following example of Webtorrent PR 5342

Author: daviddias

.gitignore

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Brave.tar.bz2
 
 app/extensions/brave/gen
 app/extensions/torrent/gen
+app/extensions/ipfs/gen
+
 *.pfx
 buildConfig.js
 

app/browser/ipfs.js

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/* IPFS node in electron's main process */
+
+// const electron = require('electron')
+// const ipc = electron.ipcMain
+// const messages = require('../../js/constants/messages')
+const IPFS = require('ipfs')
+const os = require('os')
+const path = require('path')
+
+module.exports = {init}
+
+// Set to see communication between WebTorrent and torrent viewer tabs
+const DEBUG_IPC = false
+if (DEBUG_IPC) {
+  console.log('IPFS IPC debugging enabled')
+}
+
+// IPFS node
+let node = null
+// let channels = {}
+
+// Receive messages via the window process, ultimately from the UI in a <webview> process
+function init () {
+  if (DEBUG_IPC) {
+    console.log('IPFS IPC init')
+  }
+
+  node = new IPFS({
+    repo: path.join(os.homedir(), '/.brave-jsipfs')
+  })
+
+  node.on('ready', () => {
+    if (DEBUG_IPC) {
+      console.log('IPFS node is ready')
+    }
+  })
+
+  node.on('error', (err) => console.log('IPFS: ', err))
+
+  // access on the browser with remote.getGlobal('ipfs')
+  global.ipfs = node
+
+  /* TODO(diasdavid) consider enabling the browser tab to start and stop the node
+  ipc.on(messages.IPFS_MESSAGE, function (event, msg) {
+    if (DEBUG_IPC) {
+      console.log('IPFS: Received IPC: ' + JSON.stringify(msg))
+    }
+
+    channels[msg.clientKey] = e.sender
+    server.receive(msg)
+  })
+  */
+}
+
+// Send messages from the browser process (here), thru the window process, to the <webview>
+/*
+function send (msg) {
+  if (DEBUG_IPC) console.log('Sending IPC: ' + JSON.stringify(msg))
+  const channel = channels[msg.clientKey]
+  if (!channel) {
+    if (DEBUG_IPC) console.error('Ignoring unrecognized clientKey ' + msg.clientKey)
+    return
+  }
+  if (channel.isDestroyed()) {
+    if (DEBUG_IPC) console.log('Removing destroyed channel, clientKey ' + msg.clientKey)
+    delete channels[msg.clientKey]
+    return
+  }
+  channel.send(messages.IPFS_MESSAGE, msg)
+}
+*/

