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ethwire
The ethwire package contains the ethereum wire protocol. The ethwire package is required to write and read from the ethereum network.
Installation
go get github.com/ethereum/ethwire-go
Messaging overview
The Ethereum Wire protocol defines the communication between the nodes running Ethereum. Further reader reading can be done on the Wiki.
Reading Messages
// Read and validate the next eth message from the provided connection.
// returns a error message with the details.
msg, err := ethwire.ReadMessage(conn)
if err != nil {
// Handle error
}
Writing Messages
// Constructs a message which can be interpreted by the eth network.
// Write the inventory to network
err := ethwire.WriteMessage(conn, &Msg{
Type: ethwire.MsgInvTy,
Data : []interface{}{...},
})