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 **********
 C Tutorial
 **********
 
 This tutorials explains how to install GNUnet on a GNU/Linux system and
 gives an introduction on how GNUnet can be used to develop a
 Peer-to-Peer application. Detailed installation instructions for various
 operating systems and a detailed list of all dependencies can be found
 on our website at https://docs.gnunet.org/#Installation and in our
 Reference Documentation (GNUnet Handbook).
 
 Please read this tutorial carefully since every single step is
 important, and do not hesitate to contact the GNUnet team if you have
 any questions or problems! Visit this link in your webbrowser to learn
 how to contact the GNUnet team: https://gnunet.org/en/contact.html
 
 .. _Introduction-to-GNUnet-Architecture:
 
 Introduction to GNUnet Architecture
 ===================================
 
 GNUnet is organized in layers and services. Each service is composed of
 a main service implementation and a client library for other programs to
 use the service's functionality, described by an API. Some services
 provide an additional command line tool to enable the user to interact
 with the service.
 
 Very often it is other GNUnet services that will use these APIs to build
 the higher layers of GNUnet on top of the lower ones. Each layer expands
 or extends the functionality of the service below (for instance, to
 build a mesh on top of a DHT).
 
 The main service implementation runs as a standalone process in the
 Operating System and the client code runs as part of the client program,
 so crashes of a client do not affect the service process or other
 clients. The service and the clients communicate via a message protocol
 to be defined and implemented by the programmer.
 
 .. _First-Steps-with-GNUnet:
 
 First Steps with GNUnet
 =======================
 
 .. _Configure-your-peer:
 
 Configure your peer
 -------------------
 
 First of all we need to configure your peer. Each peer is started with a
 configuration containing settings for GNUnet itself and its services.
 This configuration is based on the default configuration shipped with
 GNUnet and can be modified. The default configuration is located in the
 ``$PREFIX/share/gnunet/config.d`` directory. When starting a peer, you
 can specify a customized configuration using the the ``-c`` command line
 switch when starting the ARM service and all other services. When using
 a modified configuration the default values are loaded and only values
 specified in the configuration file will replace the default values.
 
 Since we want to start additional peers later, we need some
 modifications from the default configuration. We need to create a
 separate service home and a file containing our modifications for this
 peer:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ mkdir ~/gnunet1/
    $ touch peer1.conf
 
 Now add the following lines to ``peer1.conf`` to use this directory. For
 simplified usage we want to prevent the peer to connect to the GNUnet
 network since this could lead to confusing output. This modifications
 will replace the default settings:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    [PATHS]
    # Use this directory to store GNUnet data
    GNUNET_HOME = ~/gnunet1/
    [hostlist]
    # prevent bootstrapping
    SERVERS =
 
 .. _Start-a-peer:
 
 Start a peer
 ------------
 
 Each GNUnet instance (called peer) has an identity (peer ID) based on a
 cryptographic public private key pair. The peer ID is the printable hash
 of the public key.
 
 GNUnet services are controlled by a master service, the so called
 Automatic Restart Manager (ARM). ARM starts, stops and even restarts
 services automatically or on demand when a client connects. You interact
 with the ARM service using the ``gnunet-arm`` tool. GNUnet can then be
 started with ``gnunet-arm -s`` and stopped with ``gnunet-arm -e``. An
 additional service not automatically started can be started using
 ``gnunet-arm -i <service name>`` and stopped using
 ``gnunet-arm -k <servicename>``.
 
 Once you have started your peer, you can use many other GNUnet commands
 to interact with it. For example, you can run:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ gnunet-core -i
 
 to obtain the public key of your peer.
 
 You should see an output containing the peer ID similar to:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    I am peer `0PA02UVRKQTS2C .. JL5Q78F6H0B1ACPV1CJI59MEQUMQCC5G'.
 
 .. _Monitor-a-peer:
 
 Monitor a peer
 --------------
 
 In this section, we will monitor the behaviour of our peer's DHT service
 with respect to a specific key. First we will start GNUnet and then
 start the DHT service and use the DHT monitor tool to monitor the PUT
 and GET commands we issue ussing the ``gnunet-dht-put`` and
 ``gnunet-dht-get`` commands. Using the "monitor" line given below, you
 can observe the behavior of your own peer's DHT with respect to the
 specified KEY:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    # start gnunet with all default services:
    $ gnunet-arm -c ~/peer1.conf -s
    # start DHT service:
    $ gnunet-arm -c ~/peer1.conf -i dht
    $ gnunet-dht-monitor -c ~/peer1.conf -k KEY
 
 Now open a separate terminal and:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    # put VALUE under KEY in the DHT:
    $ gnunet-dht-put -c ~/peer1.conf -k KEY -d VALUE
    # get key KEY from the DHT:
    $ gnunet-dht-get -c ~/peer1.conf -k KEY
    # print statistics about current GNUnet state:
    $ gnunet-statistics -c ~/peer1.conf
    # print statistics about DHT service:
    $ gnunet-statistics -c ~/peer1.conf -s dht
 
 .. _Starting-Two-Peers-by-Hand:
 
 Starting Two Peers by Hand
 --------------------------
 
 This section describes how to start two peers on the same machine by
 hand. The process is rather painful, but the description is somewhat
 instructive. In practice, you might prefer the automated method (see
 `Starting Peers Using the Testbed
 Service <#Starting-Peers-Using-the-Testbed-Service>`__).
 
 .. _Setup-a-second-peer:
 
 Setup a second peer
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 We will now start a second peer on your machine. For the second peer,
 you will need to manually create a modified configuration file to avoid
 conflicts with ports and directories. A peers configuration file is by
 default located in ``~/.config/gnunet.conf``. This file is typically
 very short or even empty as only the differences to the defaults need to
 be specified. The defaults are located in many files in the
 ``$PREFIX/share/gnunet/config.d`` directory.
 
