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+//! This example demonstrates accepting connections and messages
+//! on a socket/port and replying on the same socket/port using a
+//! bidirectional stream.
+//!
+//! We implement a simple P2P node that listens for incoming messages
+//! from an arbitrary number of peers. If a peer sends us "marco" we reply
+//! with "polo".
+//!
+//! Our node accepts a list of SocketAddr for peers on the command-line.
+//! Upon startup, we send "marco" to each peer in the list and print
+//! the reply.  If the list is empty, we don't send any message.
+//!
+//! We then proceed to listening for new connections/messages.
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use qp2p::{Config, QuicP2p};
+use std::env;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    const MSG_MARCO: &str = "marco";
+    const MSG_POLO: &str = "polo";
+
+    // collect cli args
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+
+    // instantiate QuicP2p with custom config
+    let qp2p = QuicP2p::with_config(
+        Some(Config {
+            local_ip: Some(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST)),
+            idle_timeout_msec: Some(1000 * 3600), // 1 hour idle timeout.
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+        Default::default(),
+        true,
+    )?;
+
+    // create an endpoint for us to listen on and send from.
+    let (node, _incoming_conns, mut incoming_messages, _disconnections) =
+        qp2p.new_endpoint().await?;
+
+    // if we received args then we parse them as SocketAddr and send a "marco" msg to each peer.
+    if args.len() > 1 {
+        for arg in args.iter().skip(1) {
+            let peer: SocketAddr = arg
+                .parse()
+                .expect("Invalid SocketAddr.  Use the form 127.0.0.1:1234");
+            let msg = Bytes::from(MSG_MARCO);
+            println!("Sending to {:?} --> {:?}\n", peer, msg);
+            node.connect_to(&peer).await?;
+            node.send_message(msg.clone(), &peer).await?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    println!("\n---");
+    println!("Listening on: {:?}", node.socket_addr());
+    println!("---\n");
+
+    // loop over incoming messages
+    while let Some((socket_addr, bytes)) = incoming_messages.next().await {
+        println!("Received from {:?} --> {:?}", socket_addr, bytes);
+        if bytes == Bytes::from(MSG_MARCO) {
+            let reply = Bytes::from(MSG_POLO);
+            node.send_message(reply.clone(), &socket_addr).await?;
+            println!("Replied to {:?} --> {:?}", socket_addr, reply);
+        }
+        println!();
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}