def push_bytes_to_ipfs(bytes_in):
"""
Call the IPFS API to add the byte string to IPFS.
When IPFS returns a hash, return this to the caller
"""
# Returns unicode in py2.7, str in py3.7
try:
res = ipfs_client().add_bytes(bytes_in) # bytes)
except TypeError as _:
print('fail')
log_error('IPFS_API had an issue pushing the item to IPFS')
log_error(sys.exc_info())
log_error(len(bytes_in))
traceback.print_tb(sys.exc_info()[-1])
except ipfsapi.exceptions.ConnectionError as _:
print('ConnErr')
log_error(sys.exc_info())
traceback.print_tb(sys.exc_info()[-1])
return
# TODO: verify that the add was successful
if type(res).__name__ == 'unicode':
return res
elif type(res).__name__ == 'str':
return res
log_error('NEITHER UNICODE NOR STR RETURNED.')
return res[0]['Hash']
def pull_from_ipfs(hash_in):
return ipfs_client().cat(hash_in)