 To configure the second peer, use the files
 ``$PREFIX/share/gnunet/config.d`` as a template for your main
 configuration file:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ cat $PREFIX/share/gnunet/config.d/*.conf > peer2.conf
 
 Now you have to edit ``peer2.conf`` and change:
 
 -  ``GNUNET\_TEST\_HOME`` under ``PATHS``
 
 -  Every (uncommented) value for "\ ``PORT``\ " (add 10000) in any
    section (the option may be commented out if ``PORT`` is prefixed by
    \"\#\", in this case, UNIX domain sockets are used and the PORT
    option does not need to be touched)
 
 -  Every value for "\ ``UNIXPATH``\ " in any section (e.g. by adding a
    \"-p2\" suffix)
 
 to a fresh, unique value. Make sure that the PORT numbers stay below
 65536. From now on, whenever you interact with the second peer, you need
 to specify ``-c peer2.conf`` as an additional command line argument.
 
 Now, generate the 2nd peer's private key:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ gnunet-core -i -c peer2.conf
 
 This may take a while, generate entropy using your keyboard or mouse as
 needed. Also, make sure the output is different from the gnunet-core
 output for the first peer (otherwise you made an error in the
 configuration).
 
 .. _Start-the-second-peer-and-connect-the-peers:
 
 Start the second peer and connect the peers
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Then, you can start a second peer using:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ gnunet-arm -c peer2.conf -s
    $ gnunet-arm -c peer2.conf -i dht
    $ ~/gnunet/src/dht/gnunet-dht-put -c peer2.conf -k KEY -d VALUE
    $ ~/gnunet/src/dht/gnunet-dht-get -c peer2.conf -k KEY
 
 If you want the two peers to connect, you have multiple options:
 
 -  UDP neighbour discovery (automatic)
 
 -  Setup a bootstrap server
 
 -  Connect manually
 
 To setup peer 1 as bootstrapping server change the configuration of the
 first one to be a hostlist server by adding the following lines to
 ``peer1.conf`` to enable bootstrapping server:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    [hostlist]
    OPTIONS = -p
 
 Then change ``peer2.conf`` and replace the "\ ``SERVERS``\ " line in the
 "\ ``[hostlist]``\ " section with "\ ``http://localhost:8080/``\ ".
 Restart both peers using:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    # stop first peer
    $ gnunet-arm -c peer1.conf -e
    # start first peer
    $ gnunet-arm -c peer1.conf -s
    # start second peer
    $ gnunet-arm -c peer2.conf -s
 
 Note that if you start your peers without changing these settings, they
 will use the "global" hostlist servers of the GNUnet P2P network and
 likely connect to those peers. At that point, debugging might become
 tricky as you're going to be connected to many more peers and would
 likely observe traffic and behaviors that are not explicitly controlled
 by you.
 
 .. _How-to-connect-manually:
 
 How to connect manually
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If you want to use the ``peerinfo`` tool to connect your peers, you
 should:
 
 -  Set ``IMMEDIATE_START = NO`` in section ``hostlist`` (to not connect
    to the global GNUnet)
 
 -  Start both peers running ``gnunet-arm -c peer1.conf -s`` and
    ``gnunet-arm -c peer2.conf -s``
 
 -  Get ``HELLO`` message of the first peer running
    ``gnunet-hello -c peer1.conf --export-hello``
 
 -  Give the output to the second peer by running
    ``echo "gnunet://hello/..." | gnunet-hello -c peer2.conf --import-hello``
 
 Check that they are connected using ``gnunet-core -s -c peer1.conf``, which
 should give you the other peer's peer identity:
 
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ gnunet-core -s -c peer1.conf
    Peer `9TVUCS8P5A7ILLBGO6 [...shortened...] 1KNBJ4NGCHP3JPVULDG'
 
 .. _Starting-Peers-Using-the-Testbed-Service:
 
 Starting Peers Using the Testbed Service
 ----------------------------------------
 
 GNUnet's testbed service is used for testing scenarios where a number of
 peers are to be started. The testbed can manage peers on a single host
 or on multiple hosts in a distributed fashion. On a single affordable
 computer, it should be possible to run around tens of peers without
 drastically increasing the load on the system.
 
 The testbed service can be access through its API
 ``include/gnunet\_testbed\_service.h``. The API provides many routines
 for managing a group of peers. It also provides a helper function
 ``GNUNET\_TESTBED\_test\_run()`` to quickly setup a minimalistic testing
 environment on a single host.
 
 This function takes a configuration file which will be used as a
 template configuration for the peers. The testbed takes care of
 modifying relevant options in the peers' configuration such as
 ``SERVICEHOME``, ``PORT``, ``UNIXPATH`` to unique values so that peers
 run without running into conflicts. It also checks and assigns the ports
 in configurations only if they are free.
 
 Additionally, the testbed service also reads its options from the same
 configuration file. Various available options and details about them can
 be found in the testbed default configuration file
 ``src/testbed/testbed.conf``.
 
 With the testbed API, a sample test case can be structured as follows:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    #include <unistd.h>
    #include <gnunet/platform.h>
    #include <gnunet/gnunet_util_lib.h>
    #include <gnunet/gnunet_testbed_service.h>
    #include <gnunet/gnunet_dht_service.h>
 
    #define NUM_PEERS 20
 
    static struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Operation *dht_op;
 
    static struct GNUNET_DHT_Handle *dht_handle;
 
 
    struct MyContext
    {
      int ht_len;
    } ctxt;
 
 
    static int result;
 
 
    static void
    shutdown_task (void *cls)
    {
      if (NULL != dht_op)
      {
        GNUNET_TESTBED_operation_done (dht_op);
        dht_op = NULL;
        dht_handle = NULL;
      }
      result = GNUNET_OK;
    }
 
 
    static void
    service_connect_comp (void *cls,
                          struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Operation *op,
                          void *ca_result,
                          const char *emsg)
    {
      GNUNET_assert (op == dht_op);
      dht_handle = ca_result;
      // Do work here...
      GNUNET_SCHEDULER_shutdown ();
    }
 
 
    static void *
    dht_ca (void *cls, const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg)
    {
      struct MyContext *ctxt = cls;
 
      dht_handle = GNUNET_DHT_connect (cfg, ctxt->ht_len);
      return dht_handle;
    }
 
 
    static void
    dht_da (void *cls, void *op_result)
    {
      struct MyContext *ctxt = cls;
 
