How to develop an application that uses the Tor network?

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Jeroen picture Jeroen · Apr 9, 2014 · Viewed 14k times · Source

I want to develop an application which allows users to also communicate over the Tor network. I have done some Googling but I can't seem to find an API or SDK. How does one develop a Tor application? Are there any libraries out there?

EDIT: I see there are no libraries or API's available to use Tor. What would I need to know in order to write this Tor application?

Answer

Marcel picture Marcel · May 28, 2014

This is how:

https://stem.torproject.org/

from https://stem.torproject.org/faq.html#what-is-stem

"Stem is a Python controller library that you can use to interact with Tor. With it you can write scripts and applications with capabilities similar to Vidalia and arm.

From a technical standpoint, Stem is a Python implementation of Tor's directory and control specifications. To get started see our tutorials!"

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