[tor-talk] How to include Tor in my application

[Anthony Papillion]

On 7/13/2016 5:01 AM, Allen wrote:
>>
>>>> Is there a way to provide Tor in a ready to use format along with
>>>> my application?
>>
>> I'm starting with Windows.
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> 
> Step 1 Option B
> Go to https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/ , look in the directory for a
> recent version and hope that it includes a zip file called something like
> "tor-win32-X.X.X.X-XXXX.zip".  That contains everything you need.
> 
> Step 2
> Get your app to launch tor.exe with the necessary command line options for
> your application.  The command line options are documented at
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en .  At minimum you
> probably want to use the -SOCKSPort and -DataDirectory options to ensure
> your app's version of Tor doesn't collide with the user's own version of
> Tor (if they have one installed).

This is how I'm going to do it. It's probably the easiest and most
reliable way to do it.

Thanks!
Anthony