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

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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!"