Onionr/src/communicator/onlinepeers/pickonlinepeers.py

"""
Onionr - Private P2P Communication.

pick online peers in a communicator instance
"""
import secrets

import onionrexceptions
"""
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    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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"""


def pick_online_peer(comm_inst):
    """Randomly picks peer from pool without bias (using secrets module)."""
    ret_data = ''
    peer_length = len(comm_inst.onlinePeers)
    if peer_length <= 0:
        raise onionrexceptions.OnlinePeerNeeded

    while True:
        peer_length = len(comm_inst.onlinePeers)

        try:
            # Get a random online peer, securely.
            # May get stuck in loop if network is lost or if all peers in pool magically disconnect at once
            ret_data = comm_inst.onlinePeers[secrets.randbelow(peer_length)]
        except IndexError:
            pass
        else:
            break
    return ret_data