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%global _empty_manifest_terminate_build 0
Name: python-ipfshttpclient
Version: 0.7.0
Release: 1
Summary: Python IPFS HTTP CLIENT library
License: MIT License
URL: https://ipfs.io/ipns/12D3KooWEqnTdgqHnkkwarSrJjeMP2ZJiADWLYADaNvUb6SQNyPF/
Source0: https://mirrors.nju.edu.cn/pypi/web/packages/5e/c2/179b22ebf1ba5a4ea788fa72c65e4aebec4bf7b0b5e5f7621d938a311f0c/ipfshttpclient-0.7.0.tar.gz
BuildArch: noarch
Requires: python3-multiaddr
Requires: python3-requests
%description
# py-ipfs-http-client
[](https://docs.ipfs.io/community/)
[](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23py-ipfs)
[](https://matrix.to/#/#py-ipfs:ninetailed.ninja?via=matrix.ninetailed.ninja&via=librem.one)
[](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme)
[](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipfshttpclient)
[](https://travis-ci.com/github/ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client)

Check out [the HTTP Client reference](https://ipfs.io/ipns/12D3KooWEqnTdgqHnkkwarSrJjeMP2ZJiADWLYADaNvUb6SQNyPF/docs/) for the full command reference.
**Note**: The `ipfsapi` PIP package and Python module have both been renamed to `ipfshttpclient`!
See the [relevant section of the CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md#py-ipfs-http-client-0411-13052019) for details. There is also a `ipfsApi` library from which this library originated that is completely
unmaintained and does not work with any recent go-IPFS version.
**Note**: This library occasionally has to change to stay compatible with the IPFS HTTP API.
Currently, this library is tested against [go-ipfs v0.7.0](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/releases/tag/v0.7.0).
We strive to support the last 5 releases of go-IPFS at any given time; go-IPFS v0.4.23 therefore
being to oldest supported version at this time.
## Table of Contents
- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Migrating from 0.4.x to 0.6.0](#migrating-from-04x-to-060)
- [Featured Projects](#featured-projects)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Bug reports](#bug-reports)
- [Pull requests](#pull-requests)
- [Chat with Us (IRC/Matrix)](#chat-with-us-ircmatrix)
- [License](#license)
## Install
Install with pip:
```sh
pip install ipfshttpclient
```
### Development install from Source
```sh
# Clone the source repository
git clone https://github.com/ipfs/py-ipfs-http-client.git
cd py-ipfs-http-client
# Link ipfs-api-client into your Python Path
flit install --pth-file
```
## Usage
Basic use-case (requires a running instance of IPFS daemon):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect() # Connects to: /dns/localhost/tcp/5001/http
>>> res = client.add('test.txt')
>>> res
{'Hash': 'QmWxS5aNTFEc9XbMX1ASvLET1zrqEaTssqt33rVZQCQb22', 'Name': 'test.txt'}
>>> client.cat(res['Hash'])
'fdsafkljdskafjaksdjf\n'
```
*Please note*: You should specify the address for an IPFS *API server*, using the address of a *gateway* (such as the public `ipfs.io` one at `/dns/ipfs.io/tcp/443/https`) will only give you [extremely limited access](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blob/master/docs/gateway.md#read-only-api) and may not work at all. If you are only interested in downloading IPFS content through public gateway servers then this library is unlikely of being of much help.
