Dependencies

• Go (1.11)
• IPFS (0.4.17)
• go-ipfs-api

Setup

1. Install Go
2. Install IPFS
3. Get get-ipfs-api by doing: go get -u github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api
4. Start the IPFS daemon: ipfs daemon
5. In a new shell clone and move into this directory: git clone https://github.com/lambdaclass/go-http-ipfs.git && go-http-ipfs
6. Build and run the Go server: go run

Now you will have the HTTP server running in port 8080.

Endpoints

/upload

This endpoint receives the file the user wants to upload to IPFS. The request must be a POST with a multipart form in which the field file has the file to upload.

Example:

$> curl localhost:8000/upload -F 'file=@example.txt'
QmbZGZZFbc9eFB1hfZj8PHsp8ZrszwXgf3nkrFx8z3v6ri

/file/:hash

This endpoint fetches a file from IPFS using its hash and returns it to the client for download. The request must be a GET where :hash is the hash identifying the file in IPFS

Example:

curl localhost:8000/file/QmbZGZZFbc9eFB1hfZj8PHsp8ZrszwXgf3nkrFx8z3v6ri -O