app/extensions.js

@@ -222,6 +222,53 @@ let generateTorrentManifest = () => {
   }
 }
 
+// Returns the Chromium extension manifest for the ipfsExtension
+// The ipfsExtension handles ipfs:// and dweb:
+// Analagous to the PDFJS extension, it shows a special UI for that type of resource
+let generateIPFSManifest = () => {
+  let cspDirectives = {
+    'default-src': '\'self\'',
+    // TODO(bridiver) - remove example.com when webtorrent no longer requires it
+    //                  (i.e. once Brave uses webpack v2)
+    'connect-src': '\'self\' https://example.com',
+    'media-src': '\'self\' http://localhost:*',
+    'form-action': '\'none\'',
+    'style-src': '\'self\' \'unsafe-inline\'',
+    'frame-src': '\'self\' http://localhost:*'
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+    // allow access to webpack dev server resources
+    let devServer = 'localhost:' + process.env.npm_package_config_port
+    cspDirectives['default-src'] += ' http://' + devServer
+    cspDirectives['connect-src'] += ' http://' + devServer + ' ws://' + devServer
+    cspDirectives['media-src'] += ' http://' + devServer
+    cspDirectives['frame-src'] += ' http://' + devServer
+    cspDirectives['style-src'] += ' http://' + devServer
+  }
+
+  return {
+    name: 'IPFS Viewer',
+    description: l10n.translation('ipfsDesc'),
+    manifest_version: 2,
+    version: '1.0',
+    content_security_policy: concatCSP(cspDirectives),
+    content_scripts: [],
+    permissions: ['externally_connectable.all_urls', 'tabs', '<all_urls>'],
+    externally_connectable: {
+      matches: ['<all_urls>']
+    },
+    icons: {
+      128: 'img/ipfs-128.png',
+      48: 'img/ipfs-48.png',
+      16: 'img/ipfs-16.png'
+    },
+    incognito: 'split',
+    // TODO(diasdavid) How to get this key??
+    key: 'MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAyWl+wMvL0wZX3JUs7GeZAvxMP+LWEh2bwMV1HyuBra/lGZIq3Fmh0+AFnvFPXz1NpQkbLS3QWyqhdIn/lepGwuc2ma0glPzzmieqwctUurMGSGManApGO1MkcbSPhb+R1mx8tMam5+wbme4WoW37PI3oATgOs2NvHYuP60qol3U7b/zB3IWuqtwtqKe2Q1xY17btvPuz148ygWWIHneedt0jwfr6Zp+CSLARB9Heq/jqGXV4dPSVZ5ebBHLQ452iZkHxS6fm4Z+IxjKdYs3HNj/s8xbfEZ2ydnArGdJ0lpSK9jkDGYyUBugq5Qp3FH6zV89WqBvoV1dqUmL9gxbHsQIDAQAB'
+  }
+}
+
 let generateSyncManifest = () => {
   let cspDirectives = {
     'default-src': '\'self\'',
@@ -419,7 +466,10 @@ module.exports.init = () => {
     }
     if (!extensionInfo.isLoaded(extensionId) && !extensionInfo.isLoading(extensionId)) {
       extensionInfo.setState(extensionId, extensionStates.LOADING)
-      if (extensionId === config.braveExtensionId || extensionId === config.torrentExtensionId || extensionId === config.syncExtensionId) {
+      if (extensionId === config.braveExtensionId ||
+          extensionId === config.torrentExtensionId ||
+          extensionId === config.syncExtensionId ||
+          extensionId === config.ipfsExtensionId) {
         session.defaultSession.extensions.load(extensionPath, manifest, manifestLocation)
         return
       }
@@ -454,11 +504,13 @@ module.exports.init = () => {
     }
   }
 
-  // Manually install the braveExtension and torrentExtension
+  // Manually install the braveExtension, torrentExtension and ipfsExtension
   extensionInfo.setState(config.braveExtensionId, extensionStates.REGISTERED)
   loadExtension(config.braveExtensionId, getExtensionsPath('brave'), generateBraveManifest(), 'component')
   extensionInfo.setState(config.syncExtensionId, extensionStates.REGISTERED)
   loadExtension(config.syncExtensionId, getExtensionsPath('brave'), generateSyncManifest(), 'unpacked')
+
+  // torrentExtension
   if (getSetting(settings.TORRENT_VIEWER_ENABLED)) {
     extensionInfo.setState(config.torrentExtensionId, extensionStates.REGISTERED)
     loadExtension(config.torrentExtensionId, getExtensionsPath('torrent'), generateTorrentManifest(), 'component')
@@ -467,6 +519,15 @@ module.exports.init = () => {
     extensionActions.extensionDisabled(config.torrentExtensionId)
   }
 
+  // ipfsExtension
+  if (getSetting(settings.IPFS_ENABLED)) {
+    extensionInfo.setState(config.ipfsExtensionId, extensionStates.REGISTERED)
+    loadExtension(config.ipfsExtensionId, getExtensionsPath('ipfs'), generateIPFSManifest(), 'component')
+  } else {
+    extensionInfo.setState(config.ipfsExtensionId, extensionStates.DISABLED)
+    extensionActions.extensionDisabled(config.ipfsExtensionId)
+  }
+
   let registerComponents = (diff) => {
     if (getSetting(settings.PDFJS_ENABLED)) {
       registerComponent(config.PDFJSExtensionId)

app/extensions/brave/locales/bn-BD/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=সর্বদা URL বার দেখান
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/bn-IN/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Always show the URL bar
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/cs/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=Volby pro adresní řádek
 disableTitleMode=Vždy ukázat adresní řádek
 wideURLbar=Použít široký adresní řádek
 autoplay=Automatické přehrávání
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/de-DE/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=Einstellungen der URL-Zeile
 disableTitleMode=URL Zeile immer anzeigen
 wideURLbar=Lange URL-Zeile verwenden
 autoplay=Automatisch Medien abspielen
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/en-US/preferences.properties

