IPFS code needing extra JS Scripts with Solidity

Question

So I created a truffle folder for solidity, wrote down the basic test.js and ipfsContract.sol needed (Creating a form in IPFS for users to enter data). HOWEVER, on doing truffle test I get 0 passing in green, although I do ask test.js to print out the hash code!

[I also do one edit in test.js - const IPFS = require('ipfs') // importing IPFS module and instantiating it. const node = new IPFS()]

Reading various articles on the net, I am thinking if I need to create an extra .js file outside the truffle directory to make it work. But I could be wrong! ANy help?

Answer 1

I have used Js implementation for IPFS

Refer this :- https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-api

Connect IPFS as follows :-

   var ipfsAPI = require('ipfs-api')

   // connect to ipfs daemon API server
   var ipfs = ipfsAPI('localhost', '5001', {protocol: 'http'})

I have given a code for adding a textinput into ipfs for your reference. The given code will convert the input to hash and passed it into the contract function.

 storeTest:function(amount){

     ipfs.add(new Buffer(amount), function (err, res){
           if(err || !res) return console.error("ipfs add error", err, res);
           else{

              res.forEach(function(text) {
                    console.log('successfully stored', text.hash);
                    //Storing hash in blockchain                   
                               SimpleStorage.deployed().then(function(instance) {
                                  console.log("Initializing set function");
                                  instance.set(text.hash,{from: account, gas: 3000000})
                                          .then(function(v){ 
                                           console.log("Function  set Executed");

                                   });

                            }).catch(function(e) {
                                          console.log(e);
                            });  

             });
           }
 });
 }