MDIP IPFS

MDIP utilities for integrating with IPFS.

Installation

npm install @mdip/ipfs

Usage

basic use

import IPFS from '@mdip/ipfs';

const ipfs = new IPFS();

await ipfs.start();

const data = { data: 'whatever' };
const cid = await ipfs.add(data);
const retrieve = await ipfs.get(cid); // retrieve == data

await ipfs.stop();

create factory

The static factory method create can be used to create and start an IPFS instance:

const ipfs = await IPFS.create();

FS blockstore mode

Passing datadir in options to start or create will persist the data to the specified folder.

const ipfs = await IPFS.create({ datadir: 'data/ipfs' });

minimal mode

Starting IPFS in minimal mode avoids starting a Helia IPFS server. Only add works to generate CIDs. Nothing is persisted so get always returns null.

const ipfs = await IPFS.create({ minimal: true });