apttransport

aptTransport

Go API for creating transports for Debian's apt package manager(and it's relatives, etc)

Usage:

By default, the transport will use Go's default HTTP client, which will result in a transport which works for HTTP and HTTPS clearnet clients. This client is as simple as:

package main

import "github.com/eyedeekay/apttransport"

func main() {
    transport := &apttransport.AptMethod{}
    transport.Main = transport.DefaultMain
    transport.Main()
}

You can also hook into the process by creating a custom client. A client must implement the AptClient interface, which must have a Get function which returns an *http.Response. Of course, an HTTP Client works, here is an example which uses a SOCKS5 proxy:

package main

import "github.com/eyedeekay/apttransport"

func main() {
    transport := &apttransport.AptMethod{}
    transport.Main = transport.DefaultMain
    proxy, err := SOCKS5("tcp", "127.0.0.1:9050", nil, nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    transport.Client := &http.Client{
        Timeout: time.Duration(6) * time.Minute,
        Transport: &http.Transport{
            Dial: proxy.Dial,
        },
        CheckRedirect: nil,
    }
    transport.Main()
}

That is simply the type used for the response. The content of the Get function must compose an *http.Response to return. TODO: example which constructs an HTTP response from a bittorrent download.