# Module `onionr.communicator.onlinepeers.onlinepeers`

Onionr - Private P2P Communication

get online peers in a communicator instance

Source code

    '''
        Onionr - Private P2P Communication

        get online peers in a communicator instance
    '''
    '''
        This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
        it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
        the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
        (at your option) any later version.

        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
        but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
        GNU General Public License for more details.

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    '''
    import time
    from etc import humanreadabletime
    import logger
    def get_online_peers(comm_inst):
        '''
            Manages the comm_inst.onlinePeers attribute list, connects to more peers if we have none connected
        '''
        config = comm_inst.config
        logger.debug('Refreshing peer pool...')
        maxPeers = int(config.get('peers.max_connect', 10))
        needed = maxPeers - len(comm_inst.onlinePeers)

        for i in range(needed):
            if len(comm_inst.onlinePeers) == 0:
                comm_inst.connectNewPeer(useBootstrap=True)
            else:
                comm_inst.connectNewPeer()

            if comm_inst.shutdown:
                break
        else:
            if len(comm_inst.onlinePeers) == 0:
                logger.debug('Couldn\'t connect to any peers.' + (' Last node seen %s ago.' % humanreadabletime.human_readable_time(time.time() - comm_inst.lastNodeSeen) if not comm_inst.lastNodeSeen is None else ''), terminal=True)
            else:
                comm_inst.lastNodeSeen = time.time()
        comm_inst.decrementThreadCount('get_online_peers')

## Functions

`def get_online_peers(comm_inst)`

  Manages the comm_inst.onlinePeers attribute list, connects to more peers if we have none connected

  Source code

      def get_online_peers(comm_inst):
          '''
              Manages the comm_inst.onlinePeers attribute list, connects to more peers if we have none connected
          '''
          config = comm_inst.config
          logger.debug('Refreshing peer pool...')
          maxPeers = int(config.get('peers.max_connect', 10))
          needed = maxPeers - len(comm_inst.onlinePeers)

          for i in range(needed):
              if len(comm_inst.onlinePeers) == 0:
                  comm_inst.connectNewPeer(useBootstrap=True)
              else:
                  comm_inst.connectNewPeer()

              if comm_inst.shutdown:
                  break
          else:
              if len(comm_inst.onlinePeers) == 0:
                  logger.debug('Couldn\'t connect to any peers.' + (' Last node seen %s ago.' % humanreadabletime.human_readable_time(time.time() - comm_inst.lastNodeSeen) if not comm_inst.lastNodeSeen is None else ''), terminal=True)
              else:
                  comm_inst.lastNodeSeen = time.time()
          comm_inst.decrementThreadCount('get_online_peers')