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+## peerlink
+
+# get peerlink
+
+    git clone https://git.0x2620.org/peerlink.git
+
+# install dependencies
+
+    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+
+# start peerlink
+
+    python3 bin/peerlink
+
+# register your application
+
+register application
+    POST http://[::1]:8842/add
+    {
+        "name": "yourappname",
+        "url": "http://[::1]:YOURPORT/remote/"
+    }
+
+now peers can make requetss to
+
+    GET|POST http://[::1]:8842/<peer id>/PATH
+
+that get proxied and end up on &lt;peer id&gt; at
+
+    GET|POST http://[::1]:YOURPORT/remote/PATH
+
+requests have a From: header to indicate the
+remote peer id making the request
+
+# local peer discovery
+
+peerlink discovers peers in the local network,
+
+    GET http://[::1]:8842/info
+
+contains info on currently visible peers
diff --git a/peerlink/__main__.py b/peerlink/__main__.py
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-import server
-server.run()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+ed25519>=1.3
+pyopenssl>=0.14
+requests>=2.3.0
+tornado==4.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+
+from setuptools import setup
+import subprocess
+
+def get_version():
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--always'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    v, e = p.communicate()
+    return v.decode().strip()
+
+setup(
+    name="peerlink",
+    version=get_version(),
+    description='''peerlink - direct link for networked applications''',
+    author="j",
+    author_email="j@mailb.org",
+    url="http://openmedialibrary.org/peerlink",
+    download_url="http://git.0x2620.org/peerlink/download",
+    license="GPLv3",
+    scripts = [
+        'bin/peerlink',
+    ],
+    packages=[
+        'peerlink'
+    ],
+    install_requires=[
+        'ed25519>=1.3',
+        'pyopenssl>=0.14',
+        'requests>=2.3.0',
+        'tornado==4.0'
+    ],
+    keywords = [],
+    classifiers = [
+      'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+      'Programming Language :: Python',
+      'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+      'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+      'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)',
+    ],
+)