For real-world scripts you can reuse TCP connections using a context manager or manually closing the session after use:
```py
import ipfshttpclient
# Share TCP connections using a context manager
with ipfshttpclient.connect() as client:
hash = client.add('test.txt')['Hash']
print(client.stat(hash))
# Share TCP connections until the client session is closed
class SomeObject:
def __init__(self):
self._client = ipfshttpclient.connect(session=True)
def do_something(self):
hash = self._client.add('test.txt')['Hash']
print(self._client.stat(hash))
def close(self): # Call this when your done
self._client.close()
```
Administrative functions:
```py
>>> client.id()
{'Addresses': ['/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS',
'/ip6/::1/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS'],
'AgentVersion': 'go-ipfs/0.4.10',
'ID': 'QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS',
'ProtocolVersion': 'ipfs/0.1.0',
'PublicKey': 'CAASpgIwgg ... 3FcjAgMBAAE='}
```
Pass in API options:
```py
>>> client.pin.ls(type='all')
{'Keys': {'QmNMELyizsfFdNZW3yKTi1SE2pErifwDTXx6vvQBfwcJbU': {'Count': 1,
'Type': 'indirect'},
'QmNQ1h6o1xJARvYzwmySPsuv9L5XfzS4WTvJSTAWwYRSd8': {'Count': 1,
'Type': 'indirect'},
…
```
Add a directory and match against a filename pattern:
```py
>>> client.add('photos', pattern='*.jpg')
[{'Hash': 'QmcqBstfu5AWpXUqbucwimmWdJbu89qqYmE3WXVktvaXhX',
'Name': 'photos/photo1.jpg'},
{'Hash': 'QmSbmgg7kYwkSNzGLvWELnw1KthvTAMszN5TNg3XQ799Fu',
'Name': 'photos/photo2.jpg'},
{'Hash': 'Qma6K85PJ8dN3qWjxgsDNaMjWjTNy8ygUWXH2kfoq9bVxH',
'Name': 'photos/photo3.jpg'}]
```
Or add a directory recursively:
```py
>>> client.add('fake_dir', recursive=True)
[{'Hash': 'QmQcCtMgLVwvMQGu6mvsRYLjwqrZJcYtH4mboM9urWW9vX',
'Name': 'fake_dir/fsdfgh'},
{'Hash': 'QmNuvmuFeeWWpxjCQwLkHshr8iqhGLWXFzSGzafBeawTTZ',
'Name': 'fake_dir/test2/llllg'},
{'Hash': 'QmX1dd5DtkgoiYRKaPQPTCtXArUu4jEZ62rJBUcd5WhxAZ',
'Name': 'fake_dir/test2'},
{'Hash': 'Qmenzb5J4fR9c69BbpbBhPTSp2Snjthu2hKPWGPPJUHb9M',
'Name': 'fake_dir'}]
```
This module also contains some helper functions for adding strings and JSON to IPFS:
```py
>>> lst = [1, 77, 'lol']
>>> client.add_json(lst)
'QmQ4R5cCUYBWiJpNL7mFe4LDrwD6qBr5Re17BoRAY9VNpd'
>>> client.get_json(_)
[1, 77, 'lol']
```
Use an IPFS server with basic auth (replace username and password with real creds):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect('/dns/ipfs-api.example.com/tcp/443/https', auth=("username", "password"))
```
Pass custom headers to the IPFS daemon with each request:
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> headers = {"CustomHeader": "foobar"}
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect('/dns/ipfs-api.example.com/tcp/443/https', headers=headers)
```
Connect to the IPFS daemon using a Unix domain socket (plain HTTP only):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect("/unix/run/ipfs/ipfs.sock")
```
## Documentation
Documentation (currently mostly API documentation unfortunately) is available on IPFS:
https://ipfs.io/ipns/12D3KooWEqnTdgqHnkkwarSrJjeMP2ZJiADWLYADaNvUb6SQNyPF/docs/
The `ipfs` [command-line Client documentation](https://ipfs.io/docs/commands/) may also be useful in some cases.
### Migrating from `0.4.x` to `0.6.0`
Please see the CHANGELOG for [the minor breaking changes between these releases](CHANGELOG.md#py-ipfs-http-client-060-30062020).
## Featured Projects
Projects that currently use py-ipfs-http-client. If your project isn't here, feel free to submit a PR to add it!
- [InterPlanetary Wayback](https://github.com/oduwsdl/ipwb) interfaces web archive ([WARC](https://www.iso.org/standard/44717.html)) files for distributed indexing and replay using IPFS.
