lbry-sdk/README.md

# <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lbryio/lbry/master/lbry.png" alt="LBRY" width="48" height="36" /> LBRY [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/lbryio/lbry.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/lbryio/lbry) [![Test Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/lbryio/lbry/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/lbryio/lbry)

LBRY is an open-source protocol providing distribution, discovery, and purchase of digital content (data) via a decentralized peer-to-peer network. It utilizes the [LBRY blockchain](https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd) as a global namespace and database of digital content. Blockchain entries contain searchable content metadata, identities, rights and access rules. LBRY also provides a data network that consists of peers (seeders) uploading and downloading data from other peers, possibly in exchange for payments, as well as a distributed hash table used by peers to discover other peers.

This project provides an SDK for building applications using the LBRY protocol. The SDK is written in Python 3.7+ using Twisted. For other languages or platforms, a JSON-RPC API is provided.

## Installation

Our [releases page](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry/releases) contains pre-built binaries of the latest release, pre-releases, and past releases for macOS, Debian-based Linux, and Windows. [Automated travis builds](http://build.lbry.io/daemon/) are also available for testing.

## Usage

Run `lbrynet start` to launch the API server.

By default, `lbrynet` will provide a JSON-RPC server at `http://localhost:5279`. It is easy to interact with via cURL or sane programming languages.

Our [quickstart guide](http://lbry.io/quickstart) provides a simple walkthrough and examples for learning.

The full API is documented [here](https://lbry.tech/api/sdk).

## Running from source

Installing from source is also relatively painless. Full instructions are in [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md)

## Contributing

Contributions to this project are welcome, encouraged, and compensated. For more details, please check [this](https://lbry.io/faq/contributing) link.

## License

This project is MIT licensed. For the full license, see [LICENSE](LICENSE).

## Security

We take security seriously. Please contact security@lbry.io regarding any security issues. [Our GPG key is here](https://lbry.io/faq/gpg-key) if you need it.

## Contact

The primary contact for this project is [@jackrobison](mailto:jack@lbry.io).

## Additional information and links

The documentation for the API can be found [here](https://lbry.tech/api/sdk).