      GNUNET_DHT_disconnect ((struct GNUNET_DHT_Handle *) op_result);
      dht_handle = NULL;
    }
 
 
    static void
    test_master (void *cls,
                 struct GNUNET_TESTBED_RunHandle *h,
                 unsigned int num_peers,
                 struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Peer **peers,
                 unsigned int links_succeeded,
                 unsigned int links_failed)
    {
      ctxt.ht_len = 10;
      dht_op = GNUNET_TESTBED_service_connect
          (NULL, peers[0], "dht",
           &service_connect_comp, NULL,
           &dht_ca, &dht_da, &ctxt);
      GNUNET_SCHEDULER_add_shutdown (&shutdown_task, NULL);
    }
 
 
    int
    main (int argc, char **argv)
    {
      int ret;
 
      result = GNUNET_SYSERR;
      ret = GNUNET_TESTBED_test_run
          ("awesome-test", "template.conf",
           NUM_PEERS, 0LL,
           NULL, NULL, &test_master, NULL);
      if ( (GNUNET_OK != ret) || (GNUNET_OK != result) )
        return 1;
      return 0;
    }
 
 The source code for the above listing can be found at
 https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet.git/tree/doc/documentation/testbed_test.c
 or in the ``doc/`` folder of your repository check-out. After installing
 GNUnet, the above source code can be compiled as:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ export CPPFLAGS="-I/path/to/gnunet/headers"
    $ export LDFLAGS="-L/path/to/gnunet/libraries"
    $ gcc $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o testbed-test testbed_test.c \
     -lgnunettestbed -lgnunetdht -lgnunetutil
    # Generate (empty) configuration
    $ touch template.conf
    # run it (press CTRL-C to stop)
    $ ./testbed-test
 
 The ``CPPFLAGS`` and ``LDFLAGS`` are necessary if GNUnet is installed
 into a different directory other than ``/usr/local``.
 
 All of testbed API's peer management functions treat management actions
 as operations and return operation handles. It is expected that the
 operations begin immediately, but they may get delayed (to balance out
 load on the system). The program using the API then has to take care of
 marking the operation as "done" so that its associated resources can be
 freed immediately and other waiting operations can be executed.
 Operations will be canceled if they are marked as "done" before their
 completion.
 
 An operation is treated as completed when it succeeds or fails.
 Completion of an operation is either conveyed as events through
 controller event callback or through respective operation completion
 callbacks. In functions which support completion notification through
 both controller event callback and operation completion callback, first
 the controller event callback will be called. If the operation is not
 marked as done in that callback or if the callback is given as NULL when
 creating the operation, the operation completion callback will be
 called. The API documentation shows which event are to be expected in
 the controller event notifications. It also documents any exceptional
 behaviour.
 
 Once the peers are started, test cases often need to connect some of the
 peers' services. Normally, opening a connect to a peer's service
 requires the peer's configuration. While using testbed, the testbed
 automatically generates per-peer configuration. Accessing those
 configurations directly through file system is discouraged as their
 locations are dynamically created and will be different among various
 runs of testbed. To make access to these configurations easy, testbed
 API provides the function ``GNUNET\_TESTBED\_service\_connect()``. This
 function fetches the configuration of a given peer and calls the Connect
 Adapter. In the example code, it is the ``dht\_ca``. A connect adapter
 is expected to open the connection to the needed service by using the
 provided configuration and return the created service connection handle.
 Successful connection to the needed service is signaled through
 ``service\_connect\_comp\_cb``.
 
 A dual to connect adapter is the Disconnect Adapter. This callback is
 called after the connect adapter has been called when the operation from
 ``GNUNET\_TESTBED\_service\_connect()`` is marked as "done". It has to
 disconnect from the service with the provided service handle
 (``op\_result``).
 
 Exercise: Find out how many peers you can run on your system.
 
 Exercise: Find out how to create a 2D torus topology by changing the
 options in the configuration file. See section "The GNUnet Reference
 Documentation" in The GNUnet Reference Documentation, then use the DHT
 API to store and retrieve values in the network.
 
 .. _Developing-Applications:
 
 Developing Applications
 =======================
 
 .. _gnunet_002dext:
 
 gnunet-ext
 ----------
 
 To develop a new peer-to-peer application or to extend GNUnet we provide
 a template build system for writing GNUnet extensions in C. It can be
 obtained as follows:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ git clone https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet-ext.git
    $ cd gnunet-ext/
    $ ./bootstrap
    $ ./configure --prefix=$PREFIX --with-gnunet=$PREFIX
    $ make
    $ make install
    $ make check
 
 The GNUnet ext template includes examples and a working buildsystem for
 a new GNUnet service. A common GNUnet service consists of the following
 parts which will be discussed in detail in the remainder of this
 document. The functionality of a GNUnet service is implemented in:
 
 -  the GNUnet service (gnunet-ext/src/ext/gnunet-service-ext.c)
 
 -  the client API (gnunet-ext/src/ext/ext_api.c)
 
 -  the client application using the service API
    (gnunet-ext/src/ext/gnunet-ext.c)
 
 The interfaces for these entities are defined in:
 
 -  client API interface (gnunet-ext/src/ext/ext.h)
 
 -  the service interface
    (gnunet-ext/src/include/gnunet_service_SERVICE.h)
 
 -  the P2P protocol (gnunet-ext/src/include/gnunet_protocols_ext.h)
 
 In addition the ext systems provides:
 
 -  a test testing the API (gnunet-ext/src/ext/test_ext_api.c)
 
 -  a configuration template for the service
    (gnunet-ext/src/ext/ext.conf.in)
 
 .. _Adapting-the-Template:
 
 Adapting the Template
 ---------------------
 
 The first step for writing any extension with a new service is to ensure
 that the ``ext.conf.in`` file contains entries for the ``UNIXPATH``,
 ``PORT`` and ``BINARY`` for the service in a section named after the
 service.
 
 If you want to adapt the template rename the ``ext.conf.in`` to match
 your services name, you have to modify the ``AC\_OUTPUT`` section in
 ``configure.ac`` in the ``gnunet-ext`` root.
 
