unable to add directories using api

[lastmeta]

Checklist

• This is a bug report, not a question. Ask questions on discuss.ipfs.io.
• I have searched on the issue tracker for my bug.
• I am running the latest kubo version or have an issue updating.

Installation method

ipfs-desktop

Version

c:\>ipfs version --all
Kubo version: 0.14.0
Repo version: 12
System version: amd64/windows
Golang version: go1.18.3

Config

{
  "API": {
    "HTTPHeaders": {
      "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": [
        "https://webui.ipfs.io",
        "http://webui.ipfs.io.ipns.localhost:8080",
        "http://127.0.0.1:5001"
      ]
    }
  },
  "Addresses": {
    "API": "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001",
    "Announce": [],
    "Gateway": "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8080",
    "NoAnnounce": [],
    "Swarm": [
      "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/4001",
      "/ip6/::/tcp/4001",
      "/ip4/0.0.0.0/udp/4001/quic",
      "/ip6/::/udp/4001/quic"
    ]
  },
  "AutoNAT": {},
  "Bootstrap": [
    "/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN",
    "/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa",
    "/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb",
    "/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt",
    "/ip4/104.131.131.82/tcp/4001/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ",
    "/ip4/104.131.131.82/udp/4001/quic/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ"
  ],
  "DNS": {
    "Resolvers": {}
  },
  "Datastore": {
    "BloomFilterSize": 0,
    "GCPeriod": "1h",
    "HashOnRead": false,
    "Spec": {
      "mounts": [
        {
          "child": {
            "path": "blocks",
            "shardFunc": "/repo/flatfs/shard/v1/next-to-last/2",
            "sync": true,
            "type": "flatfs"
          },
          "mountpoint": "/blocks",
          "prefix": "flatfs.datastore",
          "type": "measure"
        },
        {
          "child": {
            "compression": "none",
            "path": "datastore",
            "type": "levelds"
          },
          "mountpoint": "/",
          "prefix": "leveldb.datastore",
          "type": "measure"
        }
      ],
      "type": "mount"
    },
    "StorageGCWatermark": 90,
    "StorageMax": "10GB"
  },
  "Discovery": {
    "MDNS": {
      "Enabled": true,
      "Interval": 10
    }
  },
  "Experimental": {
    "AcceleratedDHTClient": false,
    "FilestoreEnabled": true,
    "GraphsyncEnabled": false,
    "Libp2pStreamMounting": true,
    "P2pHttpProxy": false,
    "ShardingEnabled": false,
    "StrategicProviding": false,
    "UrlstoreEnabled": false
  },
  "Gateway": {
    "APICommands": [],
    "HTTPHeaders": {
      "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": [
        "X-Requested-With",
        "Range",
        "User-Agent"
      ],
      "Access-Control-Allow-Methods": [
        "GET"
      ],
      "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    "NoDNSLink": false,
    "NoFetch": false,
    "PathPrefixes": [],
    "PublicGateways": null,
    "RootRedirect": "",
    "Writable": false
  },
  "Identity": {
    "PeerID": "12D3KooWGFJATjWgFx93qVcNSe7JgrQkPLtuEeYDeMKJHjEG5uRG"
  },
  "Internal": {},
  "Ipns": {
    "RecordLifetime": "",
    "RepublishPeriod": "",
    "ResolveCacheSize": 128
  },
  "Migration": {
    "DownloadSources": [],
    "Keep": ""
  },
  "Mounts": {
    "FuseAllowOther": false,
    "IPFS": "/ipfs",
    "IPNS": "/ipns"
  },
  "Peering": {
    "Peers": null
  },
  "Pinning": {
    "RemoteServices": {}
  },
  "Plugins": {
    "Plugins": null
  },
  "Provider": {
    "Strategy": ""
  },
  "Pubsub": {
    "DisableSigning": false,
    "Router": ""
  },
  "Reprovider": {
    "Interval": "12h",
    "Strategy": "all"
  },
  "Routing": {
    "Type": "dht"
  },
  "Swarm": {
    "AddrFilters": null,
    "ConnMgr": {
      "GracePeriod": "1m",
      "HighWater": 40,
      "LowWater": 20,
      "Type": "basic"
    },
    "DisableBandwidthMetrics": false,
    "DisableNatPortMap": false,
    "EnableAutoRelay": false,
    "EnableRelayHop": false,
    "Transports": {
      "Multiplexers": {},
      "Network": {},
      "Security": {}
    }
  }
}

Description

Here I'm trying to add a file:

>>> with open('c:\\pin\\testfile1.txt', mode='rb') as f:
...     r = requests.post(url='http://127.0.0.1:5001/api/v0/add?pin=True',
...         files={'testfile1.txt': f})
...
>>> r.json()
{'Name': 'testfile1.txt', 'Hash': 'QmUC3auK9kVx3wbDCHjTbHfuJYD1iWPWdMBEZ6XaeJr893', 'Size': '16'}
>>> r = requests.post(url='http://127.0.0.1:5001/api/v0/cat?arg=QmUC3auK9kVx3wbDCHjTbHfuJYD1iWPWdMBEZ6XaeJr893')
>>> r.text
'has info'
>>> r = requests.post(url='http://127.0.0.1:5001/api/v0/files/ls?long=True')
>>> r.json()
{'Entries': []}
... <enabling filestore and trying again...>
>>> r = requests.post(url='http://127.0.0.1:5001/api/v0/filestore/ls?long=True')
>>> r.text
''

Ok, so it looks like it added the file but it's not there. So I go back to docker desktop and it's not there either under files... but if I go to settings it says "Local Pinning 1"

So it did work... silently. But that was for a single file, pinning a folder through this API is actually kind of a mystery to me. I tried adding multiple files to this command but it failed.

As a side note, I had to change the config manually, this (and every variant I could think of) didn't work either:

>>> requests.post(url='http://127.0.0.1:5001/api/v0/config?arg=Experimental.FilestoreEnabled&bool=true').json()
{'Key': 'Experimental.FilestoreEnabled', 'Value': False}

I'm hoping all my trouble are related to a bad version or something because I'd really like to get some kind of communication with my local ipfs daemon.

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[BigLep]

2022-09-02 triage conversation: unfortunately the Kubo RPC api does special form encoding. You won't be able to use Python requests library out of the box. Please look at the Kubo RPC clients that are out there. There is https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client but it isn't actively maintained. It should serve as a starting place though. (Side: we'll go update that repo now to make it clear that it isn't maintained and that it needs ownership – looking for a maintainer in ipfs-shipyard/py-ipfs-http-client#316)

[PancakesArchitect]

@lastmeta aioipfs works with kubo v0.15.0.

[guseggert]

I don't think there's anything actionable for us here so closing.