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Example of resolving an IPNS name using JS-IPFS
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Upload and publish a file to IPFS via the browser using js-ipfs-http-client!







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## Table of Contents

- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [About The Project](#about-the-project)
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Installation and Running example](#installation-and-running-example)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Setup](#setup)
- [References](#references)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Want to hack on IPFS?](#want-to-hack-on-ipfs)

## About The Project

- Read the [docs](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/docs)
- Look into other [examples](https://github.com/ipfs-examples/js-ipfs-examples) to learn how to spawn an IPFS node in Node.js and in the Browser
- Consult the [Core API docs](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/docs/core-api) to see what you can do with an IPFS node
- Visit https://dweb-primer.ipfs.io to learn about IPFS and the concepts that underpin it
- Head over to https://proto.school to take interactive tutorials that cover core IPFS APIs
- Check out https://docs.ipfs.io for tips, how-tos and more
- See https://blog.ipfs.io for news and more
- Need help? Please ask 'How do I?' questions on https://discuss.ipfs.io

## Getting Started

### Prerequisites

Make sure you have installed all of the following prerequisites on your development machine:

- Git - [Download & Install Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads). OSX and Linux machines typically have this already installed.
- Node.js - [Download & Install Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) and the npm package manager.
- IPFS Daemon - [Download & Install IPFS Desktop](https://docs.ipfs.io/install/ipfs-desktop/) that will run the go version of IPFS or head over to https://dist.ipfs.io/#go-ipfs and hit the "Download go-ipfs" button. Extract the archive and read the instructions to install.

### Installation and Running example

```console
> npm install
> npm start
```

Now open your browser at `http://localhost:8888`

## Usage

In this example, you will find a simple app to upload and publish a file to IPFS via the browser using js-ipfs-http-client

### Setup

As for any js-ipfs-http-client example, **you need a running IPFS daemon**, you learn how to do that here:

- [Spawn a go-ipfs daemon](https://ipfs.io/docs/getting-started/)
- [Spawn a js-ipfs daemon](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs#usage)

**Note:** If you load your app from a different domain than the one the daemon is running (most probably), you will need to set up CORS, see https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client#cors to learn how to do that.

A quick (and dirty) way to get it done is:

```bash
> jsipfs init
# Configure CORS to allow ipfs-http-client to access this IPFS node
> jsipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin '["http://127.0.0.1:8888"]'
# Start the IPFS node, enabling pubsub
> jsipfs daemon
```

_For more examples, please refer to the [Documentation](#documentation)_

## References

- Documentation:
- [IPFS CONFIG](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/docs/CONFIG.md)
- [MISCELLANEOUS](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/docs/core-api/MISCELLANEOUS.md)
- [FILES](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/docs/core-api/FILES.md)
- [IPFS-HTTP-CLIENT CONFIG](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/packages/ipfs-http-client#api)
- Tutorials:
- [MFS API](https://proto.school/mutable-file-system)
- [Regular File API](https://proto.school/regular-files-api)

## Documentation

- [Config](https://docs.ipfs.io/)
- [Core API](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/docs/core-api)
- [Examples](https://github.com/ipfs-examples/js-ipfs-examples)
- [Development](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md)
- [Tutorials](https://proto.school)

## Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are **greatly appreciated**.

1. Fork the IPFS Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`)
3. Commit your Changes (`git commit -a -m 'feat: add some amazing feature'`)
4. Push to the Branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`)
5. Open a Pull Request

## Want to hack on IPFS?

[![](https://cdn.rawgit.com/jbenet/contribute-ipfs-gif/master/img/contribute.gif)](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

The IPFS implementation in JavaScript needs your help! There are a few things you can do right now to help out:

Read the [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md) and [JavaScript Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING_JS.md).

- **Check out existing issues** The [issue list](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/issues) has many that are marked as ['help wanted'](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) or ['difficulty:easy'](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3Adifficulty%3Aeasy) which make great starting points for development, many of which can be tackled with no prior IPFS knowledge
- **Look at the [IPFS Roadmap](https://github.com/ipfs/roadmap)** This are the high priority items being worked on right now
- **Perform code reviews** More eyes will help
a. speed the project along
b. ensure quality, and
c. reduce possible future bugs.
- **Add tests**. There can never be enough tests.
- **Join the [Weekly Core Implementations Call](https://github.com/ipfs/team-mgmt/issues/992)** it's where everyone discusses what's going on with IPFS and what's next