@@ -376,3 +376,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Always show the URL bar
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/es/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Mostrar siempre la barra de URL
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/fr-FR/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Toujours afficher la barre d'adresse
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/hi-IN/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Always show the URL bar
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/id-ID/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=Pilihan bilah URL
 disableTitleMode=Selalu tampilkan bilah URL
 wideURLbar=Gunakan bilah URL yang lebar
 autoplay=Media Putar Otomatis
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/it-IT/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=Opzioni della barra degli indirizzi
 disableTitleMode=Visualizza sempre la barra degli indirizzi
 wideURLbar=Utilizza barra degli indirizzi ampia
 autoplay=Riproduzione automatica dei file multimediali
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/ja-JP/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URLバーの設定
 disableTitleMode=URLバーを常に表示
 wideURLbar=幅の広いURLバーを使う
 autoplay=自動再生
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/ko-KR/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=주소창 항상 표시
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/ms-MY/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=Pilihan Bar URL
 disableTitleMode=Sentiasa pamer bar URL
 wideURLbar=Guna bar URL lebar
 autoplay=Media Autoplay
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/nl-NL/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Altijd de URL-balk laten zien
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/pl-PL/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Always show the URL bar
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/pt-BR/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Mostrar sempre a barra de URL 
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Reproduzir mídia automaticamente
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/ru/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=Параметры панели адресной строки
 disableTitleMode=Всегда отображать строку адреса
 wideURLbar=Использовать широкую панель адресной строки
 autoplay=Автовоспроизведение медиа
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/sl/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=Možnosti vrstice URL
 disableTitleMode=Vedno pokaži vrstico naslova URL
 wideURLbar=Uporabi široko vrstico URL
 autoplay=Samodejno predvajaj datoteke
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/ta/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Always show the URL bar
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/te/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Always show the URL bar
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/tr-TR/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Url çubuğunu her zaman göster
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/uk/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=Завжди показувати панель адреси
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/extensions/brave/locales/zh-CN/preferences.properties

@@ -373,3 +373,4 @@ urlBarOptions=URL Bar Options
 disableTitleMode=总是显示URL栏
 wideURLbar=Use wide URL bar
 autoplay=Autoplay Media
+useIPFS=Enable IPFS (requires browser restart)

app/filtering.js

@@ -377,6 +377,13 @@ function registerPermissionHandler (session, partition) {
       return
     }
 
+    // The IPFS extension is always allowed to show fullscreen media
+    if (permission === 'fullscreen' &&
+      origin.startsWith('chrome-extension://' + config.ipfsExtensionId)) {
+      cb(true)
+      return
+    }
+
     // Always allow fullscreen if setting is ON
     const alwaysAllowFullscreen = module.exports.alwaysAllowFullscreen() === fullscreenOption.ALWAYS_ALLOW
     if (permission === 'fullscreen' && alwaysAllowFullscreen) {
@@ -412,6 +419,8 @@ function registerPermissionHandler (session, partition) {
       // This covers an edge case where you open a magnet link tab, then disable Torrent Viewer
       // and restart Brave. I don't think it needs localization. See 'Brave Browser' above.
       origin = 'Magnet URL'
+    } else if (mainFrameUrl.startsWith('ipfs://') || mainFrameUrl.startsWith('ipfs://')) {
+      origin = 'IPFS path'
     } else {
       // Strip trailing slash
       origin = getOrigin(origin)

app/renderer/components/frame/frame.js

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const domUtil = require('../../lib/domUtil')
 const {
   aboutUrls,
   isSourceMagnetUrl,
+  isSourceIPFSPath,
   isTargetAboutUrl,
   getTargetAboutUrl,
   getBaseUrl,
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ function isTorrentViewerURL (url) {
   return isEnabled && isSourceMagnetUrl(url)
 }
 
