Tower we need to configure with a config.json file and a towers.json file.

To configure a config.json file use:

ray-tower -init -N "My Tower" -V "v1.2.3" -p 4001

Here you can replace "My Tower" with your tower name and "V1.2.3"' with your tower version. Keep updating your config.json file as you attach more and more towers to your tower.

It is recommanded to add a tower info to your config.json file.

To pair your tower with another tower use:

ray-tower -pair -N "new tower name" -ip 192.168.1.114 -p 4002

You can also display paired towers by using the -public flag in this command.

Usage

Start your tower with:

ray-tower -boot

Now suppose that this tower is named "Ray-Tower 1" and it is listening at 192.168.1.114:3001 or www.example-tower1.com. Similarly, suppose that another tower is running, named "Ray-Tower 2" and it is listening at 192.168.1.109:3002 or www.example-tower2.com. Now, suppose that another server named "JohnDoe-VideoHost" is listening at 192.168.1.118:3030 or www.exampleJohnDoe-VideoHost.com and it has a video file available for download at URL 192.168.1.118:3030/file.mp4 or www.exampleJohnDoe-VideoHost.com/file.mp4. Now, we can use another computer named "JaneDoe-desktop" to make a request at 192.168.1.118:3030/file.mp4, bouncing the request off "Ray-Tower 1", and "Ray-Tower 2". The request can fetch data from "JohnDoe-VideoHost", by passing it through a network of towers. For example:

const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const fileName = 'file1.mp4';

const requestObject = {
  breadCrumbs: ['http:', 'localhost:3030', fileName],
  requestedResource: fileName,
}

fetch("http://192.168.1.114:3001/request/" + JSON.stringify(requestObject))
  .then( res => res.json())
  .then(json => {
    console.log(json);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
  });

In this example we are making a request to the Ray-Tower at 192.168.1.114:3001 to fetch data from the URL 192.168.1.118:3030/file.mp4, then make it available for download at 192.168.1.114:3001/fetch/192.168.1.118:3030/file.mp4. Once the Tower is done processing this request then we can use the following code to access it. The time it takes to process a request may vary. Once the file is available we can use the following code to download it form the Tower at 192.168.1.114:3001.

// This code runs on "JaneDoe-Desktop"
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const fs = Object.assign({}, require('ray-fs'));
const {sucide} = require('sucide');

const fileName = 'file1.mp4';
const responseObject = {
  file: fileName,
}

fetch("http://192.168.1.114:3001/fetch/" + JSON.stringify(responseObject))
  .then((res) => {
    if (res.status != 404) return res.body;
    if (res.status == 404) sucide("Requested Resource not found!");
  })
  .then(body => {
    fs.stream(body, fileName);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
  });

If "Ray-Tower 1" is paired to "Ray-Tower 2" then "Ray-Tower 1" will bounce the signal one more time, passing it through "Ray-Tower 2" before the fetch request eventually reaches "JohnDoe-VideoHost".

You can also use the "Ray-Fetch" utility from NPM to make requests to a Ray-Tower Instance from the command-line. Use npm i -g ray-fetch.

LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Ray Voice

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