 .. _Writing-a-Client-Application:
 
 Writing a Client Application
 ----------------------------
 
 When writing any client application (for example, a command-line tool),
 the basic structure is to start with the ``GNUNET\_PROGRAM\_run``
 function. This function will parse command-line options, setup the
 scheduler and then invoke the ``run`` function (with the remaining
 non-option arguments) and a handle to the parsed configuration (and the
 configuration file name that was used, which is typically not needed):
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    #include <gnunet/platform.h>
    #include <gnunet/gnunet_util_lib.h>
 
    static int ret;
 
    static void
    run (void *cls,
         char *const *args,
         const char *cfgfile,
         const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg)
    {
      // main code here
      ret = 0;
    }
 
    int
    main (int argc, char *const *argv)
    {
      struct GNUNET_GETOPT_CommandLineOption options[] = {
        GNUNET_GETOPT_OPTION_END
      };
      return (GNUNET_OK ==
              GNUNET_PROGRAM_run (argc,
                                  argv,
                                  "binary-name",
                                  gettext_noop ("binary description text"),
                                  options, &run, NULL)) ? ret : 1;
    }
 
 .. _Handling-command_002dline-options:
 
 Handling command-line options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Options can then be added easily by adding global variables and
 expanding the ``options`` array. For example, the following would add a
 string-option and a binary flag (defaulting to ``NULL`` and
 ``GNUNET\_NO`` respectively):
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    static char *string_option;
    static int a_flag;
 
    // ...
      struct GNUNET_GETOPT_CommandLineOption options[] = {
        GNUNET_GETOPT_option_string ('s', "name", "SOMESTRING",
         gettext_noop ("text describing the string_option NAME"),
         &string_option},
        GNUNET_GETOPT_option_flag ('f', "flag",
         gettext_noop ("text describing the flag option"), 
         &a_flag),
        GNUNET_GETOPT_OPTION_END
      };
      string_option = NULL;
      a_flag = GNUNET_SYSERR;
    // ...
 
 Issues such as displaying some helpful text describing options using the
 ``--help`` argument and error handling are taken care of when using this
 approach. Other ``GNUNET\_GETOPT\_``-functions can be used to obtain
 integer value options, increment counters, etc. You can even write
 custom option parsers for special circumstances not covered by the
 available handlers. To check if an argument was specified by the user
 you initialize the variable with a specific value (e.g. NULL for a
 string and GNUNET\_SYSERR for a integer) and check after parsing
 happened if the values were modified.
 
 Inside the ``run`` method, the program would perform the
 application-specific logic, which typically involves initializing and
 using some client library to interact with the service. The client
 library is supposed to implement the IPC whereas the service provides
 more persistent P2P functions.
 
 Exercise: Add a few command-line options and print them inside of
 ``run``. What happens if the user gives invalid arguments?
 
 .. _Writing-a-Client-Library:
 
 Writing a Client Library
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The first and most important step in writing a client library is to
 decide on an API for the library. Typical API calls include connecting
 to the service, performing application-specific requests and cleaning
 up. Many examples for such service APIs can be found in the
 ``gnunet/src/include/gnunet\_*\_service.h`` files.
 
 Then, a client-service protocol needs to be designed. This typically
 involves defining various message formats in a header that will be
 included by both the service and the client library (but is otherwise
 not shared and hence located within the service's directory and not
 installed by ``make install``). Each message must start with a
 ``struct GNUNET\_MessageHeader`` and must be shorter than 64k. By
 convention, all fields in IPC (and P2P) messages must be in big-endian
 format (and thus should be read using ``ntohl`` and similar functions
 and written using ``htonl`` and similar functions). Unique message types
 must be defined for each message struct in the ``gnunet\_protocols.h``
 header (or an extension-specific include file).
 
 .. _Connecting-to-the-Service:
 
 Connecting to the Service
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Before a client library can implement the application-specific protocol
 with the service, a connection must be created:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    struct GNUNET_MQ_MessageHandlers handlers[] = {
        // ...
      GNUNET_MQ_handler_end ()
    };
    struct GNUNET_MQ_Handle *mq;
 
    mq = GNUNET_CLIENT_connect (cfg,
                                "service-name",
                                handlers,
                                &error_cb,
                                NULL);
 
 As a result a ``GNUNET\_MQ\_Handle`` is returned which can to used
 henceforth to transmit messages to the service. The complete MQ API can
 be found in ``gnunet\_mq\_lib.h``. The ``handlers`` array in the example
 above is incomplete. Here is where you will define which messages you
 expect to receive from the service, and which functions handle them. The
 ``error\_cb`` is a function that is to be called whenever there are
 errors communicating with the service.
 
 .. _Sending-messages:
 
 Sending messages
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 In GNUnet, messages are always sent beginning with a
 ``struct GNUNET\_MessageHeader`` in big endian format. This header
 defines the size and the type of the message, the payload follows after
 this header.
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    struct GNUNET_MessageHeader
    {
      uint16_t size GNUNET_PACKED;
      uint16_t type GNUNET_PACKED;
    };
 
 Existing message types are defined in ``gnunet\_protocols.h``. A common
 way to create a message is with an envelope:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    struct GNUNET_MQ_Envelope *env;
    struct GNUNET_MessageHeader *msg;
 
    env = GNUNET_MQ_msg_extra (msg, payload_size, GNUNET_MY_MESSAGE_TYPE);
    GNUNET_memcpy (&msg[1],
                   &payload,
                   payload_size);
    // Send message via message queue 'mq'
    GNUNET_mq_send (mq, env);
 
 Exercise: Define a message struct that includes a 32-bit unsigned
 integer in addition to the standard GNUnet MessageHeader. Add a C struct
 and define a fresh protocol number for your message. Protocol numbers in
 gnunet-ext are defined in
 ``gnunet-ext/src/include/gnunet_protocols_ext.h``
 
 Exercise: Find out how you can determine the number of messages in a
 message queue.
 
 Exercise: Find out how you can determine when a message you have queued
 was actually transmitted.
 
 Exercise: Define a helper function to transmit a 32-bit unsigned integer
 (as payload) to a service using some given client handle.
 
