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 # neofs-sdk-go
-Go implementation of NeoFS SDK
+Go implementation of NeoFS SDK. It contains high-level version-independent wrappers
+for structures from [neofs-api-go](https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go) as well as
+helper functions for simplifying node/dApp implementations.
+
+## Repository structure
+
+### accounting
+Contains fixed-point `Decimal` type for performing balance calculations.
+
+### eacl
+Contains Extended ACL types for fine-grained access control.
+There is also a reference implementation of checking algorithm which is used in NeoFS node.
+
+### checksum
+Contains `Checksum` type encapsulating checksum as well as it's kind.
+Currently Sha256 and [Tillich-Zemor hashsum](https://github.com/nspcc-dev/tzhash) are in use.
+
+### owner
+`owner.ID` type represents single account interacting with NeoFS. In v2 version of protocol
+it is just raw bytes behing [base58-encoded address](https://docs.neo.org/docs/en-us/basic/concept/wallets.html#address)
+in Neo blockchain. Note that for historical reasons it contains
+version prefix and checksum in addition to script-hash.
+
+### token
+Contains Bearer token type with several NeoFS-specific methods.
+
+### resolver
+In NeoFS there are 2 types of name resolution: DNS and NNS. NNS stands for Neo Name Service
+is just a [contract](https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-contract/) deployed on a Neo blockchain.
+Basically, NNS is just a DNS-on-chain which can be used for resolving container nice-names as well
+as any other name in dApps. See our [CoreDNS plugin](https://github.com/nspcc-dev/coredns/tree/master/plugin/nns)
+for the example of how NNS can be integrated in DNS.
+
+### session
+To help lightweight clients interact with NeoFS without sacrificing trust, NeoFS has a concept
+of session token. It is signed by client and allows any node with which a session is established
+to perform certain actions on behalf of the user.
+
+### client
+Contains client for working with NeoFS.
+```go
+c, _ := client.New(
+    client.WithAddress("localhost:40005"), // endpoint address
+    client.WithDefaultPrivateKey(key),     // private key for request signing
+    client.WithNeoFSErrorHandling(),       // enable erroneous status parsing
+    client.WithTLSConfig(&tls.Config{}))   // custom TLS configuration
+    
+ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5 * time.Second)
+defer cancel()
+
+res, err := c.GetBalance(ctx, owner)
+if err != nil {
+    return
+}
+
+fmt.Printf("Balance for %s: %s\n", owner, res.Amount())
+```
+
+#### Response status
+In NeoFS every operation can fail on multiple levels, so a single `error` doesn't suffice,
+e.g. consider a case when object was put on 4 out of 5 replicas. Thus, all request execution
+details are contained in `Status` returned from every RPC call. dApp can inspect them
+if needed and perform any desired action. In the case above we may want to report
+these details to the user as well as retry an operation, possibly with different parameters.
+Status wire-format is extendable and each node can report any set of details it wants.
+The set of reserved status codes can be found in
+[NeoFS API](https://github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api/blob/master/status/types.proto). There is also
+a `client.WithNeoFSErrorHandling()` to seamlessly convert erroneous statuses into Go error type.
+
+### policy
+Contains helpers allowing conversion of placing policy from/to JSON representation
+and SQL-like human-readable language.
+```go
+p, _ := policy.Parse(`
+    REP 2
+    SELECT 6 FROM F
+    FILTER StorageType EQ SSD AS F`)
+
+// Convert parsed policy back to human-readable text and print.
+println(strings.Join(policy.Encode(p), "\n"))
+```
+
+### netmap
+Contains CRUSH-like implementation of container node selection algorithm. Relevant details
+are described in this paper http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2344/short10.pdf . Note that it can be
+outdated in some details.
+
+`netmap/json_tests` subfolder contains language-agnostic tests for selection algorithm. 
+
+```go
+import (
+    "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/netmap"
+    "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object"
+)
+
+func placementNodes(addr *object.Address, p *netmap.PlacementPolicy, neofsNodes []netmap.NodeInfo) {
+    // Convert list of nodes in NeoFS API format to the intermediate representation.
+    nodes := netmap.NodesFromInfo(nodes)
+
+    // Create new netmap (errors are skipped for the sake of clarity). 
+    nm, _ := NewNetmap(nodes)
+
+    // Calculate nodes of container.
+    cn, _ := nm.GetContainerNodes(p, addr.ContainerID().ToV2().GetValue())
+
+    // Return list of nodes for each replica to place object on in the order of priority.
+    return nm.GetPlacementVectors(cn, addr.ObjectID().ToV2().GetValue())
+}
+```
+
+### pool
+Simple pool for managing connections to NeoFS nodes.
+
+### acl, checksum, version, signature
+Contain simple API wrappers.
+
+### logger
+Wrapper over `zap.Logger` which is used across NeoFS codebase.
+
+### util
+Utilities for working with signature-related code.
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