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# Custom Topology Provider
import { Callout } from 'nextra/components';
If you are also running a Validator and Nym API for your network, you can specify that endpoint as such and interact with it as clients usually do (under the hood).
> You can find this code [here](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/blob/master/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/custom_topology_provider.rs)
```rust
// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
use nym_sdk::mixnet;
use nym_sdk::mixnet::MixnetMessageSender;
use nym_topology::provider_trait::{async_trait, TopologyProvider};
use nym_topology::{nym_topology_from_detailed, NymTopology};
use nym_validator_client::nym_api::NymApiClientExt;
use url::Url;
struct MyTopologyProvider {
validator_client: nym_http_api_client::Client,
}
impl MyTopologyProvider {
fn new(nym_api_url: Url) -> MyTopologyProvider {
let validator_client = nym_http_api_client::Client::builder::<_, nym_validator_client::models::RequestError>(nym_api_url)
.expect("Failed to create API client builder")
.build::<nym_validator_client::models::RequestError>()
.expect("Failed to build API client");
MyTopologyProvider {
validator_client,
}
}
async fn get_topology(&self) -> NymTopology {
let mixnodes = self
.validator_client
.get_cached_active_mixnodes()
.await
.unwrap();
// in our topology provider only use mixnodes that have mix_id divisible by 3
// and have more than 100k nym (i.e. 100'000'000'000 unym) in stake
// why? because this is just an example to showcase arbitrary uses and capabilities of this trait
let filtered_mixnodes = mixnodes
.into_iter()
.filter(|mix| {
mix.mix_id() % 3 == 0 && mix.total_stake() > "100000000000".parse().unwrap()
})
.collect::<Vec<_>>();
let gateways = self.validator_client.get_cached_gateways().await.unwrap();
nym_topology_from_detailed(filtered_mixnodes, gateways)
}
}
#[async_trait]
impl TopologyProvider for MyTopologyProvider {
// this will be manually refreshed on a timer specified inside mixnet client config
async fn get_new_topology(&mut self) -> Option<NymTopology> {
Some(self.get_topology().await)
}
}
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
nym_bin_common::logging::setup_logging();
let nym_api = "https://validator.nymtech.net/api/".parse().unwrap();
let my_topology_provider = MyTopologyProvider::new(nym_api);
// Passing no config makes the client fire up an ephemeral session and figure things out on its own
let mut client = mixnet::MixnetClientBuilder::new_ephemeral()
.custom_topology_provider(Box::new(my_topology_provider))
.build()
.unwrap()
.connect_to_mixnet()
.await
.unwrap();
let our_address = client.nym_address();
println!("Our client nym address is: {our_address}");
// Send a message through the mixnet to ourselves
client
.send_plain_message(*our_address, "hello there")
.await
.unwrap();
println!("Waiting for message (ctrl-c to exit)");
client
.on_messages(|msg| println!("Received: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&msg.message)))
.await;
}
```