## Contributing
### Easy Tasks
Over time many smaller day-to-day tasks have piled up (mostly supporting some
newer APIs). If want to help out without getting too involved picking up one
of tasks of our [help wanted issue list](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22)
would go a long way towards making this library more feature-complete. 👍
### Bug reports
You can submit bug reports using the
[GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/ipfs/py-ipfs-http-client/issues).
### Pull requests
Pull requests are welcome. Before submitting a new pull request, please
make sure that your code passes both the
[code formatting](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
(PEP-8 with tab indentation) and
[typing](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cheat_sheet_py3.html)
(PEP-484 using mypy) checks:
$ tox -e styleck -e typeck
As well as the unit tests:
$ tox -e py3 -e py3-httpx
If you are unsure, don't hasitate to just submit your code and a human will
take a look. 🙂
If you can, Please make sure to include new unit tests for new features or
changes in behavior. We aim to bring coverage to 100% at some point.
#### Installing the pre-commit Hook
You can arrange for the code style and typing tests to be run automatically
before each commit by installing the GIT `pre-commit` hook:
$ ./tools/pre-commit --install
### Chat with Us (IRC/Matrix)
You can find us on [#py-ipfs on chat.freenode.org](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23py-ipfs)
or in our [Matrix chat room](https://matrix.to/#/#py-ipfs:ninetailed.ninja?via=ninetailed.ninja&via=librem.one).
Join us if you have any suggestions, questions or if you just want to discuss
IPFS and Python in general.
Please note that the channel is not monitored all the time and hence you may
only receive a reply to your message later that day. Using Matrix makes it
easier to stay connected in the background, so please prefer the Matrix option
or use an IRC bouncer.
## License
This code is distributed under the terms of the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Details can be found in the file
[LICENSE](LICENSE) in this repository.
%package -n python3-ipfshttpclient
Summary: Python IPFS HTTP CLIENT library
Provides: python-ipfshttpclient
BuildRequires: python3-devel
BuildRequires: python3-setuptools
BuildRequires: python3-pip
%description -n python3-ipfshttpclient
# py-ipfs-http-client
[](https://docs.ipfs.io/community/)
[](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23py-ipfs)
[](https://matrix.to/#/#py-ipfs:ninetailed.ninja?via=matrix.ninetailed.ninja&via=librem.one)
[](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme)
[](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipfshttpclient)
[](https://travis-ci.com/github/ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client)

Check out [the HTTP Client reference](https://ipfs.io/ipns/12D3KooWEqnTdgqHnkkwarSrJjeMP2ZJiADWLYADaNvUb6SQNyPF/docs/) for the full command reference.
**Note**: The `ipfsapi` PIP package and Python module have both been renamed to `ipfshttpclient`!
See the [relevant section of the CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md#py-ipfs-http-client-0411-13052019) for details. There is also a `ipfsApi` library from which this library originated that is completely
unmaintained and does not work with any recent go-IPFS version.
**Note**: This library occasionally has to change to stay compatible with the IPFS HTTP API.
Currently, this library is tested against [go-ipfs v0.7.0](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/releases/tag/v0.7.0).
We strive to support the last 5 releases of go-IPFS at any given time; go-IPFS v0.4.23 therefore
being to oldest supported version at this time.
## Table of Contents
- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Migrating from 0.4.x to 0.6.0](#migrating-from-04x-to-060)
- [Featured Projects](#featured-projects)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Bug reports](#bug-reports)
- [Pull requests](#pull-requests)
- [Chat with Us (IRC/Matrix)](#chat-with-us-ircmatrix)
- [License](#license)
## Install
Install with pip:
```sh
pip install ipfshttpclient
```
### Development install from Source
```sh
# Clone the source repository
git clone https://github.com/ipfs/py-ipfs-http-client.git
cd py-ipfs-http-client
# Link ipfs-api-client into your Python Path
flit install --pth-file
```
## Usage
Basic use-case (requires a running instance of IPFS daemon):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect() # Connects to: /dns/localhost/tcp/5001/http
>>> res = client.add('test.txt')
>>> res
{'Hash': 'QmWxS5aNTFEc9XbMX1ASvLET1zrqEaTssqt33rVZQCQb22', 'Name': 'test.txt'}
>>> client.cat(res['Hash'])
'fdsafkljdskafjaksdjf\n'
```
*Please note*: You should specify the address for an IPFS *API server*, using the address of a *gateway* (such as the public `ipfs.io` one at `/dns/ipfs.io/tcp/443/https`) will only give you [extremely limited access](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blob/master/docs/gateway.md#read-only-api) and may not work at all. If you are only interested in downloading IPFS content through public gateway servers then this library is unlikely of being of much help.
