From d840f67e0aa4b0ec8566e522b2cfbd97aeed2282 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koushik Roy <koushik@meff.me>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 05:29:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Check for Peers before `dht provide` (#4290)

* Check for Peers before `dht provide`

Check if there are any peers before running logic for `dht provide`

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Koushik Roy <meff@meff.me>
---
 core/commands/dht.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/commands/dht.go b/core/commands/dht.go
index 5b4533694..9be341652 100644
--- a/core/commands/dht.go
+++ b/core/commands/dht.go
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ var provideRefDhtCmd = &cmds.Command{
 			return
 		}
 
+		if len(n.PeerHost.Network().Conns()) == 0 {
+			res.SetError(errors.New("cannot provide, no connected peers"), cmds.ErrNormal)
+			return
+		}
+
 		rec, _, _ := req.Option("recursive").Bool()
 
 		var cids []*cid.Cid