Cannot preload data from ipfs-js

[danieln]

@pjt

Meanwhile, I still need to provide the “upload to IPFS” feature but the default preload mechanism does not work anymore for me.

One path that might be worth exploring is running a Kubo node and exposing the add endpoint of the Kubo RPC API (note that to expose only that endpoint you will likely need a reverse proxy like nginx or a middleware HTTP server that only passes through requests to that endpoint).

On the client side, you could use the GitHub - ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client: A client library for the Kubo RPC API to add files explicitly and then you’ll have better control over the whole uploading to IPFS.

In fact, this approach is similar to what running a preload node would be. See this reply on what a preload is:

Differences between bootstraps, delegates and preload nodes?

This is a great question and a common source of confusion. The first thing to note is that you can use a single Kubo node with a TLS certificate for Bootstrap, Delegates, and preload. So here’s what they are for: Bootstrap is list is a list of peers with which the IPFS daemon learns about other peers on the network. IPFS comes with a default list of trusted peers, but you are free to modify the list. Delegates are nodes that expose the /api/v0/dht/* endpoints of the Kubo RPC API for delega…