# [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/cretz/bine?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/cretz/bine) Bine is a Go API for using and controlling Tor. It is similar to [Stem](https://stem.torproject.org/). Features: * Full support for the Tor controller API * Support for `net.Conn` and `net.Listen` style APIs * Supports statically compiled Tor to embed Tor into the binary * Supports both v2 and v3 onion services * Support for embedded control socket in Tor >= 0.3.5 (non-Windows) See info below, the [API docs](http://godoc.org/github.com/cretz/bine), and the [examples](examples). The project is MIT licensed. The Tor docs/specs and https://github.com/yawning/bulb were great helps when building this. ## Example It is really easy to create an onion service. For example, assuming `tor` is on the `PATH`, this bit of code will show a directory server of the current directory: ```go package main import ( "context" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "time" "git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/bine/tor" ) func main() { // Start tor with default config (can set start conf's DebugWriter to os.Stdout for debug logs) fmt.Println("Starting and registering onion service, please wait a couple of minutes...") t, err := tor.Start(nil, nil) if err != nil { log.Panicf("Unable to start Tor: %v", err) } defer t.Close() // Wait at most a few minutes to publish the service listenCtx, listenCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Minute) defer listenCancel() // Create a v3 onion service to listen on any port but show as 80 onion, err := t.Listen(listenCtx, &tor.ListenConf{Version3: true, RemotePorts: []int{80}}) if err != nil { log.Panicf("Unable to create onion service: %v", err) } defer onion.Close() fmt.Printf("Open Tor browser and navigate to http://%v.onion\n", onion.ID) fmt.Println("Press enter to exit") // Serve the current folder from HTTP errCh := make(chan error, 1) go func() { errCh <- http.Serve(onion, http.FileServer(http.Dir("."))) }() // End when enter is pressed go func() { fmt.Scanln() errCh <- nil }() if err = <-errCh; err != nil { log.Panicf("Failed serving: %v", err) } } ``` If in `main.go` it can simply be run with `go run main.go`. Of course this uses a separate `tor` process. To embed Tor statically in the binary, follow the [embedded package docs](https://godoc.org/git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/bine/process/embedded) which will require [building Tor statically](https://github.com/cretz/tor-static). Then with `git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/bine/process/embedded` imported, change the start line above to: ```go t, err := tor.Start(nil, &tor.StartConf{ProcessCreator: embedded.NewCreator()}) ``` This defaults to Tor 0.3.5.x versions but others can be used from different packages. In non-Windows environments, the `UseEmbeddedControlConn` field in `StartConf` can be set to `true` to use an embedded socket that does not open a control port. Tested on Windows, the original exe file is ~7MB. With Tor statically linked it comes to ~24MB, but Tor does not have to be distributed separately. Of course take notice of all licenses in accompanying projects. ## Testing To test, a simple `go test ./...` from the base of the repository will work (add in a `-v` in there to see the tests). The integration tests in `tests` however will be skipped. To execute those tests, `-tor` must be passed to the test. Also, `tor` must be on the `PATH` or `-tor.path` must be set to the path of the `tor` executable. Even with those flags, only the integration tests that do not connect to the Tor network are run. To also include the tests that use the Tor network, add the `-tor.network` flag. For details Tor logs during any of the integration tests, use the `-tor.verbose` flag.