Tutorial: Using go-ipfs as a Library

[daviddias]

This is very much a WIP/Draft PR. I'm opening it so that I can ask some tips and feedback.

My goal is to get a clean example that mirrors https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/examples/ipfs-101 and through it, learn how to use go-ipfs programmatically so that I can continue making progress on writing the Test Plan 1 for TestGround

[daviddias]

I'll update this README once I have main.go working. Currently this is just c&p from https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/examples/ipfs-101

[daviddias]

Currently, this example finishes silently.

> go run main.go 2>&1
Start%

It was supposed to start an IPFS node, fetch a CID and write it to a folder. If anyone has any tip on what I'm missing, it would be much appreciated!

[daviddias]

Another repo to take inspiration from https://github.com/hsanjuan/ipfs-lite

[daviddias]

Thank you @aschmahmann on helping set the plugins to set up. c&p your comment from the DM so that it is visible here:

@aschmahmann: I added the plugins. It should run now if you use your local repo. However, the nodes created from temporarily spawned repos don't seem to be working properly.

It seems it is missing the right pathing to work. Update got it to work :) It actually doesn't work. It was relying on the already created repo on the default path. If that is missing, it fails to create a repo with the plugins.

[daviddias]

Thank you so much for the thorough review @jessicaschilling! :D

@Stebalien wanna give it a review? Then I can adjust the links to the lines of code and it is ready to go :)

[daviddias]

@Stebalien did you had the chance to review this PR or would you like to grant me the permission to merge it?

[Stebalien]

Nice! LGTM modulo some nits (and we should switch out the bootstrappers as @olizilla says).

[daviddias]

CI fails on sharness, interop and go-ipfs-api. Pretty sure it is not related to this PR.

[daviddias]

I take from @Stebalien approval that it is good to be merged. Clicking the squash and merge for a clean single commit :)

CI failed only on parts unrelated to this PR. Opened a issue for a fix on the interop tests ipfs/interop#92

[daviddias]

Wowowowow! Thank you so much for everyone that contributed to the creation of this Tutorial!! It was a long process but I'm confident that it will yield many new tinkerers with go-ipfs! :D