Node created with IPFS.create() doesn't accept HTTP API requests

[uluhonolulu]

• Version: 0.5.2

• Platform: Windows 64bit

Severity: High

Description:

I'm creating a node in my NodeJS application using IPFS.create(). The node works fine, but I cannot connect to its HTTP API endpoint -- port 5001 is not open (nor is 5002).

Steps to reproduce the error:

1. Execute await IPFS.create() at startup.
2. Run curl -L -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:5001/api/v0/id' from the command line.

The file ~/.ipfs/api has a single line that says /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001/http

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[achingbrain]

The HTTP API is separate from the core of IPFS - you need to configure it separately.

See how the ipfs-daemon module does it here: https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/packages/ipfs-daemon/src/index.js#L50-L51

[achingbrain]

Also ~/.ipfs/api is used by go-IPFS. js-IPFS uses ~/.jsipfs.

[uluhonolulu]

Thanks @achingbrain!