 .. _Receiving-Replies-from-the-Service:
 
 Receiving Replies from the Service
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Clients can receive messages from the service using the handlers
 specified in the ``handlers`` array we specified when connecting to the
 service. Entries in the the array are usually created using one of two
 macros, depending on whether the message is fixed size or variable size.
 Variable size messages are managed using two callbacks, one to check
 that the message is well-formed, the other to actually process the
 message. Fixed size messages are fully checked by the MQ-logic, and thus
 only need to provide the handler to process the message. Note that the
 prefixes ``check\_`` and ``handle\_`` are mandatory.
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    static void
    handle_fix (void *cls, const struct MyMessage *msg)
    {
      // process 'msg'
    }
 
    static int
    check_var (void *cls, const struct MyVarMessage *msg)
    {
      // check 'msg' is well-formed
      return GNUNET_OK;
    }
 
    static void
    handle_var (void *cls, const struct MyVarMessage *msg)
    {
      // process 'msg'
    }
 
    struct GNUNET_MQ_MessageHandler handlers[] = {
      GNUNET_MQ_hd_fixed_size (fix,
                              GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_MY_FIX,
                              struct MyMessage,
                              NULL),
      GNUNET_MQ_hd_fixed_size (var,
                              GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_MY_VAR,
                              struct MyVarMessage,
                              NULL),
 
      GNUNET_MQ_handler_end ()
    };
 
 Exercise: Expand your helper function to receive a response message (for
 example, containing just the ``struct GNUnet MessageHeader`` without any
 payload). Upon receiving the service's response, you should call a
 callback provided to your helper function's API.
 
 Exercise: Figure out where you can pass values to the closures
 (``cls``).
 
 .. _Writing-a-user-interface:
 
 Writing a user interface
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Given a client library, all it takes to access a service now is to
 combine calls to the client library with parsing command-line options.
 
 Exercise: Call your client API from your ``run()`` method in your client
 application to send a request to the service. For example, send a 32-bit
 integer value based on a number given at the command-line to the
 service.
 
 .. _Writing-a-Service:
 
 Writing a Service
 -----------------
 
 Before you can test the client you've written so far, you'll need to
 also implement the corresponding service.
 
 .. _Code-Placement:
 
 Code Placement
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 New services are placed in their own subdirectory under ``gnunet/src``.
 This subdirectory should contain the API implementation file
 ``SERVICE\_api.c``, the description of the client-service protocol
 ``SERVICE.h`` and P2P protocol ``SERVICE\_protocol.h``, the
 implementation of the service itself ``gnunet-service-SERVICE.h`` and
 several files for tests, including test code and configuration files.
 
 .. _Starting-a-Service:
 
 Starting a Service
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The key API definition for creating a service is the
 ``GNUNET\_SERVICE\_MAIN`` macro:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    GNUNET_SERVICE_MAIN
    ("service-name",
     GNUNET_SERVICE_OPTION_NONE,
     &run,
     &client_connect_cb,
     &client_disconnect_cb,
     NULL,
     GNUNET_MQ_hd_fixed_size (...),
     GNUNET_MQ_hd_var_size (...),
     GNUNET_MQ_handler_end ());
 
 In addition to the service name and flags, the macro takes three
 functions, typically called ``run``, ``client\_connect\_cb`` and
 ``client\_disconnect\_cb`` as well as an array of message handlers that
 will be called for incoming messages from clients.
 
 A minimal version of the three central service functions would look like
 this:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    static void
    run (void *cls,
         const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *c,
         struct GNUNET_SERVICE_Handle *service)
    {
    }
 
    static void *
    client_connect_cb (void *cls,
                       struct GNUNET_SERVICE_Client *c,
                       struct GNUNET_MQ_Handle *mq)
    {
      return c;
    }
 
    static void
    client_disconnect_cb (void *cls,
                          struct GNUNET_SERVICE_Client *c,
                          void *internal_cls)
    {
      GNUNET_assert (c == internal_cls);
    }
 
 Exercise: Write a stub service that processes no messages at all in your
 code. Create a default configuration for it, integrate it with the build
 system and start the service from ``gnunet-service-arm`` using
 ``gnunet-arm -i NAME``.
 
 Exercise: Figure out how to set the closure (``cls``) for handlers of a
 service.
 
 Exercise: Figure out how to send messages from the service back to the
 client.
 
 Each handler function in the service **must** eventually (possibly in
 some asynchronous continuation) call
 ``GNUNET\_SERVICE\_client\_continue()``. Only after this call additional
 messages from the same client may be processed. This way, the service
 can throttle processing messages from the same client.
 
 Exercise: Change the service to "handle" the message from your client
 (for now, by printing a message). What happens if you forget to call
 ``GNUNET\_SERVICE\_client\_continue()``?
 
 .. _Interacting-directly-with-other-Peers-using-the-CORE-Service:
 
 Interacting directly with other Peers using the CORE Service
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 FIXME: This section still needs to be updated to the latest API!
 
 One of the most important services in GNUnet is the ``CORE`` service
 managing connections between peers and handling encryption between
 peers.
 
 One of the first things any service that extends the P2P protocol
 typically does is connect to the ``CORE`` service using:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    #include <gnunet/gnunet_core_service.h>
 
    struct GNUNET_CORE_Handle *
    GNUNET_CORE_connect (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
                         void *cls,
                         GNUNET_CORE_StartupCallback init,
                         GNUNET_CORE_ConnectEventHandler connects,
                         GNUNET_CORE_DisconnectEventHandler disconnects,
                         const struct GNUNET_MQ_MessageHandler *handlers);
 
 .. _New-P2P-connections:
 
 New P2P connections
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Before any traffic with a different peer can be exchanged, the peer must
 be known to the service. This is notified by the ``CORE`` ``connects``
 callback, which communicates the identity of the new peer to the
 service:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    void *
    connects (void *cls,
              const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *peer,
              struct GNUNET_MQ_Handle *mq)
    {
      return mq;
    }
 
 Note that whatever you return from ``connects`` is given as the ``cls``
 argument to the message handlers for messages from the respective peer.
 
 Exercise: Create a service that connects to the ``CORE``. Then start
 (and connect) two peers and print a message once your connect callback
 is invoked.
 
 .. _Receiving-P2P-Messages:
 
 Receiving P2P Messages
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 To receive messages from ``CORE``, you pass the desired ``handlers`` to
 the ``GNUNET\_CORE\_connect()`` function, just as we showed for
 services.
 
 It is your responsibility to process messages fast enough or to
 implement flow control. If an application does not process CORE messages
 fast enough, CORE will randomly drop messages to not keep a very long
 queue in memory.
 
 Exercise: Start one peer with a new service that has a message handler
 and start a second peer that only has your "old" service without message
 handlers. Which "connect" handlers are invoked when the two peers are
 connected? Why?
 
