dweb-link-resolve

resolve urls, links to a dweb key using common methods

Supports

• Common dweb key representations (dweb://, etc.)
• URLs with keys in them (dwebx.org/6161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161)
• dwebfs-key or dweb-key headers
• Url to JSON http request that returns {key: <dweb-key>}
• DWeb-DNS resolution (via dweb-dns)

Install

npm install dweb-link-resolve

Usage

var datResolve = require('dweb-link-resolve')
 
datResolve(link, function (err, key) {
  console.log('found key', key)
})

API

datResolve(link, callback(err, key))

Link can be string or buffer.

Resolution order:

1. Validate buffers or any strings with 64 character hashes in them via dweb-encoding
2. Check headers in http request
3. Check JSON request response for key
4. DWeb-DNS resolution via dweb-dns

Refering to dwebs

Trying to tighten up a bit dweb-link-resolve (and its dependencies dweb-dns and dweb-decode). I am noticing a few inconsistencies as I'm writing dweb-shell.

Ideally, I'd like to launch dweb-shell like this:

$ dweb-shell dweb://40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9+5/path4

and have it open the dweb at version 5 and change directory to /path4.

Currently dweb-shell google-fonts-kewitz.hashbase.io/fonts/ fails somewhere in dweb-link-resolve.

Examples

Note that dweb-link-resolve also supports other methods, such as detection of dweb keys in paths and http headers.

Simplest

• Plain: 40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9
• DNS: dbrowser.com

With version

• Plain: 40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9+5
• DNS: dbrowser.com+5

With scheme

• https: https://40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9/
• dweb: dweb://dbrowser.com

With path

• https: 40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9/path1
• dweb: dbrowser.com/path2

Combinations

• 40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9+5/path3
• dweb://40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9+5/path4
• https://40a7f6b6147ae695bcbcff432f684c7bb5291ea339c28c1755896cdeb80bd2f9/path5 (^1)
• https://dbrowser.com+5/path6 (^2)

Notes

1. browsers expect http and https schemes with traditional hostname, not a dweb key
2. browsers expect http and https schemes with traditional hostname, no +5 (version) support

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please read the contributing guidelines first.

License

MIT