IPFS Webpack Plugin

This plugin simplifies the operation of creating js bundles to be served through IPFS by automatically adding the bundles as part of the webpack build process and injects the applications <script> tags to include the bundle CIDs

Features

• Automatically adds bundles to local IPFS node
• Injects <script> tags with IPFS Cids
• CIDHOOK pinning of bundled content
• Supports brotli compressed bundles
• create-react-app support through craco

Plugin Configuration

Variables through dotenv

• IPFS_WEBPACK_PLUGIN_NO_GETTER = false disables the dapp ipfs get bundle function
• IPFS_WEBPACK_SWARM_CONNECT = multiaddr multiaddress to connect to using swarm.connect
• IPFS_WEBPACK_UPLOAD = true automatically upload to IPFS
• IPFS_WEBPACK_ONLINE = true bring internal ipfs node online
• IPFS_WEBPACK_CIDHOOK_PINNER = url url for CIDHOOKd
• IPFS_WEBPACK_CIDHOOK_SECRET = secret shared secret for CIDHOOKd
• IPFS_WEBPACK_CIDHOOK_WAIT = 10000 Timeout in ms for Pin operation
• IPFS_WEBPACK_ZIPPIE_PERMASTORE2_PRIVKEY = private_key Private key for zippie Permastore2 operations
• IPFS_BLOCK_PINNER_ADDRESS = http://localhost:8099 url for block pinning service

Dapp Configuration

Connecting to IPFS

Dapps will automatically connect through an available window.ipfs instance through IPFS Companion or you can instantiate your own js-ipfs instance through that variable.

The Dapp will also check for running in an iframe for use with ipfs-postmsg-proxy to allow sharing of an js-ipfs node between dapps