For real-world scripts you can reuse TCP connections using a context manager or manually closing the session after use:
```py
import ipfshttpclient
# Share TCP connections using a context manager
with ipfshttpclient.connect() as client:
hash = client.add('test.txt')['Hash']
print(client.stat(hash))
# Share TCP connections until the client session is closed
class SomeObject:
def __init__(self):
self._client = ipfshttpclient.connect(session=True)
def do_something(self):
hash = self._client.add('test.txt')['Hash']
print(self._client.stat(hash))
def close(self): # Call this when your done
self._client.close()
```
Administrative functions:
```py
>>> client.id()
{'Addresses': ['/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS',
'/ip6/::1/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS'],
'AgentVersion': 'go-ipfs/0.4.10',
'ID': 'QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS',
'ProtocolVersion': 'ipfs/0.1.0',
'PublicKey': 'CAASpgIwgg ... 3FcjAgMBAAE='}
```
Pass in API options:
```py
>>> client.pin.ls(type='all')
{'Keys': {'QmNMELyizsfFdNZW3yKTi1SE2pErifwDTXx6vvQBfwcJbU': {'Count': 1,
'Type': 'indirect'},
'QmNQ1h6o1xJARvYzwmySPsuv9L5XfzS4WTvJSTAWwYRSd8': {'Count': 1,
'Type': 'indirect'},
…
```
Add a directory and match against a filename pattern:
```py
>>> client.add('photos', pattern='*.jpg')
[{'Hash': 'QmcqBstfu5AWpXUqbucwimmWdJbu89qqYmE3WXVktvaXhX',
'Name': 'photos/photo1.jpg'},
{'Hash': 'QmSbmgg7kYwkSNzGLvWELnw1KthvTAMszN5TNg3XQ799Fu',
'Name': 'photos/photo2.jpg'},
{'Hash': 'Qma6K85PJ8dN3qWjxgsDNaMjWjTNy8ygUWXH2kfoq9bVxH',
'Name': 'photos/photo3.jpg'}]
```
Or add a directory recursively:
```py
>>> client.add('fake_dir', recursive=True)
[{'Hash': 'QmQcCtMgLVwvMQGu6mvsRYLjwqrZJcYtH4mboM9urWW9vX',
'Name': 'fake_dir/fsdfgh'},
{'Hash': 'QmNuvmuFeeWWpxjCQwLkHshr8iqhGLWXFzSGzafBeawTTZ',
'Name': 'fake_dir/test2/llllg'},
{'Hash': 'QmX1dd5DtkgoiYRKaPQPTCtXArUu4jEZ62rJBUcd5WhxAZ',
'Name': 'fake_dir/test2'},
{'Hash': 'Qmenzb5J4fR9c69BbpbBhPTSp2Snjthu2hKPWGPPJUHb9M',
'Name': 'fake_dir'}]
```
This module also contains some helper functions for adding strings and JSON to IPFS:
```py
>>> lst = [1, 77, 'lol']
>>> client.add_json(lst)
'QmQ4R5cCUYBWiJpNL7mFe4LDrwD6qBr5Re17BoRAY9VNpd'
>>> client.get_json(_)
[1, 77, 'lol']
```
Use an IPFS server with basic auth (replace username and password with real creds):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect('/dns/ipfs-api.example.com/tcp/443/https', auth=("username", "password"))
```
Pass custom headers to the IPFS daemon with each request:
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> headers = {"CustomHeader": "foobar"}
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect('/dns/ipfs-api.example.com/tcp/443/https', headers=headers)
```
Connect to the IPFS daemon using a Unix domain socket (plain HTTP only):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect("/unix/run/ipfs/ipfs.sock")
```
## Documentation
Documentation (currently mostly API documentation unfortunately) is available on IPFS:
https://ipfs.io/ipns/12D3KooWEqnTdgqHnkkwarSrJjeMP2ZJiADWLYADaNvUb6SQNyPF/docs/
The `ipfs` [command-line Client documentation](https://ipfs.io/docs/commands/) may also be useful in some cases.
