ipfs/ipfs-companion

Node type Embedded in chrome do not work with localhost IP and cannot use webui

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#1,040 opened on 2022年1月3日

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Describe the bug I try to use ipfs companion with bode type Embedded in chrome, which is experimental, but I have expected that it should still work without local ipfs node and daemon, but it seem not the case. Especially the link in welcome page which specifically try to open localhost

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install IPFS companion in chrome

  2. Change Node Type to Embedded

  3. Open the extension welcome page 3.1 Such as at the IPFS icon in the extension image

  4. Click on any button below to open webui

It would be opened into something like this

  1. I could open https://webui.ipfs.io/ but then it said Could not connect to the IPFS API

Not sure this was a problem of companion itself or the webui

Expected behavior Should the chrome companion also work as a daemon by itself? I think it should be able to detect the ipfs node of the companion and change the link of extension to be the link of the embed node, or did I was misunderstand and the embed node still require daemon anyway?

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Browser: Chrome
  • Version: 96.0.4664.110

Additional context I am very new with IPFS and I still don't want to install ipfs things into my machine. I don't even create my node or upload anything yet. I wish I could run IPFS node and daemon directly inside chrome browser. And so I would leave my OS environment out of anything related ipfs. I would like to sorry in advance if I wrongly did any step I need to

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bug
難度新しい貢献者にとっての実装難度です。1 は非常に小さな変更、5 は専門的な作業です。
3
推定時間経験ある貢献者が調査、実装、テスト、pull request 準備にかけるおおよその時間範囲です。
1-3 hours
活動状況Issue が今どれだけ取り組みやすいかを示します。新しい、活発、古い、ブロック中、またはメンテナー入力待ちなどです。
stale
明確さ期待される変更、受け入れ条件、次の手順がどれだけ明確かを示します。
mostly clear
前提条件
Browser extension developmentIPFS conceptsJavaScript
初心者向け度初回貢献者にどれだけ取り組みやすいかを 1-100 で推定したスコアです。
40
調査方針
Investigate how the embedded node is initialized and how the companion extension detects it. Review the welcome page logic that attempts to open localhost:5001/webui. Check if the issue is in the extension's API endpoint detection or the embedded node's behavior. Look at the `webui.ipfs.io` connection logic and any error handling for localhost failures.