MISCELLANEOUS.md

Miscellaneous API

• id
• version
• dns
• stop
• ping
• pingPullStream
• pingReadableStream

id

Returns the identity of the Peer

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JavaScript - ipfs.id([callback])

callback must follow function (err, identity) {} signature, where err is an error if the operation was not successful. identity is an object with the Peer identity.

If no callback is passed, a promise is returned.

Example:

ipfs.id(function (err, identity) {
  if (err) {
    throw err
  }
  console.log(identity)
})

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.

version

Returns the implementation version

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JavaScript - ipfs.version([callback])

callback must follow function (err, version) {} signature, where err is an error if the operation was not successful. version is an object with the version of the implementation, the commit and the Repo.

If no callback is passed, a promise is returned.

Example:

ipfs.version((err, version) => {
  if (err) {
    throw err
  }
  console.log(version)
})

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.

dns

Resolve DNS links

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JavaScript - ipfs.dns(domain, [callback])

callback must follow function (err, path) {} signature, where err is an error if the operation was not successful. path is the IPFS path for that domain.

If no callback is passed, a promise is returned.

Example:

ipfs.dns('ipfs.io', (err, path) => {
  if (err) {
    throw err
  }
  console.log(path)
})

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.

stop

Stops the IPFS node and in case of talking with an IPFS Daemon, it stops the process.

Go WIP

JavaScript - ipfs.stop([callback])

callback must follow function (err) {} signature, where err is an error if the operation was not successful. If no callback is passed, a promise is returned.

Example:

ipfs.stop((err) => {
  if (err) {
    throw err
  }
})

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.

ping

Send echo request packets to IPFS hosts

Go WIP

JavaScript - ipfs.ping(peerId, [options], [callback])

Where:

• peerId (string) ID of the peer to be pinged.

• options is an optional object argument that might include the following properties:

  • count (integer, default 10): the number of ping messages to send

• callback must follow function (err, responses) {} signature, where err is an error if the operation was not successful. responses is an Array of ping response objects of the form:

  {
    success: true,
    time: 1234,
    text: ''
  }

  Note that not all ping response objects are "pongs". A "pong" message can be identified by a truthy success property and an empty text property. Other ping responses are failures or status updates.

  If no callback is passed, a promise is returned.

Example:

ipfs.ping('Qmhash', function (err, responses) {
  if (err) {
    throw err
  }

  responses.forEach((res) => {
    if (res.time) {
      console.log(`Pong received: time=${res.time} ms`)
    } else {
      console.log(res.text)
    }
  })
})

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.

pingPullStream

Stream echo request packets to IPFS hosts

Go WIP

JavaScript - ipfs.pingPullStream(peerId, [options], [callback])

Where:

• peerId (string) ID of the peer to be pinged.
• options is an optional object argument that might include the following properties:
  • count (integer, default 10): the number of ping messages to send

Returns a PullStream of ping response objects of the form:

{
  success: true,
  time: 1234,
  text: ''
}

Note that not all ping response objects are "pongs". A "pong" message can be identified by a truthy success property and an empty text property. Other ping responses are failures or status updates.

Example:

const pull = require('pull-stream')

pull(
  ipfs.pingPullStream('Qmhash'),
  pull.drain((res) => {
    if (res.time) {
      console.log(`Pong received: time=${res.time} ms`)
    } else {
      console.log(res.text)
    }
  })
)

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.

pingReadableStream

Stream echo request packets to IPFS hosts

Go WIP

JavaScript - ipfs.pingReadableStream(peerId, [options], [callback])

Where:

• peerId (string) ID of the peer to be pinged.
• options is an optional object argument that might include the following properties:
  • count (integer, default 10): the number of ping messages to send

Returns a ReadableStream of ping response objects of the form:

{
  success: true,
  time: 1234,
  text: ''
}

Note that not all ping response objects are "pongs". A "pong" message can be identified by a truthy success property and an empty text property. Other ping responses are failures or status updates.

Example:

const stream = ipfs.pingReadableStream('Qmhash')

stream.on('data', (res) => {
  if (res.time) {
    console.log(`Pong received: time=${res.time} ms`)
  } else {
    console.log(res.text)
  }
})

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.