OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar-Server

RPC call to download k-buckets

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#138 opened on Jan 18, 2016

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Description

For those writing crawlers, it would useful to have an RPC call to download the known nodes of a given node, without restricting the search to the k closest nodes to a given ID. Would you consider adding an RPC call to download the k-buckets of a given node?

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backendapi
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Familiarity with Kademlia DHTPython RPC framework
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30
Research direction
The issue requests an RPC call to download the k buckets of a node, which would allow crawlers to get known nodes without searching for closest to an ID. The implementation would need to expose internal k bucket data via an existing RPC mechanism. The repository is a Python server using a Kademlia DHT (likely pykademlia or similar). The contributor should investigate the current RPC implementation and determine how to add a new endpoint that returns all entries in the k buckets. The discussion may involve whether to expose the full buckets or only aggregated info. The issue is old (2016) and the repository is deprecated, so maintainers may not respond. However, the feature is well defined and could be implemented independently.