net::ERR_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH error while uploading image to IPFS

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I have a simple webapp with a form to upload an image to IPFS. I am using ipfs-js-api to add the file to IPFS. Everything works well on my dev box. In production, I am using nginx. Since I can’t directly communicate with my IPFS daemon (localhost), I have a proxy set up so the frontend can communicate with the daemon through mydomain.com/ipfs/:443. However, when I upload a file, I get the error:

POST https://www.mydomain.com/ipfs/:443/api/v0/add?stream-channels=true net::ERR_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH
TypeError: network error
Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: network error

My code looks like this:

function saveImageOnIpfs(reader) {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    const buffer = Buffer.from(reader.result);
    ipfs.add(buffer)
    .then((response) => {
      console.log(response)
      resolve(response[0].hash);
    }).catch((err) => {
      console.error(err)
      reject(err);
    })
  })
}

My nginx configuration is:

    location /ipfs/ {
            proxy_pass http://localhost:5001/;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;    
            proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

Can someone help me with this issue?

2

I’m not sure about the code, but shouldn’t the URL be something like below instead (note the difference in where the port is specified)?

https://www.mydomain.com:443/ipfs/api/v0/add?stream-channels=true
3

You need to proxy to localhost:8080 . I have also made a docker image that makes ipfs easy to deploy/use. Check it out: IPFS in Docker with HTTPS

4

I have the proxy forward for path /ipfs. So, it would be ipfs/:443

5

Good idea, I should have just used docker instead of struggling with this. I will go the docker route, thanks!

6

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I made a free account (signed in with github, didnt require any payment info).
I deployed my docker image.
And here is the result: https://ipfs.sloppy.zone/ipfs/QmeYxwj4CwCeGVhwi3xLrmBZUUFQdftshSiGLrTdTnWEVV/

A ipfs gateway/node deployed in like 3 minutes! https://ipfs.sloppy.zone/