### Migrating from `0.4.x` to `0.6.0`
Please see the CHANGELOG for [the minor breaking changes between these releases](CHANGELOG.md#py-ipfs-http-client-060-30062020).
## Featured Projects
Projects that currently use py-ipfs-http-client. If your project isn't here, feel free to submit a PR to add it!
- [InterPlanetary Wayback](https://github.com/oduwsdl/ipwb) interfaces web archive ([WARC](https://www.iso.org/standard/44717.html)) files for distributed indexing and replay using IPFS.
## Contributing
### Easy Tasks
Over time many smaller day-to-day tasks have piled up (mostly supporting some
newer APIs). If want to help out without getting too involved picking up one
of tasks of our [help wanted issue list](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22)
would go a long way towards making this library more feature-complete. 👍
### Bug reports
You can submit bug reports using the
[GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/ipfs/py-ipfs-http-client/issues).
### Pull requests
Pull requests are welcome. Before submitting a new pull request, please
make sure that your code passes both the
[code formatting](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
(PEP-8 with tab indentation) and
[typing](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cheat_sheet_py3.html)
(PEP-484 using mypy) checks:
$ tox -e styleck -e typeck
As well as the unit tests:
$ tox -e py3 -e py3-httpx
If you are unsure, don't hasitate to just submit your code and a human will
take a look. 🙂
If you can, Please make sure to include new unit tests for new features or
changes in behavior. We aim to bring coverage to 100% at some point.
#### Installing the pre-commit Hook
You can arrange for the code style and typing tests to be run automatically
before each commit by installing the GIT `pre-commit` hook:
$ ./tools/pre-commit --install
### Chat with Us (IRC/Matrix)
You can find us on [#py-ipfs on chat.freenode.org](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23py-ipfs)
or in our [Matrix chat room](https://matrix.to/#/#py-ipfs:ninetailed.ninja?via=ninetailed.ninja&via=librem.one).
Join us if you have any suggestions, questions or if you just want to discuss
IPFS and Python in general.
Please note that the channel is not monitored all the time and hence you may
only receive a reply to your message later that day. Using Matrix makes it
easier to stay connected in the background, so please prefer the Matrix option
or use an IRC bouncer.
## License
This code is distributed under the terms of the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Details can be found in the file
[LICENSE](LICENSE) in this repository.
%package help
Summary: Development documents and examples for ipfshttpclient
Provides: python3-ipfshttpclient-doc
%description help
# py-ipfs-http-client
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[](https://travis-ci.com/github/ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client)

Check out [the HTTP Client reference](https://ipfs.io/ipns/12D3KooWEqnTdgqHnkkwarSrJjeMP2ZJiADWLYADaNvUb6SQNyPF/docs/) for the full command reference.
**Note**: The `ipfsapi` PIP package and Python module have both been renamed to `ipfshttpclient`!
See the [relevant section of the CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md#py-ipfs-http-client-0411-13052019) for details. There is also a `ipfsApi` library from which this library originated that is completely
unmaintained and does not work with any recent go-IPFS version.
**Note**: This library occasionally has to change to stay compatible with the IPFS HTTP API.
Currently, this library is tested against [go-ipfs v0.7.0](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/releases/tag/v0.7.0).
We strive to support the last 5 releases of go-IPFS at any given time; go-IPFS v0.4.23 therefore
being to oldest supported version at this time.
