IPFS C++ API client library

Allows C++ applications to communicate with IPFS. It implements IPFS API bindings for C++. See the documentation or the source code.

See also IPFS on GitHub.

Currently implemented methods:

• block: get(), put(), stat()
• config: get(), set(), replace()
• dht: findpeer(), findprovs()
• files: get(), add()
• generic: id(), version()
• object: new(), put(), get(), data(), links(), stat(), patch.addLink(), patch.rmLink(), patch.appendData(), patch.setData()
• pin: add(), ls(), rm()
• swarm: addrs(), connect(), disconnect(), peers()

Not implemented yet:

• dag: get(), put()
• dht: get(), put(), query()

TODO

• Implement the above methods
• Compare with the latest IPFS API bindings and implement any new methods that have been defined
• Contributors are welcome!

Install

cmake /path/to/cpp-ipfs-api
make
make install

See the documentation for details.

Dependencies

• C++11 compiler
• CMake
• libcurl
• JSON for Modern C++

Usage

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>

#include <ipfs/client.h>

int main(int, char**) {
  std::stringstream contents;

  ipfs::Client client("localhost", 5001);

  client.FilesGet("/ipfs/QmYwAPJzv5CZsnA625s3Xf2nemtYgPpHdWEz79ojWnPbdG/readme", &contents);

  std::cout << contents.str() << std::endl;

  return 0;
}

c++ -std=c++11 -I/path/to/header -L/path/to/lib -lipfs-api myprog.cc -o myprog

Contribute

Feel free to open issues and pull requests. Report vulnerabilities publicly, similar to other non-security issues.

The project adheres to the Google C++ Style Guide. Use clang-format to properly format the code when you submit patches.

Write tests for new code. Changes should not cause the code coverage to go down.

License

Copyright © 2016-2016 Vasil Dimov. The code is distributed under the MIT License.