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[ARCHIVED] JavaScript implementation of the layout and chunking mechanisms used by IPFS
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[ARCHIVED] JavaScript implementation of the layout and chunking mechanisms used by IPFS

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# [ARCHIVED]

> This module has been merged into [ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs) where development continues. Please open issues/PRs there.

# ipfs-unixfs-engine

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> JavaScript implementation of the layout and chunking mechanisms used by IPFS to handle Files

## Lead Maintainer

[Alex Potsides](https://github.com/achingbrain)

## Table of Contents

- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Importing a file](#importing-a-file)
- [Exporting a file](#exporting-a-file)
- [Contribute](#contribute)
- [License](#license)

## Install

```
> npm install ipfs-unixfs-engine
```

## Usage

The `unixfs-engine` exports the [`unixfs-importer`](https://npmjs.com/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer) and [`unixfs-exporter`](https://npmjs.com/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter) modules. Please see those modules for for full documentation.

### Importing a file

The importer is a [pull-stream through](https://github.com/pull-stream/pull-stream#through) which takes objects of the form `{ path, content }` where `path` is a string path and `content` can be a `Buffer`, a `ReadableStream` or a `pull-stream` that emits `Buffer`s.

It requires an [ipld](https://npmjs.com/packages/ipld) resolver to persist [DAGNodes](https://npmjs.com/packages/ipld-dag-pb) and make them available over IPFS.

See the [`unixfs-importer`](https://npmjs.com/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer) module for full documentation.

```js
const {
importer
} = require('ipfs-unixfs-engine')
const pull = require('pull-stream')
const fs = require('fs')

// Import path /tmp/bar.txt
pull(
pull.values([{
path: '/tmp/bar.txt',
content: fs.createReadStream('/tmp/bar.txt')
}]),

// You need to create and pass an ipld resolver instance
// https://npmjs.com/packages/ipld
importer(, ),

// Handle the error and do something with the results
pull.collect((err, files) => {
console.info(files)

// Prints:
// [{
// size: 12,
// leafSize: 4,
// multihash:
// path: '/tmp/bar.txt',
// name: ''
// }, {
// path: 'tmp',
// multihash:
// size: 65
// }]
})
)
```

### Exporting a file

The exporter is a [pull-stream source](https://github.com/pull-stream/pull-stream#source-readable-stream-that-produces-values) which takes a [cid](https://npmjs.com/packages/cids) and an [ipld](https://npmjs.com/packages/ipld) resolver.

See the [`unixfs-exporter`](https://npmjs.com/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter) module for full documentation.

```js
const {
exporter
} = require('ipfs-unixfs-engine').exporter
const pull = require('pull-stream')
const drain = require('pull-stream/sinks/drain')

pull(
// You need to create and pass an ipld resolver instance
// https://npmjs.com/packages/ipld
exporter(cid, ipld),
drain((file) => {
// file.content is a pull stream containing the bytes of the file
})
)
```

## Contribute

Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an [issue](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs-engine/issues)!

This repository falls under the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

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## License

[MIT](LICENSE)