## Table of Contents
- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Migrating from 0.4.x to 0.6.0](#migrating-from-04x-to-060)
- [Featured Projects](#featured-projects)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Bug reports](#bug-reports)
- [Pull requests](#pull-requests)
- [Chat with Us (IRC/Matrix)](#chat-with-us-ircmatrix)
- [License](#license)
## Install
Install with pip:
```sh
pip install ipfshttpclient
```
### Development install from Source
```sh
# Clone the source repository
git clone https://github.com/ipfs/py-ipfs-http-client.git
cd py-ipfs-http-client
# Link ipfs-api-client into your Python Path
flit install --pth-file
```
## Usage
Basic use-case (requires a running instance of IPFS daemon):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect() # Connects to: /dns/localhost/tcp/5001/http
>>> res = client.add('test.txt')
>>> res
{'Hash': 'QmWxS5aNTFEc9XbMX1ASvLET1zrqEaTssqt33rVZQCQb22', 'Name': 'test.txt'}
>>> client.cat(res['Hash'])
'fdsafkljdskafjaksdjf\n'
```
*Please note*: You should specify the address for an IPFS *API server*, using the address of a *gateway* (such as the public `ipfs.io` one at `/dns/ipfs.io/tcp/443/https`) will only give you [extremely limited access](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blob/master/docs/gateway.md#read-only-api) and may not work at all. If you are only interested in downloading IPFS content through public gateway servers then this library is unlikely of being of much help.
For real-world scripts you can reuse TCP connections using a context manager or manually closing the session after use:
```py
import ipfshttpclient
# Share TCP connections using a context manager
with ipfshttpclient.connect() as client:
hash = client.add('test.txt')['Hash']
print(client.stat(hash))
# Share TCP connections until the client session is closed
class SomeObject:
def __init__(self):
self._client = ipfshttpclient.connect(session=True)
def do_something(self):
hash = self._client.add('test.txt')['Hash']
print(self._client.stat(hash))
def close(self): # Call this when your done
self._client.close()
```
Administrative functions:
```py
>>> client.id()
{'Addresses': ['/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS',
'/ip6/::1/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS'],
'AgentVersion': 'go-ipfs/0.4.10',
'ID': 'QmS2C4MjZsv2iP1UDMMLCYqJ4WeJw8n3vXx1VKxW1UbqHS',
'ProtocolVersion': 'ipfs/0.1.0',
'PublicKey': 'CAASpgIwgg ... 3FcjAgMBAAE='}
```
Pass in API options:
```py
>>> client.pin.ls(type='all')
{'Keys': {'QmNMELyizsfFdNZW3yKTi1SE2pErifwDTXx6vvQBfwcJbU': {'Count': 1,
'Type': 'indirect'},
'QmNQ1h6o1xJARvYzwmySPsuv9L5XfzS4WTvJSTAWwYRSd8': {'Count': 1,
'Type': 'indirect'},
…
```
Add a directory and match against a filename pattern:
```py
>>> client.add('photos', pattern='*.jpg')
[{'Hash': 'QmcqBstfu5AWpXUqbucwimmWdJbu89qqYmE3WXVktvaXhX',
'Name': 'photos/photo1.jpg'},
{'Hash': 'QmSbmgg7kYwkSNzGLvWELnw1KthvTAMszN5TNg3XQ799Fu',
'Name': 'photos/photo2.jpg'},
{'Hash': 'Qma6K85PJ8dN3qWjxgsDNaMjWjTNy8ygUWXH2kfoq9bVxH',
'Name': 'photos/photo3.jpg'}]
```
Or add a directory recursively:
```py
>>> client.add('fake_dir', recursive=True)
[{'Hash': 'QmQcCtMgLVwvMQGu6mvsRYLjwqrZJcYtH4mboM9urWW9vX',
'Name': 'fake_dir/fsdfgh'},
{'Hash': 'QmNuvmuFeeWWpxjCQwLkHshr8iqhGLWXFzSGzafBeawTTZ',
'Name': 'fake_dir/test2/llllg'},
{'Hash': 'QmX1dd5DtkgoiYRKaPQPTCtXArUu4jEZ62rJBUcd5WhxAZ',
'Name': 'fake_dir/test2'},
{'Hash': 'Qmenzb5J4fR9c69BbpbBhPTSp2Snjthu2hKPWGPPJUHb9M',
'Name': 'fake_dir'}]
```
This module also contains some helper functions for adding strings and JSON to IPFS:
```py
>>> lst = [1, 77, 'lol']
>>> client.add_json(lst)
'QmQ4R5cCUYBWiJpNL7mFe4LDrwD6qBr5Re17BoRAY9VNpd'
