getting error while generating key after uploading file into IPFS infura

Question

I'm getting an error while generating key after uploading file into IPFS infura.

Sample code given below

var ipfsAPI = require('ipfs-http-client');
const ipfs = ipfsAPI('ipfs.infura.io', '5001', { protocol: 'https' });
var oldpath = files[property].path;
var uploadedFile = fs.readFileSync(oldpath);
const filess = [{
                    path: files[property].name,
                    content: ipfs.types.Buffer.from(uploadedFile)
             }];
 ipfs.add(filess, function (err, files) {

                  if (err || !files) {
                        return reject('upload failed');
                    };
 var obj;
for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
    obj = { "id": i, "hash": data[i], "EID": formFields.EID };
    tt.push(obj);
}
ipfs.dag.put(tt, {}, (err, cid) => {
    console.log(cid.toBaseEncodedString());
    const adr = cid.toBaseEncodedString();
    var dTimeStamp = new Date().getTime();
ipfs.key.gen(dTimeStamp, {
type: 'rsa',
size: 2048
}, (err, key) => {
    if (err != null) {
        console.log(err)
        }

    console.log("ipfs Key: ", key.id + " key name : " + key.name);

    var keyVall = key.id;


ipfs.name.publish(adr, { key: keyVall }, (err, pVal) => {


        console.log("published hash : " + pVal);

        var ipfsHash = pVal.name;


    return resp.json({ status: 'SUCCESS', message: 'user has been created successfully', digitalID: pVal });
});
});
});

});

i'm getting a following error while generating key

"SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at streamToValue (C:\Service\node_modules\ipfs-http-client\src\utils\stream-to-json-value.js:25:18)
    at concat (C:Service\node_modules\ipfs-http-client\src\utils\stream-to-value.js:12:22)
    at ConcatStream.<anonymous> (C:Service\node_modules\concat-stream\index.js:37:43)
    at ConcatStream.emit (events.js:187:15)
    at finishMaybe (C:Service\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_writable.js:630:14)
    at afterWrite (C:Service\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_writable.js:492:3)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)"

Any leads will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Infura IPFS service only allows a small set of IPFS API methods through their Gateway so you cannot generate a key via ipfs.key.gen

See Infura Documentation

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I would recommend to run your own IPFS node, especially if you want to generate and store keypair.