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+## Mix + Kad Get Example
+## Demonstrates doing an anonymous `getValue` through the mix network.
+## The mix exit node dials a kad node directly on the kad wire protocol,
+## so no separate gateway is needed -- mirroring how mix_ping.nim lets the
+## exit node dial the Ping destination directly.
+
+{.used.}
+
+import chronicles, chronos, results
+import std/[sequtils, strformat]
+import stew/byteutils
+import
+  ../libp2p/[
+    protocols/mix,
+    protocols/mix/mix_protocol,
+    protocols/mix/mix_node,
+    protocols/kademlia,
+    protocols/kademlia/protobuf,
+    protocols/kademlia/types,
+    peerstore,
+    multiaddress,
+    switch,
+    builders,
+    multihash,
+    crypto/crypto,
+    crypto/secp,
+  ]
+
+const
+  NumMixNodes = 10
+  NumKadNodes = 3
+  KadBasePort = 7400
+  KadCodec = "/ipfs/kad/1.0.0"
+  MaxMsgSize = 4096
+
+proc createSwitch(
+    multiAddr: MultiAddress, libp2pPrivKey: Opt[SkPrivateKey] = Opt.none(SkPrivateKey)
+): Switch =
+  var rng = newRng()
+  let skkey = libp2pPrivKey.valueOr(SkKeyPair.random(rng[]).seckey)
+  let privKey = PrivateKey(scheme: Secp256k1, skkey: skkey)
+  newStandardSwitchBuilder(privKey = Opt.some(privKey), addrs = multiAddr).build()
+
+proc setupKadNodes(numNodes: int): seq[KadDHT] =
+  var nodes: seq[KadDHT] = @[]
+
+  for i in 0 ..< numNodes:
+    let nodeAddr = MultiAddress.init(fmt"/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/{KadBasePort + i}").tryGet()
+    let sw = createSwitch(nodeAddr)
+    sw.peerInfo.addrs = @[nodeAddr]
+
+    let cfg = KadDHTConfig.new(timeout = 1.seconds, quorum = 1, replication = 3)
+
+    let kad = KadDHT.new(sw, @[], cfg)
+    sw.mount(kad)
+    nodes.add(kad)
+
+  nodes
+
+proc connectKadPeers(kad1, kad2: KadDHT) =
+  discard kad1.rtable.insert(kad2.switch.peerInfo.peerId)
+  discard kad2.rtable.insert(kad1.switch.peerInfo.peerId)
+
+  kad1.switch.peerStore[AddressBook][kad2.switch.peerInfo.peerId] =
+    kad2.switch.peerInfo.addrs
+  kad2.switch.peerStore[AddressBook][kad1.switch.peerInfo.peerId] =
+    kad1.switch.peerInfo.addrs
+
+proc fullyConnectKad(nodes: seq[KadDHT]) =
+  for i in 0 ..< nodes.len:
+    for j in i + 1 ..< nodes.len:
+      connectKadPeers(nodes[i], nodes[j])
+
+proc mixKadGetSimulation() {.async: (raises: [Exception]).} =
+  let mixNodeInfos = initializeMixNodes(NumMixNodes).expect("could not initialize mix nodes")
+  var mixSwitches: seq[Switch] = @[]
+  var mixProtos: seq[MixProtocol] = @[]
+
+  for i, nodeInfo in mixNodeInfos:
+    let sw = createSwitch(nodeInfo.multiAddr, Opt.some(nodeInfo.libp2pPrivKey))
+    let mixProto = MixProtocol.new(nodeInfo, sw)
+    for j in 0 ..< mixNodeInfos.len:
+      if j != i:
+        mixProto.nodePool.add(
+          mixNodeInfos.getMixPubInfoByIndex(j).expect("could not get pub info")
+        )
+    # The exit node dials the kad destination on the kad wire protocol and reads
+    # back a length-prefixed protobuf response.
+    mixProto.registerDestReadBehavior(KadCodec, readLp(MaxMsgSize))
+    sw.mount(mixProto)
+
+    mixSwitches.add(sw)
+    mixProtos.add(mixProto)
+
+  defer:
+    await mixSwitches.mapIt(it.stop()).allFutures()
+
+  let kads = setupKadNodes(NumKadNodes)
+  defer:
+    await kads.mapIt(it.switch.stop()).allFutures()
+
+  await mixSwitches.mapIt(it.start()).allFutures()
+  await kads.mapIt(it.switch.start()).allFutures()
+  fullyConnectKad(kads)
+
+  let publisherKad = kads[0]
+  # The destination for anonymous get: a kad node that holds the value.
+  let destKad = kads[1]
+
+  let key = MultiHash.digest("sha2-256", "libp2p-mix-get".toBytes()).get().toKey()
+  let value = "contentExample".toBytes()
+
+  # Publish once in kad via a normal (non-anonymous) put.
+  (await publisherKad.putValue(key, value)).expect("publisher cant store value")
+
+  let senderMix = mixProtos[0]
+
+  # Build a kad wire-protocol getValue request: the same bytes dispatchGetVal sends.
+  let kadRequest = Message(msgType: MessageType.getValue, key: key).encode().buffer
+
+  # Send through the mix network. The exit node will dial destKad on KadCodec,
+  # write kadRequest, read the kad protobuf response, and return it via SURB.
+  let getConn = senderMix
+    .toConnection(
+      MixDestination.init(
+        destKad.switch.peerInfo.peerId, destKad.switch.peerInfo.addrs[0]
+      ),
+      KadCodec,
+      MixParameters(expectReply: Opt.some(true), numSurbs: Opt.some(byte(1))),
+    )
+    .expect("cant build get connection")
+
+  await getConn.writeLp(kadRequest)
+  let rawResp = await getConn.readLp(MaxMsgSize)
+  await getConn.close()
+
+  if rawResp.len == 0:
+    raiseAssert "get returned empty response"
+
+  let reply = Message.decode(rawResp).valueOr:
+    raiseAssert "failed to decode kad response"
+
+  let record = reply.record.valueOr:
+    raiseAssert "kad response contained no record"
+
+  let discoveredValue = record.value.valueOr:
+    raiseAssert "kad record contained no value"
+
+  if discoveredValue != value:
+    raiseAssert "get returned wrong value"
+
+  info "Anonymous kad get succeeded",
+    key = key, discoveredValue = string.fromBytes(discoveredValue)
+
+when isMainModule:
+  waitFor(mixKadGetSimulation())