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docs: major API changes
The whole IPLD APIs get a review to make them more consistent and easier to use. Changes to compared to the current spec: - No more callbacks, everything is Promises. - `get()`: - Is renamed to `resolve()` to indicate that it also takes a mandatory path argument. - Doesn’t have a `cid` in the return value anymore. That use case is covered by returning all objects that were traversed. Their `value` will always be the CID of the next one to traverse. So if you want to know the CID of the current IPLD Node, just look at the `value` of the previously returned IPLD Node. - Doesn’t return a single value, but an iterator. - `localResolve` option is removed. If you want to resolve a single IPLD Node only, just stop the iterator after the first item. - `getStream()` is removed without replacement. Use `resolve()` which uses async iterators instead. - `getMany()` is renamed to `get()`: - takes an iterable of CIDs as parameter. - `put()`: - takes an iterable of CIDs as parameter. - Doesn’t take `cid` as an option anymore. The CID is always calculated (#175). - The options don’t take the `format` (which is a string), but the `codec` (which is a `multicodec`) (#175). - the `version` option always defaults to `1`. - `.treeStream()` is removed without replacement (the only current user seems to be the IPFS DAG API tree command and the ipld-explorer-cli). IPLD Nodes are just normal JavaScript objects, so you can call `Object.keys()` recursively on a IPLD Node to get all its resolvable paths. If you want to follow all the CIDs, write the tree traversal yourself. This could perhaps be an example bundled with js-ipld. - `remove()`: - takes an iterable of CIDs as parameter. - `.support.add()` is renamed to `.addFormat()`. - `.support.rm()` is renamed to `.removeFormat()`. Almost all open issues in regards to the IPLD API got adressed. One bigger thing is the Patch API, which also isn’t part of the current specification. Here’s an overview of the issues: - #66 - [ ] IPLD Resolver `patch` API: There is no patch API yet - #70 - [x] lazu value lookups: Can be done as IPLD Formats is pure JavaScript - [x] get external / local paths only: @vmx doesn’t know what this is, considers it a “won’t fix” - [x] toJSON + fromJSON - roundtrip: A roundtrip is not a goal anymore => won’t fix - [ ] put + patch api #66: Patch API is still missing - [x] text summary: @vmx doesn’t see a strong use case for this => “won’t fix” - [x] globbing: Out of scope for js-ipld - #175 - [x] Deprecate passing a CID to `ipld.put`?: Current spec doesn’t allow `put()` with a CID - #182 - [x] API Review: Links to many other issues, I list the individual issues below - #183 - [x] getting the merkle proof with resolver.resolve: `resolve()` returns all CIDs along the traversed path - #184 - [ ] Pass down the `options` object to resolver.resolve(): This needs a custom resolver. @vmx isn’t sure if the js-ipld API should make this possible, or of it should just be easy enough to create your own resolver. - https://github.com/ipfs/interface-ipfs-core/issues/81 - [x] The `dag` API - One API to manipulate all the IPLD Format objects: Interesting discussion, but not relevant anymore. - ipfs-inactive/interface-js-ipfs-core#121 - [x] dag api: add {ls, tree}: `tree()` is not part of js-ipld anymore as the IPLD Nodes are just JavaScript objects which you can easily traverse if you like. Though `tree()`-like functionality might be added as an example or separate module. - ipfs-inactive/interface-js-ipfs-core#125 - [x] `dag get --localResolve` vs `dag resolve`: This is solved by the new `resolve()` API - ipfs-inactive/interface-js-ipfs-core#137 - [x] add `level` option to ipfs.dag.tree: `tree()` is not part of js-ipld anymore. It should be considered if `tree()` is implemented (probably as an example or separate module) Closes #182.
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## API
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The IPLD API works strictly with CIDs and deserialized IPLD Nodes. Interacting with the binary data happens on lower levels. To access the binary data directly, use the [Block API](https://github.com/ipfs/interface-ipfs-core/blob/master/SPEC/BLOCK.md).
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### IPLD constructor
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> Creates and returns an instance of IPLD.
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### `.put(node, options, callback)`
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### `.put(nodes, options)`
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> Store the given node of a recognized IPLD Format.
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> Stores the given IPLD Nodes of a recognized IPLD Format.
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- `cid` - the CID of the node
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- `[hashAlg]`, `[version]` and `format` - the hashAlg, version and the format that should be used to create the CID of the node. The
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- `cids` (`Iterable<Object>`): deserialized IPLD nodes that should be inserted.
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- `options` is applied to any of the `nodes` and is an object with the following properties:
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- `codec` (`multicodec`, required): the multicodec of the format that IPLD Node should be encoded in.
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- `hashCode` (`multicodec`, default: hash algorithm of the given multicodec): the hashing algorithm that is used to calculate the CID.
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- `version` (`boolean`, default: 1): the CID version to use.
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- `onlyHash` (`boolean`, default: false): if true the serialized form of the IPLD Node will not be passed to the underlying block store.
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- `onlyHash` - If true the serialized form of the node will not be passed to the underlying block store but the passed callback will be invoked as if it had been
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Returns an async iterator with the CIDs of the serialized IPLD Nodes.
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`callback` is a function that should have the signature as following: `function (err, cid) {}`, where `err` is an Error object in case of error and `cid` is the cid of the stored object.
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### `.get(cid [, path] [, options], callback)`
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### `.resolve(cid, path)`
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> Retrieve a node by the given `cid` or `cid + path`
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> Retrieves IPLD Nodes along the `path` that is rooted at `cid`.
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- `cid` (`CID`, required): the CID the resolving starts.
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- `localResolve: bool` - if true, get will only attempt to resolve the path locally
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- `remainderPath` (`string`): the part of the path that wasn’t resolved yet.
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- `value` (`*`): the value where the resolved path points to. If further traversing is possible, then the value is a CID object linking to another IPLD Node. If it was possible to fully resolve the path, `value` is the value the `path` points to. So if you need the CID of the IPLD Node you’re currently at, just take the `value` of the previously returned IPLD Node.
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> Retrieve several IPLD Nodes at once.
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