>>> client.get_json(_)
[1, 77, 'lol']
```
Use an IPFS server with basic auth (replace username and password with real creds):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect('/dns/ipfs-api.example.com/tcp/443/https', auth=("username", "password"))
```
Pass custom headers to the IPFS daemon with each request:
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> headers = {"CustomHeader": "foobar"}
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect('/dns/ipfs-api.example.com/tcp/443/https', headers=headers)
```
Connect to the IPFS daemon using a Unix domain socket (plain HTTP only):
```py
>>> import ipfshttpclient
>>> client = ipfshttpclient.connect("/unix/run/ipfs/ipfs.sock")
```
## Documentation
Documentation (currently mostly API documentation unfortunately) is available on IPFS:
https://ipfs.io/ipns/12D3KooWEqnTdgqHnkkwarSrJjeMP2ZJiADWLYADaNvUb6SQNyPF/docs/
The `ipfs` [command-line Client documentation](https://ipfs.io/docs/commands/) may also be useful in some cases.
### Migrating from `0.4.x` to `0.6.0`
Please see the CHANGELOG for [the minor breaking changes between these releases](CHANGELOG.md#py-ipfs-http-client-060-30062020).
## Featured Projects
Projects that currently use py-ipfs-http-client. If your project isn't here, feel free to submit a PR to add it!
- [InterPlanetary Wayback](https://github.com/oduwsdl/ipwb) interfaces web archive ([WARC](https://www.iso.org/standard/44717.html)) files for distributed indexing and replay using IPFS.
## Contributing
### Easy Tasks
Over time many smaller day-to-day tasks have piled up (mostly supporting some
newer APIs). If want to help out without getting too involved picking up one
of tasks of our [help wanted issue list](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22)
would go a long way towards making this library more feature-complete. 👍
### Bug reports
You can submit bug reports using the
[GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/ipfs/py-ipfs-http-client/issues).
### Pull requests
Pull requests are welcome. Before submitting a new pull request, please
make sure that your code passes both the
[code formatting](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
(PEP-8 with tab indentation) and
[typing](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cheat_sheet_py3.html)
(PEP-484 using mypy) checks:
$ tox -e styleck -e typeck
As well as the unit tests:
$ tox -e py3 -e py3-httpx
If you are unsure, don't hasitate to just submit your code and a human will
take a look. 🙂
If you can, Please make sure to include new unit tests for new features or
changes in behavior. We aim to bring coverage to 100% at some point.
#### Installing the pre-commit Hook
You can arrange for the code style and typing tests to be run automatically
before each commit by installing the GIT `pre-commit` hook:
$ ./tools/pre-commit --install
### Chat with Us (IRC/Matrix)
You can find us on [#py-ipfs on chat.freenode.org](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23py-ipfs)
or in our [Matrix chat room](https://matrix.to/#/#py-ipfs:ninetailed.ninja?via=ninetailed.ninja&via=librem.one).
Join us if you have any suggestions, questions or if you just want to discuss
IPFS and Python in general.
Please note that the channel is not monitored all the time and hence you may
only receive a reply to your message later that day. Using Matrix makes it
easier to stay connected in the background, so please prefer the Matrix option
or use an IRC bouncer.
## License
This code is distributed under the terms of the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Details can be found in the file
[LICENSE](LICENSE) in this repository.
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