ipfs/ipfs-companion
Detect IPFS Desktop and Provide Additional Node Controls
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Description
Some of user journeys introduce presence of IPFS Desktop (previously known as Station). It is a standalone Electron app that can do a lot more than we can do in WebExtension.
WebExtensions provide Native messaging API, which may be used for communication with external executable installed on user's system.
TL;DR
The idea is to detect presence of IPFS Desktop and provide user with additional controls.
MVP: show controls for starting/stopping go-ipfs daemon
Tasks
- Research if APIs in Chrome and Firefox are close enough that we can maintain single codebase 🤞
- Add necessary files to IPFS Desktop installer
- Add native messaging support to Companion
- Add controls for starting / stopping daemon installed with IPFS Desktop (aka "Ability to Launch IPFS" )
- Documentation explaining how to add other hooks/controls over Native messaging bridge
References
- ipfs/in-web-browsers: IPFS node info and node controls
- PoC @ https://github.com/whyrusleeping/ipfs-webext
- Native messaging API Docs @ Mozilla