Connection

class Connection(peer, target_name: str, sock: socket.socket, buffer_size: int, **kwargs)

Bases: peerpy.event_handler.EventHandler

close(force: bool = False)

Closes the connection nicely.

Parameters:

• force (bool, optional) – whether to force close the connection.
• setting should be considered dangerous, as data can be lost. Defaults to False. (This) –

closed

Returns whether this connection is closed.

Returns:a boolean indicating whether the connection is closed. Return type:bool

data_type

Returns the data type each peers have agreed on for this connection.

Returns:the string representation of the data type Return type:str

send(data: Any)

Send data to the target peer, serializing it to this connection’s default data format.

Parameters:data (Any) – the data to serialize and send. Raises:ValueError – if this connection’s default format is bytes and the data is not bytes Returns:whether data was successfully sent. Return type:bool

start_thread()

Attempts to start this connection’s main thread, if not already running.