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Recover from failed file:///ipfs/<cid>

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#869 opened on Apr 22, 2020

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Description

I believe I've seen somewhere that latest Firefox Nightly fixed a bug where it was impossible to listen for file:// in webRequest.* APIs.

Would be cool to check if that is the case, and if so, fairly easy to add support for sniffing on the protocol errors, so if someone pastes content path without any protocol we can handle it the same way as with ipfs:/` prefix.

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Research direction
Check if Firefox Nightly has fixed the file:// protocol bug in webRequest API, then implement error handling to fallback to ipfs:// for file:// paths.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontendtooling
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
Browser extension developmentWebExtensions APIIPFS basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65