Onionr/src/communicator/onlinepeers/pickonlinepeers.py
2019-11-21 02:23:58 -06:00

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'''
Onionr - Private P2P Communication
pick online peers in a communicator instance
'''
'''
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
'''
import secrets
def pick_online_peer(comm_inst):
'''randomly picks peer from pool without bias (using secrets module)'''
ret_data = ''
while True:
peer_length = len(comm_inst.onlinePeers)
if peer_length <= 0:
break
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