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# ipfs-bch-wallet-consumer
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This is a REST API server based on [Koa](https://koajs.com/). It's essentially a mirror image of [ipfs-bch-wallet-service](https://github.com/Permissionless-Software-Foundation/ipfs-bch-wallet-service). Where ipfs-bch-wallet-service is intended to be coupled to [bch-api](https://github.com/Permissionless-Software-Foundation/bch-api) to _provide_ blockchain service, ipfs-bch-wallet-consumer provides a localized REST API for _consuming_ that blockchain service.
When started, this web server starts an [IPFS](https://ipfs.io) node and connects to an ipfs-bch-wallet-service server over the IPFS network. It then pipes that connection over its own localized REST API.
More details are available at [CashStack.info](https://CashStack.info).
- [Video: Using ipfs-bch-wallet-consumer](https://youtu.be/7ntMPuqAX64)
## Requirements
- node **^20.16.0**
- npm **^10.8.1**
- Docker **^24.0.7**
- Docker Compose **^1.27.4**
## Installation
### Development Environment
To run this software, you must have an instance of go-ipfs running in daemon mode, with the `--enable-pubsub-experiment` flag set. [Here are instruction for installing go-ipfs](https://gist.github.com/christroutner/a39f656850dc022b60f25c9663dd1cdd#install-ipfs).
Clone this repository and install npm dependencies. You'll also need to install MongoDB if you don't already have it installed:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/Permissionless-Software-Foundation/ipfs-bch-wallet-consumer
cd ipfs-bch-wallet-consumer
./install-mongo-sh
sudo npm install -g node-pre-gyp
npm install
cd shell-script
./local-external-ipfs-node.sh
```
### Production Environment
The [docker](./production/docker) directory contains a Dockerfile for building a production deployment.
```
docker-compose pull
docker-compose up -d
```
- You can bring the containers down with `docker-compose down`
- You can bring the containers back up with `docker-compose up -d`.
## Configuration
This program is intended to started with a Bash shell script. In that script, you can set the following environment variables:
```bash
# The IPFS ID of the service running ipfs-bch-wallet-service
export PREFERRED_P2WDB_PROVIDER=12D3KooWCNpwHbHmkNSJsqu3CQVVe3iW8g6e1gn3kWTPahj2igiy
```
### Configuration
This app is intended to be started via a bash shell script. See the environment variables used to configure this app in the [config/env/common.js file](./config/env/common.js).
## File Structure
The file layout of this repository differs from the koa-api-boilerplate. Instead, it follows the file layout of [Clean Architecture](https://christroutner.github.io/trouts-blog/blog/clean-architecture).
## Usage
- `npm start` Start server on live mode
- `npm run docs` Generate API documentation
- `npm test` Run mocha tests
## Documentation
API documentation is written inline and generated by [apidoc](http://apidocjs.com/). Docs can be generated with this command:
- `npm run docs`
Visit `http://localhost:5020/` to view docs
There is additional developer documentation in the [dev-docs directory](./dev-docs).
## Dependencies
This repository is forked from [ipfs-service-provider](https://github.com/Permissionless-Software-Foundation/ipfs-service-provider).
## IPFS
Snapshots pinned to IPFS will be listed here.
## License
[MIT](./LICENSE.md)