fix: setting a default num peers requested in PX

waku/factory/node_factory.nim

@@ -414,7 +414,11 @@ proc startNode*(
 
   # retrieve px peers and add the to the peer store
   if conf.peerExchangeNode != "":
-    let desiredOutDegree = node.wakuRelay.parameters.d.uint64()
+    let desiredOutDegree =
+      if not node.wakuRelay.isNil():
+        node.wakuRelay.parameters.d.uint64()
+      else:
+        DefaultPXNumPeersReq
     (await node.fetchPeerExchangePeers(desiredOutDegree)).isOkOr:
       error "error while fetching peers from peer exchange", error = error
       quit(QuitFailure)

waku/waku_peer_exchange/protocol.nim

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const
   CacheRefreshInterval = 10.minutes
 
   WakuPeerExchangeCodec* = "/vac/waku/peer-exchange/2.0.0-alpha1"
+  DefaultPXNumPeersReq* = 5.uint64()
 
 # Error types (metric label values)
 const
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ type
     requestRateLimiter*: RequestRateLimiter
 
 proc request*(
-    wpx: WakuPeerExchange, numPeers: uint64, conn: Connection
+    wpx: WakuPeerExchange, numPeers = DefaultPXNumPeersReq, conn: Connection
 ): Future[WakuPeerExchangeResult[PeerExchangeResponse]] {.async: (raises: []).} =
   let rpc = PeerExchangeRpc.makeRequest(numPeers)
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ proc request*(
   return ok(decodedBuff.get().response)
 
 proc request*(
-    wpx: WakuPeerExchange, numPeers: uint64, peer: RemotePeerInfo
+    wpx: WakuPeerExchange, numPeers = DefaultPXNumPeersReq, peer: RemotePeerInfo
 ): Future[WakuPeerExchangeResult[PeerExchangeResponse]] {.async: (raises: []).} =
   try:
     let connOpt = await wpx.peerManager.dialPeer(peer, WakuPeerExchangeCodec)
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ proc request*(
     )
 
 proc request*(
-    wpx: WakuPeerExchange, numPeers: uint64
+    wpx: WakuPeerExchange, numPeers = DefaultPXNumPeersReq
 ): Future[WakuPeerExchangeResult[PeerExchangeResponse]] {.async: (raises: []).} =
   let peerOpt = wpx.peerManager.selectPeer(WakuPeerExchangeCodec)
   if peerOpt.isNone():