IPFS Uploader

INFO: THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TERM PAPER!

This project provides an InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) Node and an IPFS hosted frontend written in React. In the frontend you are able to upload files to IPFS. As soon as a file had been selected via the file dialog, the file will be added to the local IPFS-Node. The app will provide three Buttons to access the file.

• Open the file on the local IPFS Node
• Open the file with the ipfs.io public gateway (might be slow)
• Open the file with the Brave Browser of a IPFS-Companion browser addon

Install all dependencies for the frontend app

To install all required dependencies, please run

npm install

Build the React Frontend

To build the React frontend, run the command

npm run build

Build the docker container for the IPFS node

To build the docker container for the IPFS Node (golang implementation), run the command

docker-compose build

Run the docker container

To start the docker container run

docker-compose up

Publish the built frontend to IPFS

To publish the frontend and configure the nodes CORS settings, run

npm run publish

This will add the files to the local IPFS node, create an IPNS Adress and return its CID.

Open the application

Use the CID from the previous command to access the UI

localhost:8080/ipns/[CID]