Hi, I have a functional app that uses IPFS, it successfully takes a local file via <input type='file'>, turns it into stream, and adds it to IPFS through node.files.add. And it returns the hash, which I can use to retrieve the original file. So for example if I had an image, I could upload it and display it immediately as an <img> tag.
But here’s the problem I’m facing. I am trying to create a download link (<a href>) that links to the ipfs.io gateway so the file can be downloaded through a link. For example I want to upload a PDF file to IPFS and create a gateway link where the file can be downloaded.
But because the gateway url ends with the hash (and not a file extension), whenever I try to download it (or open it in my iOS safari in a new app), it’s not recognized. I’ve looked into all the github issues remotely close to solving this issue, but the closest I’ve found was https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/issues/349 which doesn’t seem to have a solution yet.
If we were just talking about regular web servers, I could just add a file type extension in the end and the browser will know what to do with it, but since all IPFS files (unless they are wrapped in a directory) end with a hash, this is not a feasible solution either.
I know one way to do it manually is to wrap the file in a directory by adding file in the console via add -w option, but couldn’t find a way to do this with JS.
Am I missing something? Or is there currently no way (using JS-IPFS) to upload a file to IPFS and then make it downloadable as a link?
