sailplane-node

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.

Things to Note:

• 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)

Install

npm install @cypsela/sailplane-node

API

check out ./test for examples

SailplaneNode API

.create(orbitdb, [options])

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

.determineAddress(name, [options])

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

.mount(address, [options])

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

SharedFS API

.create(fsstore, [options])

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

.start()

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

.stop([options])

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

.upload(path, source)

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

.read(path)

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

.remove(path)

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

.fs.joinPath(path, name)

Creates a new path by adding path and name

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.fs.exists(path)

Returns whether path exists in filesystem

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.fs.content(path)

Returns content type at path

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.fs.read(path)

Returns data stored path

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.fs.tree(path)

Returns all paths under path

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.fs.ls(path)

Returns all paths directly under path

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