"window.ipfs" from service worker

[hazae41]

Hello,

Is there a way to access window.ipfs from a service worker?
I tried with self.ipfs and it returns undefined

Thanks!

[lidel]

Unfortunately no. AFAIK WebExtensions are unable to inject content scripts into Service Worker context, that is why there is no self.ipfs.

You may look into using ipfs-postmsg-proxy to for proxying window.ipfs from the main page back to service worker, but YMMV.

FYI there is ongoing research on "Universal IPFS API Provider" and ways we can expose API coming from js-ipfs, HTTP API or proxy created by IPFS Companion.

Places to follow:

• The Future of "accessing API of remote IPFS node" in-web-browsers#137
  • poc with sw+iframe+postMessage: https://github.com/Gozala/lunet/

Other refs:

• proxy ipfs api across web boundaries: https://github.com/tableflip/ipfs-postmsg-proxy
• ipfs in service worker
  • basic demo https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-service-worker
  • public gateway https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/service-worker-gateway

[lidel]

Closing due to #589 (comment)