A client for ipfs daemons
This module combines the ipfs-grpc-client and ipfs-http-client modules to give you a client that is capable of bidirectional streaming in the browser as well as node.
$ npm install ipfs-clientThe client object created by the createClient function supports the IPFS Core API, see the docs for more.
None
An optional object which may have the following keys:
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| grpc | Multiaddr or string or URL |
undefined |
The address of a ipfs-grpc-server to connect to |
| http | Multiaddr or string or URL |
undefined |
The address of a ipfs-http-server to connect to |
| agent | http.Agent | undefined |
A http.Agent used to control HTTP client behaviour (node.js only) |
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
object |
An instance of the client |
const createClient = require('ipfs-client')
const client = createClient({
grpc: '/ipv4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5003/ws',
http: '/ipv4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5002/http'
})
const id = await client.id()