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dat-link-resolve

resolve urls, links to a dat key using common methods

Supports

• Common dat key representations (dat://, etc.)
• URLs with keys in them (datproject.org/6161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161)
• hyperdrive-key or dat-key headers
• Url to JSON http request that returns {key: <dat-key>}
• Dat-DNS resolution (via dat-dns)

Install

npm install dat-link-resolve

Usage

var datResolve = require('dat-link-resolve')

datResolve(link, function (err, key) {
  console.log('found key', key)
})

API

datResolve(link, callback(err, key))

Link can be string or buffer.

Resolution order:

1. Validate buffers or any strings with 64 character hashes in them via dat-encoding
2. Check headers in http request
3. Check JSON request response for key
4. Dat-DNS resolution via dat-dns

Refering to dats

Trying to tighten up a bit dat-link-resolve (and its dependencies dat-dns and dat-decode). I am noticing a few inconsistencies as I'm writing dat-shell.

Ideally, I'd like to launch dat-shell like this:

$ dat-shell dat://40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9+5/path4

and have it open the dat at version 5 and change directory to /path4.

Currently dat-shell google-fonts-kewitz.hashbase.io/fonts/ fails somewhere in dat-link-resolve.

Examples

Note that dat-link-resolve also supports other methods, such as detection of dat keys in paths and http headers.

Simplest

• Plain: 40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9
• DNS: pfrazee.hashbase.io

With version

• Plain: 40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9+5
• DNS: pfrazee.hashbase.io+5

With scheme

• https: https://40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9/
• dat: dat://pfrazee.hashbase.io

With path

• https: 40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9/path1
• dat: pfrazee.hashbase.io/path2

Combinations

• 40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9+5/path3
• dat://40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9+5/path4
• https://40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9/path5 (^1)
• https://pfrazee.hashbase.io+5/path6 (^2)

Notes

1. browsers expect http and https schemes with traditional hostname, not a dat key
2. browsers expect http and https schemes with traditional hostname, no +5 (version) support

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please read the contributing guidelines first.

License

MIT