README.md

Custom IPLD formats

This example shows you how to configure an IPFS daemon with the ability to load extra IPLD formats so you can use them in your applications.

Before you start

First clone this repo, install dependencies in the project root and build the project.

$ git clone https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs.git
$ cd js-ipfs
$ npm install
$ npm run build

Running the example

Running this example should result in metrics being logged out to the console every few seconds.

> npm start

Play with the configuration!

By default, IPFS is only configured to support a few common IPLD formats. Your application may require extra or more esoteric formats, in which case you can configure your node to support them using options.ipld.formats passed to the client or an in-process node or even a daemon if you start it with a wrapper.

See the following files for different configuration:

• ./in-process-node.js for running an in-process node as part of your confiugration
• ./daemon-node.js for running a node as a separate daemon process