How to develop an application that uses the Tor network? [closed]

Question

I want to develop an application which allows users to also communicate over the Tor network. I have done some Googling but I can't seem to find an API or SDK. How does one develop a Tor application? Are there any libraries out there?

EDIT: I see there are no libraries or API's available to use Tor. What would I need to know in order to write this Tor application?

Answer 1

This is how:

https://stem.torproject.org/

from https://stem.torproject.org/faq.html#what-is-stem

"Stem is a Python controller library that you can use to interact with Tor. With it you can write scripts and applications with capabilities similar to Vidalia and arm.

From a technical standpoint, Stem is a Python implementation of Tor's directory and control specifications. To get started see our tutorials!"

Answer 2

To my knowledge Tor does not have an actual API or SDK.

Tor does come with a SOCKS interface though. So the simplest way of making an app work over the Tor network is to use a SOCKS proxy with the default Tor installation on a user's computer.

For an example using Go, check out Pond.