kademlia/docs/intro.rst
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Installation
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The easiest (and best) way to install kademlia is through `pip <http://www.pip-installer.org/>`_::
$ pip install kademlia
Usage
=====
Assuming you want to connect to an existing network (run the `Stand-alone Server`_ example below if you don't have a network):
.. literalinclude:: ../examples/example.py
Check out the examples folder for other examples.
Stand-alone Server
==================
If all you want to do is run a local server, just start the example server::
$ twistd -noy examples/server.tac
Running Tests
=============
To run tests::
$ trial kademlia
Fidelity to Original Paper
==========================
The current implementation should be an accurate implementation of all aspects of the paper except one - in Section 2.3 there is the requirement that the original publisher of a key/value republish it every 24 hours. This library does not do this (though you can easily do this manually).
.. _Twisted: https://twistedmatrix.com