https://github.com/pinnaculum/ipfs-gwx

Async HTTP/HTTPS proxy for IPFS
https://github.com/pinnaculum/ipfs-gwx

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Async HTTP/HTTPS proxy for IPFS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pinnaculum/ipfs-gwx
• Owner: pinnaculum
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2019-12-22T11:53:24.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-12-22T11:59:21.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T00:09:44.296Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: gateway, gateway-service, ipfs
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 84 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
========

ipfs-gwx

========

Simple IPFS <=> HTTP gw with virtual hosts support to serve content locally to

your network.

It uses Python 3.5 and is built around the aiohttp_ asynchronous HTTP framework.  

Installation

============

PIP

---

Assuming you have Python 3.5 installed:

.. code-block:: shell

    pip install -r requirements.txt

    python setup.py install

Docker

------

A Dockerfile is provided. By default the container assumes you have a

**go-ipfs** container reachable via the hostname **ipfs**, so just run a

**ipfs/go-ipfs** container, then fire the **ipfs-gwx** container and link them:

.. code-block:: shell

    docker pull ipfs/go-ipfs:latest

    docker build -t ipfs-gwx .

    docker run --name ipfs1 ipfs/go-ipfs

    docker run -it --link ipfs1:ipfs ipfs-gwx

Usage

=====

.. code-block:: shell

    ipfs-gwx --config ipfs-gwx.conf

Use **-d** to enable debug.

IPFS daemon configuration

-------------------------

By default it will connect to **localhost**, port **5001**.

Use **--ipfsapihost** and **--ipfsapiport** to specify which IPFS daemon to

connect to, e.g:

.. code-block:: shell

    ipfs-gwx --config ipfs-gwx.conf --ipfsapihost 192.168.1.1 --ipfsapiport 5004

Configuration

=============

Configuration is done via a simple JSON file, look in the **examples**

directory for simple examples. A configuration for relaying

**/ipns/ipfs.io** on port 80 would be:

.. code-block:: json

    {

        "ipnscachepath": "/tmp/ipfsgwx-cache.json",

        "listen": {

            "0.0.0.0:80": {

                "proto": "http"

            }

        },

        "vhosts": {

            ".*": {

                "ipns": "ipfs.io"

            }

        }

    }

HTTPS is supported:

.. code-block:: json

    "listen": {

        "0.0.0.0:443": {

            "proto": "https",

            "certificate": "/path/to/cert.pem",

            "key": "/path/to/cert.key"

        }

    }

Virtual hosts

-------------

Virtual hosts support proxying from the IPNS or IPFS namespace. Define your 

virtual hosts in the **vhosts** section. The virtual host key is a Python

regular expression that is matched against the HTTP **Host:** header. You can

use a **get-all** wildcard but always put it last:

.. code-block:: json

    "vhosts": {

        "my-website.example.com": {

            "ipns": "mykey"

        },

        ".*": {

            // default vhost if no match

        }

    }

Proxying IPFS hashes

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To serve **/ipfs/QmYNQJoKGNHTpPxCBPh9KkDpaExgd2duMa3aF6ytMpHdao** on

**localhost** for example, use:

.. code-block:: json

    "vhosts": {

        "localhost": {

            "ipfs": "/ipfs/QmYNQJoKGNHTpPxCBPh9KkDpaExgd2duMa3aF6ytMpHdao"

        }

    }

or without the **/ipfs** prefix:

.. code-block:: json

    "vhosts": {

        "localhost": {

            "ipfs": "QmYNQJoKGNHTpPxCBPh9KkDpaExgd2duMa3aF6ytMpHdao"

        }

    }

Proxying IPNS hashes/names

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The default TTL for entries in the IPNS cache is **10 minutes** but you should

always override it using the **cachettl** (time in seconds) key in the virtual

host config:

.. code-block:: json

    "vhosts": {

        "localhost": {

            "ipns": "ipfs.io",

            "cachettl": "3600"

        }

    }

Features

========

- Virtual hosts

- Configurable IPNS cache when needed

- HTTPS and IPv6 support

- Directory listing (similar to go-ipfs_'s gateway, thanks to dir-index-html_)

.. _dir-index-html: https://github.com/ipfs/dir-index-html

.. _go-ipfs: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs

Requirements

============

- Python >= 3.5

- aioipfs_

- aiohttp_

.. _aiohttp: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/aiohttp

.. _aioipfs: https://gitlab.com/cipres/aioipfs

Thanks

======

Many thanks to the IPFS community for this great project.

License

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**ipfs-gwx** is offered under the GNU GPL3 license.