collaborative file system on ipfs
This package was built to enable collaborative file storage similar to popular consumer faced cloud storage. It uses a custom orbit-db store named orbit-db-fsstore to map file paths to IPFS content ids and calculates directory paths from contained file content ids.
- This is alpha software, the API is likely to change.
- This is not yet a hardened protocol. Malicious entries added to the underlying orbitdb store could crash the program.
- The orbitdb instance handed to SailplaneNode must use js-ipfs version 0.41+ (requires the async iterator api)
npm install @cypsela/sailplane-node
check out ./test for examples
static async
orbitdb: an instance of OrbitDB
[options]: {Object} options to be used by the sailplane instance; no options defined yet
const sailplane = await Sailplane.create(orbitdb, {})returns a Promise that resolves to an instance of SailplaneNode
async
name: {String} naming the orbitdb filesystem store
[options]: {Object} options passed to orbitdb.determineAddress
const address = await sailplane.determineAddress('superdrive', {})returns a Promise that resolves to an instance of OrbitDBAddress for an FSStore
async
address: {OrbitDBAddress or String} address of an FSStore
[options]: {Object} options passed to orbitdb.open and SharedFS.create
const sharedfs = await sailplane.mount(address, {})returns a Promise that resolves to an instance of SharedFS
static async
This method should not be directly called by users, use sailplane.mount instead
fsstore: an instance of FSStore
[options]: {Object} options to be used by the sharedfs instance
[options.onStop]: {Function} called and awaited before the sharedfs instance is stopped with sharedfs.stop. Used by sailplane.mount. Default is empty function
[options.autoStart]: {Boolean} whether to await sharedfs.start before returning sharedfs instance. Default: true
[options.loadDb]: {Boolean} whether calling sharedfs.start should load the fsstore history. Default: true
const sharedfs = await SharedFS.create(orbitdb, {})returns a Promise that resolves to an instance of SharedFS
async
Starts the sharedfs instance. Depending on sharedfs.options start may be called automatically and load fsstore history.
await sharedfs.start()returns a Promise that resolves to undefined
async
[options]: {Object} options to be used
[options.drop]: {Boolean} whether to call .drop on the fsstore
Stops the sharedfs instance. Using the sharedfs instance after calling .stop could result in an error.
await sharedfs.stop()returns a Promise that resolves to undefined
async
path: {String} a string usable as an fsstore path. Every path must be a child of '/r'.
source: {data source} this is handed directly to ipfs.add
Upload folders and files to ipfs and add references to them in the fsstore.
await sharedfs.upload('/r', source)returns a Promise that resolves to undefined
async
path: {String} path of filesystem to read
const cid = await sharedfs.read('/r')returns a Promise that resolves to an instance of CID, more info about IPFS content ids
async
path: {String} path of filesystem to remove
Removes a file or folder recursively at path.
await sharedfs.remove('/r')returns a Promise that resolves to undefined
Creates a new path by adding path and name
Returns whether path exists in filesystem
Returns content type at path
Returns data stored path
Returns all paths under path
Returns all paths directly under path