 .. _Sending-P2P-Messages:
 
 Sending P2P Messages
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 You can transmit messages to other peers using the ``mq`` you were given
 during the ``connect`` callback. Note that the ``mq`` automatically is
 released upon ``disconnect`` and that you must not use it afterwards.
 
 It is your responsibility to not over-fill the message queue, GNUnet
 will send the messages roughly in the order given as soon as possible.
 
 Exercise: Write a service that upon connect sends messages as fast as
 possible to the other peer (the other peer should run a service that
 "processes" those messages). How fast is the transmission? Count using
 the STATISTICS service on both ends. Are messages lost? How can you
 transmit messages faster? What happens if you stop the peer that is
 receiving your messages?
 
 .. _End-of-P2P-connections:
 
 End of P2P connections
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If a message handler returns ``GNUNET\_SYSERR``, the remote peer shuts
 down or there is an unrecoverable network disconnection, CORE notifies
 the service that the peer disconnected. After this notification no more
 messages will be received from the peer and the service is no longer
 allowed to send messages to the peer. The disconnect callback looks like
 the following:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    void
    disconnects (void *cls,
                 const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity * peer)
    {
        /* Remove peer's identity from known peers */
        /* Make sure no messages are sent to peer from now on */
    }
 
 Exercise: Fix your service to handle peer disconnects.
 
 .. _Storing-peer_002dspecific-data-using-the-PEERSTORE-service:
 
 Storing peer-specific data using the PEERSTORE service
 ------------------------------------------------------
 
 GNUnet's PEERSTORE service offers a persistorage for arbitrary
 peer-specific data. Other GNUnet services can use the PEERSTORE to
 store, retrieve and monitor data records. Each data record stored with
 PEERSTORE contains the following fields:
 
 -  subsystem: Name of the subsystem responsible for the record.
 
 -  peerid: Identity of the peer this record is related to.
 
 -  key: a key string identifying the record.
 
 -  value: binary record value.
 
 -  expiry: record expiry date.
 
 The first step is to start a connection to the PEERSTORE service:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    #include "gnunet_peerstore_service.h"
 
    peerstore_handle = GNUNET_PEERSTORE_connect (cfg);
 
 The service handle ``peerstore_handle`` will be needed for all
 subsequent PEERSTORE operations.
 
 .. _Storing-records:
 
 Storing records
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 To store a new record, use the following function:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_StoreContext *
    GNUNET_PEERSTORE_store (struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_Handle *h,
                            const char *sub_system,
                            const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *peer,
                            const char *key,
                            const void *value,
                            size_t size,
                            struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute expiry,
                            enum GNUNET_PEERSTORE_StoreOption options,
                            GNUNET_PEERSTORE_Continuation cont,
                            void *cont_cls);
 
 The ``options`` parameter can either be
 ``GNUNET_PEERSTORE_STOREOPTION_MULTIPLE`` which means that multiple
 values can be stored under the same key combination (subsystem, peerid,
 key), or ``GNUNET_PEERSTORE_STOREOPTION_REPLACE`` which means that
 PEERSTORE will replace any existing values under the given key
 combination (subsystem, peerid, key) with the new given value.
 
 The continuation function ``cont`` will be called after the store
 request is successfully sent to the PEERSTORE service. This does not
 guarantee that the record is successfully stored, only that it was
 received by the service.
 
 The ``GNUNET_PEERSTORE_store`` function returns a handle to the store
 operation. This handle can be used to cancel the store operation only
 before the continuation function is called:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    void
    GNUNET_PEERSTORE_store_cancel (struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_StoreContext
                                   *sc);
 
 .. _Retrieving-records:
 
 Retrieving records
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 To retrieve stored records, use the following function:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_IterateContext *
    GNUNET_PEERSTORE_iterate (struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_Handle *h,
                              const char *sub_system,
                              const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *peer,
                              const char *key,
                              GNUNET_PEERSTORE_Processor callback,
                              void *callback_cls);
 
 The values of ``peer`` and ``key`` can be ``NULL``. This allows the
 iteration over values stored under any of the following key
 combinations:
 
 -  (subsystem)
 
 -  (subsystem, peerid)
 
 -  (subsystem, key)
 
 -  (subsystem, peerid, key)
 
 The ``callback`` function will be called once with each retrieved record
 and once more with a ``NULL`` record to signal the end of results.
 
 The ``GNUNET_PEERSTORE_iterate`` function returns a handle to the
 iterate operation. This handle can be used to cancel the iterate
 operation only before the callback function is called with a ``NULL``
 record.
 
 .. _Monitoring-records:
 
 Monitoring records
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 PEERSTORE offers the functionality of monitoring for new records stored
 under a specific key combination (subsystem, peerid, key). To start the
 monitoring, use the following function:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_WatchContext *
    GNUNET_PEERSTORE_watch (struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_Handle *h,
                            const char *sub_system,
                            const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *peer,
                            const char *key,
                            GNUNET_PEERSTORE_Processor callback,
                            void *callback_cls);
 
 Whenever a new record is stored under the given key combination, the
 ``callback`` function will be called with this new record. This will
 continue until the connection to the PEERSTORE service is broken or the
 watch operation is canceled:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    void
    GNUNET_PEERSTORE_watch_cancel (struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_WatchContext
                                   *wc);
 
 .. _Disconnecting-from-PEERSTORE:
 
 Disconnecting from PEERSTORE
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 When the connection to the PEERSTORE service is no longer needed,
 disconnect using the following function:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    void
    GNUNET_PEERSTORE_disconnect (struct GNUNET_PEERSTORE_Handle *h,
                                 int sync_first);
 
 If the ``sync_first`` flag is set to ``GNUNET_YES``, the API will delay
 the disconnection until all store requests are received by the PEERSTORE
 service. Otherwise, it will disconnect immediately.
 
 .. _Using-the-DHT:
 
 Using the DHT
 -------------
 
 The DHT allows to store data so other peers in the P2P network can
 access it and retrieve data stored by any peers in the network. This
 section will explain how to use the DHT. Of course, the first thing to
 do is to connect to the DHT service:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    dht_handle = GNUNET_DHT_connect (cfg, parallel_requests);
 
 The second parameter indicates how many requests in parallel to expect.
 It is not a hard limit, but a good approximation will make the DHT more
 efficient.
 
