[tor-dev] TOR socket for P2P in Python

[Martin Neuenhofen]

Dear Tor Developers,

in my application, a client connects to a server via:

*client_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,
socket.SOCK_STREAM)client_socket.connect(ip,port)*

I want to replace these two lines to create a client_socket whose IP
address cannot be seen by the server. The application is e-polling.

I looked into

   - torpy (too many timeouts),
   - socks (requires too much external configuration),
   - and I have tor installed (unknown how to use from within python).

I just need a replacement for the two-liner code above.

*The ideal solution:* is device & OS agnostic, portable, uses no
peripherals or configuration (i.e., just one pip package to install), and
works reliably.
Thus, the below torpy solution would have been ideal if it had worked
reliably:

*from torpy import TorClient # pip install torpy*
*class Torsocket:*












*    def __init__(self,ip,port):        self.mgr1    = TorClient()
self.tor     = type(self.mgr1).__enter__(self.mgr1)        self.mgr2    =
self.tor.create_circuit(3)        self.circuit =
type(self.mgr2).__enter__(self.mgr2)        self.mgr3    =
self.circuit.create_stream((ip,port))        self.socket  =
type(self.mgr3).__enter__(self.mgr3)    def send(self,data):
self.socket.send(data)    def recv(self,size):        return
self.socket.recv(size)    def __del__(self):        for bla in
[self.mgr3,self.mgr2,self.mgr1]: type(bla).__exit__(bla, None, None, None)*

It replaces the two-liner from the beginning with the below one-liner
*client_socket = Torsocket(*server_data.server_address)*

My questions/requests:
- Is torpy connected to the real tor network (or is it a little toy twin)?
If it is the real tor network then I will close this issue and open another
one.
- Are practical solutions available to my problem already?, and which of
them works best for user-friendliness?
- Can a pip package for a torsocket be made, as described above? i.e.,
something like torpy, but connecting to the real network?
- Can I offer anything so that the ideal solution would be crafted and
packaged?*

*) If it helps, I could tell a lot about my project and how I believe it is
significant and will be for the greater good of people. It is a fully
implemented 1000LOC LSAG+WOT decentral P2P e-polling program with GUI that
shall return trust and sovereignty into the people's hands. The only
missing bit is a reliable tor connection.
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