+function isIPFSPath (url) {
+  const isEnabled = getSetting(settings.IPFS_ENABLED)
+  return isEnabled && isSourceIPFSPath(url)
+}
+
 class Frame extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
     super(props)

docs/state.md

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ AppStore
     'advanced.send-usage-statistics': boolean, // true or undefined if usage reports should be sent
     'advanced.smooth-scroll-enabled': boolean, // false if smooth scrolling should be explicitly disabled
     'advanced.torrent-viewer-enabled': boolean, // whether to render magnet links in the browser
+    'advanced.ipfs-enabled': boolean, // whether to use IPFS to render ipfs:// or dweb: links in the browser
     'bookmarks.toolbar.show': boolean, // true if the bookmakrs toolbar should be shown
     'bookmarks.toolbar.showFavicon': boolean, // true if bookmark favicons should be shown on the bookmarks toolbar
     'bookmarks.toolbar.showOnlyFavicon': boolean, // true if only favicons should be shown on the bookmarks toolbar

js/about/preferences.js

@@ -812,8 +812,12 @@ class AboutPreferences extends React.Component {
     if (key === settings.HARDWARE_ACCELERATION_ENABLED ||
         key === settings.DO_NOT_TRACK ||
         key === settings.LANGUAGE ||
-        key === settings.PDFJS_ENABLED || key === settings.TORRENT_VIEWER_ENABLED ||
-        key === settings.SMOOTH_SCROLL_ENABLED || key === settings.SEND_CRASH_REPORTS || key === settings.UPDATE_TO_PREVIEW_RELEASES) {
+        key === settings.PDFJS_ENABLED ||
+        key === settings.TORRENT_VIEWER_ENABLED ||
+        key === settings.IPFS_ENABLED ||
+        key === settings.SMOOTH_SCROLL_ENABLED ||
+        key === settings.SEND_CRASH_REPORTS ||
+        key === settings.UPDATE_TO_PREVIEW_RELEASES) {
       ipc.send(messages.PREFS_RESTART, key, value)
     }
     if (key === settings.PAYMENTS_ENABLED) {

js/constants/appConfig.js

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ module.exports = {
     COOKIEBLOCK: 'cookieblock', // block 3p cookies and referer
     COOKIEBLOCK_ALL: 'cookieblockAll', // block all cookies and referer
     SITEHACK: 'siteHacks',
-    WEBTORRENT: 'webtorrent'
+    WEBTORRENT: 'webtorrent',
+    IPFS: 'ipfs'
     // ... other optional resource files are identified by uuid such as for regional adblock
   },
   cookieblock: {
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ module.exports = {
   webtorrent: {
     enabled: true
   },
+  ipfs: {
+    enabled: true
+  },
   adInsertion: {
     enabled: false,
     url: adHost
@@ -185,6 +189,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'advanced.default-zoom-level': null,
     'advanced.pdfjs-enabled': true,
     'advanced.torrent-viewer-enabled': true,
+    'advanced.ipfs-enabled': true,
     'advanced.smooth-scroll-enabled': false,
     'advanced.send-crash-reports': true,
     'advanced.send-usage-statistics': false,

js/constants/config.js

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   braveExtensionId: 'mnojpmjdmbbfmejpflffifhffcmidifd',
   torrentExtensionId: 'fmdpfempfmekjkcfdehndghogpnpjeno',
+  // TODO(diasdavid) how to these get calculated?
+  ipfsExtensionId: 'asdakdaklsjdaklsjdalsdaslkdjasds',
   syncExtensionId: 'cjnmeadmgmiihncdidmfiabhenbggfjm',
   PDFJSExtensionId: 'jdbefljfgobbmcidnmpjamcbhnbphjnb',
   PocketExtensionId: 'niloccemoadcdkdjlinkgdfekeahmflj',