 .. _Storing-data-in-the-DHT:
 
 Storing data in the DHT
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Since the DHT is a dynamic environment (peers join and leave frequently)
 the data that we put in the DHT does not stay there indefinitely. It is
 important to "refresh" the data periodically by simply storing it again,
 in order to make sure other peers can access it.
 
 The put API call offers a callback to signal that the PUT request has
 been sent. This does not guarantee that the data is accessible to others
 peers, or even that is has been stored, only that the service has
 requested to a neighboring peer the retransmission of the PUT request
 towards its final destination. Currently there is no feedback about
 whether or not the data has been successfully stored or where it has
 been stored. In order to improve the availablilty of the data and to
 compensate for possible errors, peers leaving and other unfavorable
 events, just make several PUT requests!
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    message_sent_cont (void *cls,
                       const struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_TaskContext *tc)
    {
      // Request has left local node
    }
 
    struct GNUNET_DHT_PutHandle *
    GNUNET_DHT_put (struct GNUNET_DHT_Handle *handle,
                    const struct GNUNET_HashCode *key,
                    uint32_t desired_replication_level,
                    enum GNUNET_DHT_RouteOption options,
                    enum GNUNET_BLOCK_Type type,
                    size_t size,
                    const void *data,
                    struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute exp,
                    struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout,
                    GNUNET_DHT_PutContinuation cont, void *cont_cls)
 
 Exercise: Store a value in the DHT periodically to make sure it is
 available over time. You might consider using the function
 ``GNUNET\_SCHEDULER\_add\_delayed`` and call ``GNUNET\_DHT\_put`` from
 inside a helper function.
 
 .. _Obtaining-data-from-the-DHT:
 
 Obtaining data from the DHT
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 As we saw in the previous example, the DHT works in an asynchronous
 mode. Each request to the DHT is executed "in the background" and the
 API calls return immediately. In order to receive results from the DHT,
 the API provides a callback. Once started, the request runs in the
 service, the service will try to get as many results as possible
 (filtering out duplicates) until the timeout expires or we explicitly
 stop the request. It is possible to give a "forever" timeout with
 ``GNUNET\_TIME\_UNIT\_FOREVER\_REL``.
 
 If we give a route option ``GNUNET\_DHT\_RO\_RECORD\_ROUTE`` the
 callback will get a list of all the peers the data has travelled, both
 on the PUT path and on the GET path.
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    static void
    get_result_iterator (void *cls, struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute expiration,
                         const struct GNUNET_HashCode *key,
                         const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *get_path,
                         unsigned int get_path_length,
                         const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *put_path,
                         unsigned int put_path_length,
                         enum GNUNET_BLOCK_Type type, size_t size,
                         const void *data)
    {
      // Optionally:
      GNUNET_DHT_get_stop (get_handle);
    }
 
    get_handle =
          GNUNET_DHT_get_start (dht_handle,
                                block_type,
                                &key,
                                replication,
                                GNUNET_DHT_RO_NONE,
                                NULL,
                                0,
                                &get_result_iterator,
                                cls)
 
 Exercise: Store a value in the DHT and after a while retrieve it. Show
 the IDs of all the peers the requests have gone through. In order to
 convert a peer ID to a string, use the function ``GNUNET\_i2s``. Pay
 attention to the route option parameters in both calls!
 
 .. _Implementing-a-block-plugin:
 
 Implementing a block plugin
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 In order to store data in the DHT, it is necessary to provide a block
 plugin. The DHT uses the block plugin to ensure that only well-formed
 requests and replies are transmitted over the network.
 
 The block plugin should be put in a file ``plugin\_block\_SERVICE.c`` in
 the service's respective directory. The mandatory functions that need to
 be implemented for a block plugin are described in the following
 sections.
 
 .. _Validating-requests-and-replies:
 
 Validating requests and replies
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 The evaluate function should validate a reply or a request. It returns a
 ``GNUNET\_BLOCK\_EvaluationResult``, which is an enumeration. All
 possible answers are in ``gnunet\_block\_lib.h``. The function will be
 called with a ``reply\_block`` argument of ``NULL`` for requests. Note
 that depending on how ``evaluate`` is called, only some of the possible
 return values are valid. The specific meaning of the ``xquery`` argument
 is application-specific. Applications that do not use an extended query
 should check that the ``xquery\_size`` is zero. The block group is
 typically used to filter duplicate replies.
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    static enum GNUNET_BLOCK_EvaluationResult
    block_plugin_SERVICE_evaluate (void *cls,
                                  enum GNUNET_BLOCK_Type type,
                                  struct GNUNET_BlockGroup *bg,
                                  const GNUNET_HashCode *query,
                                  const void *xquery,
                                  size_t xquery_size,
                                  const void *reply_block,
                                  size_t reply_block_size)
    {
      // Verify type, block and bg
    }
 
 Note that it is mandatory to detect duplicate replies in this function
 and return the respective status code. Duplicate detection is typically
 done using the Bloom filter block group provided by
 ``libgnunetblockgroup.so``. Failure to do so may cause replies to circle
 in the network.
 
 .. _Deriving-a-key-from-a-reply:
 
 Deriving a key from a reply
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 The DHT can operate more efficiently if it is possible to derive a key
 from the value of the corresponding block. The ``get\_key`` function is
 used to obtain the key of a block --- for example, by means of hashing.
 If deriving the key is not possible, the function should simply return
 ``GNUNET\_SYSERR`` (the DHT will still work just fine with such blocks).
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    static int
    block_plugin_SERVICE_get_key (void *cls, enum GNUNET_BLOCK_Type type,
                                 const void *block, size_t block_size,
                                 struct GNUNET_HashCode *key)
    {
      // Store the key in the key argument, return GNUNET_OK on success.
    }
 
 .. _Initialization-of-the-plugin:
 
