gateway: file upload functionality?

[prusnak]

Would it make sense to enable adding a file to node via HTTP POST/PUT request to gateway? This would enable IPFS to be used in lots of web applications that just need GET/PUT functionality. This option should not probably be default and could be enabled via a command line switch (similarly how unrestricted-api is enabled).

[jbenet]

Yes, this used to be in and was removed to refactor. (Refactor didn't happen-- bad @cryptix). We should add it back in.

Should be a config option 

[whyrusleeping]

yeah, we used to have it. But it was quite complicated... now that we have patch code, we can rewrite it using that to reenable the functionality

[cryptix]

sorry... 😞

[prusnak]

Seems to be implemented in #1543

[jbenet]

@prusnak seems in need of rebase and fixes. i dont have time for it atm. maybe @ebuchman ? or someone else?

[rht]

There is one #1845 but it depends on the add refactor to be merged.

[ebuchman]

I can take a look again this weekend. Does #1845 allow one to upload a directory?

[rht]

@ebuchman yes it does, see rht@545c07a#diff-19ceb36d78bde310c54cc44a95bec44cR269. Sorry for reinventing your PR.

[rht]

Currently the added node is pinned by default (will add option for this).

[davidar]

@jbenet will this enable https://botbot.me/freenode/ipfs/msg/50741140/ ?

[prusnak]

As this was implemented in merge from #1845 I am closing this issue.

There is a multipart issue tracked here: #2205