Accessing IPFS

IPFS is a distributed peer to peer system. There is no central server! The IPFS engine allows your program to be a peer on the network.

The engine provides a simple way for your program to access the IPFS Core API. The engine should be used as a shared object in your program. It is thread safe (re-entrant) and conserves resources when only one instance is used.

public class Program
{
  const string passphrase = "this is not a secure pass phrase";
  static readonly IpfsClient ipfs = new IpfsClient(new IpfsEngine(passphrase.ToCharArray()));

  public async Task Main(string[] args) 
  {
    // Set the repository
    var path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData); 
    ipfs.Options.Repository.Folder = Path.Combine(path, "myapp-ipfs");

    // Start the engine.
    await ipfs.StartAsync();

    // Get our peer details.
    var peer = await ipfs.IdAsync();
  }
}