 Initialization of the plugin
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 The plugin is realized as a shared C library. The library must export an
 initialization function which should initialize the plugin. The
 initialization function specifies what block types the plugin cares
 about and returns a struct with the functions that are to be used for
 validation and obtaining keys (the ones just defined above).
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    void *
    libgnunet_plugin_block_SERVICE_init (void *cls)
    {
      static enum GNUNET_BLOCK_Type types[] =
      {
        GNUNET_BLOCK_TYPE_SERVICE_BLOCKYPE,
        GNUNET_BLOCK_TYPE_ANY
      };
      struct GNUNET_BLOCK_PluginFunctions *api;
 
      api = GNUNET_new (struct GNUNET_BLOCK_PluginFunctions);
      api->evaluate = &block_plugin_SERICE_evaluate;
      api->get_key = &block_plugin_SERVICE_get_key;
      api->types = types;
      return api;
    }
 
 .. _Shutdown-of-the-plugin:
 
 Shutdown of the plugin
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Following GNUnet's general plugin API concept, the plugin must export a
 second function for cleaning up. It usually does very little.
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    void *
    libgnunet_plugin_block_SERVICE_done (void *cls)
    {
      struct GNUNET_TRANSPORT_PluginFunctions *api = cls;
 
      GNUNET_free (api);
      return NULL;
    }
 
 .. _Integration-of-the-plugin-with-the-build-system:
 
 Integration of the plugin with the build system
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 In order to compile the plugin, the ``Makefile.am`` file for the service
 SERVICE should contain a rule similar to this:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
      plugindir = $(libdir)/gnunet
 
      plugin_LTLIBRARIES = \
              libgnunet_plugin_block_ext.la
      libgnunet_plugin_block_ext_la_SOURCES = \
              plugin_block_ext.c
      libgnunet_plugin_block_ext_la_LIBADD = \
              $(prefix)/lib/libgnunethello.la \
              $(prefix)/lib/libgnunetblock.la \
              $(prefix)/lib/libgnunetutil.la
      libgnunet_plugin_block_ext_la_LDFLAGS = \
              $(GN_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
      libgnunet_plugin_block_ext_la_DEPENDENCIES = \
              $(prefix)/lib/libgnunetblock.la
 
 Exercise: Write a block plugin that accepts all queries and all replies
 but prints information about queries and replies when the respective
 validation hooks are called.
 
 .. _Monitoring-the-DHT:
 
 Monitoring the DHT
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 It is possible to monitor the functioning of the local DHT service. When
 monitoring the DHT, the service will alert the monitoring program of any
 events, both started locally or received for routing from another peer.
 The are three different types of events possible: a GET request, a PUT
 request or a response (a reply to a GET).
 
 Since the different events have different associated data, the API gets
 3 different callbacks (one for each message type) and optional type and
 key parameters, to allow for filtering of messages. When an event
 happens, the appropriate callback is called with all the information
 about the event.
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    static void
    get_callback (void *cls,
                  enum GNUNET_DHT_RouteOption options,
                  enum GNUNET_BLOCK_Type type,
                  uint32_t hop_count,
                  uint32_t desired_replication_level,
                  unsigned int path_length,
                  const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *path,
                  const struct GNUNET_HashCode * key)
    {
    }
 
 
    static void
    get_resp_callback (void *cls,
                       enum GNUNET_BLOCK_Type type,
                       const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *get_path,
                       unsigned int get_path_length,
                       const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *put_path,
                       unsigned int put_path_length,
                       struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute exp,
                       const struct GNUNET_HashCode * key,
                       const void *data,
                       size_t size)
    {
    }
 
 
    static void
    put_callback (void *cls,
                  enum GNUNET_DHT_RouteOption options,
                  enum GNUNET_BLOCK_Type type,
                  uint32_t hop_count,
                  uint32_t desired_replication_level,
                  unsigned int path_length,
                  const struct GNUNET_PeerIdentity *path,
                  struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute exp,
                  const struct GNUNET_HashCode * key,
                  const void *data,
                  size_t size)
    {
    }
 
 
    monitor_handle = GNUNET_DHT_monitor_start (dht_handle,
                                              block_type,
                                              key,
                                              &get_callback,
                                              &get_resp_callback,
                                              &put_callback,
                                              cls);
 
 .. _Debugging-with-gnunet_002darm:
 
 Debugging with gnunet-arm
 -------------------------
 
 Even if services are managed by ``gnunet-arm``, you can start them with
 ``gdb`` or ``valgrind``. For example, you could add the following lines
 to your configuration file to start the DHT service in a ``gdb`` session
 in a fresh ``xterm``:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    [dht]
    PREFIX=xterm -e gdb --args
 
 Alternatively, you can stop a service that was started via ARM and run
 it manually:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
    $ gnunet-arm -k dht
    $ gdb --args gnunet-service-dht -L DEBUG
    $ valgrind gnunet-service-dht -L DEBUG
 
 Assuming other services are well-written, they will automatically
 re-integrate the restarted service with the peer.
 
 GNUnet provides a powerful logging mechanism providing log levels
 ``ERROR``, ``WARNING``, ``INFO`` and ``DEBUG``. The current log level is
 configured using the ``$GNUNET_FORCE_LOG`` environmental variable. The
 ``DEBUG`` level is only available if ``--enable-logging=verbose`` was
 used when running ``configure``. More details about logging can be found
 under https://docs.gnunet.org/#Logging.
 
 You should also probably enable the creation of core files, by setting
 ``ulimit``, and echo'ing ``1`` into
 ``/proc/sys/kernel/core\_uses\_pid``. Then you can investigate the core
 dumps with ``gdb``, which is often the fastest method to find simple
 errors.
 
 Exercise: Add a memory leak to your service and obtain a trace pointing
 to the leak using ``valgrind`` while running the service from
 ``gnunet-service-arm``.
 
 .. _GNU-Free-Documentation-License:
 
 GNU Free Documentation License
 ==============================
 
 license, GNU Free Documentation License
 Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
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 **ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents**
 
 To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
 the License in the document and put the following copyright and license
 notices just after the title page:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
      Copyright (C)  year  your name.
      Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
      under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
      or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
      with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
      Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
      Free Documentation License''.
 
 If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover Texts,
 replace the "with...Texts." line with this:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
        with the Invariant Sections being list their titles, with
        the Front-Cover Texts being list, and with the Back-Cover Texts
        being list.
 
 If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other
 combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the
 situation.
 
 If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
 recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of free
 software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to permit
 their use in free software.