A set of utilities to help identify IPFS resources
$ npm install --save is-ipfs
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const isIPFS = require('is-ipfs')
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const isIPFS = require('is-ipfs')
isIPFS.multihash('QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // true
isIPFS.multihash('noop') // false
isIPFS.cid('QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // true (CIDv0)
isIPFS.cid('bafybeiasb5vpmaounyilfuxbd3lryvosl4yefqrfahsb2esg46q6tu6y5q') // true (CIDv1 in Base32)
isIPFS.cid('zdj7WWeQ43G6JJvLWQWZpyHuAMq6uYWRjkBXFad11vE2LHhQ7') // true (CIDv1 in Base58btc)
isIPFS.cid('noop') // false
isIPFS.base32cid('bafybeie5gq4jxvzmsym6hjlwxej4rwdoxt7wadqvmmwbqi7r27fclha2va') // true
isIPFS.base32cid('QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // false
isIPFS.url('https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // true
isIPFS.url('https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmbWqxBEKC3P8tqsKc98xmWNzrzDtRLMiMPL8wBuTGsMnR?filename=guardian.jpg') // true
isIPFS.url('https://ipfs.io/ipns/github.com') // true
isIPFS.url('https://bafybeie5gq4jxvzmsym6hjlwxej4rwdoxt7wadqvmmwbqi7r27fclha2va.ipfs.dweb.link') // true
isIPFS.url('http://en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org.ipfs.localhost:8080') // true
isIPFS.url('https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/README.md') // false
isIPFS.url('https://google.com') // false
isIPFS.path('/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // true
isIPFS.path('/ipfs/QmbcBPAwCDxRMB1Qe7CRQmxdrTSkxKwM9y6rZw2FjGtbsb/?weird-filename=test.jpg') // true
isIPFS.path('/ipns/github.com') // true
isIPFS.path('/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/README.md') // false
isIPFS.urlOrPath('https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // true
isIPFS.urlOrPath('https://ipfs.io/ipns/github.com') // true
isIPFS.urlOrPath('/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // true
isIPFS.urlOrPath('/ipns/github.com') // true
isIPFS.urlOrPath('https://bafybeie5gq4jxvzmsym6hjlwxej4rwdoxt7wadqvmmwbqi7r27fclha2va.ipfs.dweb.link') // true
isIPFS.urlOrPath('https://google.com') // false
isIPFS.ipfsUrl('https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // true
isIPFS.ipfsUrl('https://ipfs.io/ipfs/invalid-hash') // false
isIPFS.ipnsUrl('https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // false
isIPFS.ipnsUrl('https://ipfs.io/ipns/github.com') // true
isIPFS.ipfsPath('/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // true
isIPFS.ipfsPath('/ipfs/invalid-hash') // false
isIPFS.ipnsPath('/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // false
isIPFS.ipnsPath('/ipns/github.com') // true
isIPFS.cidPath('QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o/path/to/file') // true
isIPFS.cidPath('QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o/') // true
isIPFS.cidPath('QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // false
isIPFS.cidPath('/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o') // false
isIPFS.cidPath('/ipfs/QmYjtig7VJQ6XsnUjqqJvj7QaMcCAwtrgNdahSiFofrE7o/file') // false
isIPFS.subdomain('http://bafybeie5gq4jxvzmsym6hjlwxej4rwdoxt7wadqvmmwbqi7r27fclha2va.ipfs.dweb.link') // true
isIPFS.subdomain('http://bafybeiabc2xofh6tdi6vutusorpumwcikw3hf3st4ecjugo6j52f6xwc6q.ipns.dweb.link') // true
isIPFS.subdomain('http://www.bafybeie5gq4jxvzmsym6hjlwxej4rwdoxt7wadqvmmwbqi7r27fclha2va.ipfs.dweb.link') // false
isIPFS.subdomain('http://bafybeie5gq4jxvzmsym6hjlwxej4rwdoxt7wadqvmmwbqi7r27fclha2va.dweb.link') // false
isIPFS.ipfsSubdomain('http://bafybeie5gq4jxvzmsym6hjlwxej4rwdoxt7wadqvmmwbqi7r27fclha2va.ipfs.dweb.link') // true
isIPFS.ipfsSubdomain('http://bafybeie5gq4jxvzmsym6hjlwxej4rwdoxt7wadqvmmwbqi7r27fclha2va.dweb.link') // false
isIPFS.ipnsSubdomain('http://bafybeiabc2xofh6tdi6vutusorpumwcikw3hf3st4ecjugo6j52f6xwc6q.ipns.dweb.link') // true
isIPFS.ipnsSubdomain('http://bafybeiabc2xofh6tdi6vutusorpumwcikw3hf3st4ecjugo6j52f6xwc6q.dweb.link') // false
isIPFS.ipnsSubdomain('http://QmcNioXSC1bfJj1dcFErhUfyjFzoX2HodkRccsFFVJJvg8.ipns.dweb.link') // false
isIPFS.ipnsSubdomain('http://en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org.ipns.localhost:8080') // true (assuming DNSLink)
isIPFS.ipnsSubdomain('http://en-wikipedia--on--ipfs-org.ipns.localhost:8080') // true (assuming inlined DNSLink)
isIPFS.ipnsSubdomain('http://hostname-without-tld-.ipns.dweb.link') // false (not a CID, invalid DNS label)
isIPFS.multiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234') // true
isIPFS.multiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234/http') // true
isIPFS.multiaddr('/ip6/::1/udp/1234') // true
isIPFS.multiaddr('ip6/::1/udp/1234') // false
isIPFS.multiaddr('/yoloinvalid/::1/udp/1234') // false
isIPFS.peerMultiaddr('/p2p/QmcgpsyWgH8Y8ajJz1Cu72KnS5uo2Aa2LpzU7kinSoooo4') // true
isIPFS.peerMultiaddr('/ipfs/QmcgpsyWgH8Y8ajJz1Cu72KnS5uo2Aa2LpzU7kinSoooo4') // true (legacy notation)
isIPFS.peerMultiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/1234/ws/p2p/QmUjNmr8TgJCn1Ao7DvMy4cjoZU15b9bwSCBLE3vwXiwgj') // true
isIPFS.peerMultiaddr('/p2p/QmcgpsyWgH8Y8ajJz1Cu72KnS5uo2Aa2LpzU7kinSoooo4/p2p-circuit/p2p/QmUjNmr8TgJCn1Ao7DvMy4cjoZU15b9bwSCBLE3vwXiwgj') // true
isIPFS.peerMultiaddr('/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io') // false (key missing, needs additional DNS lookup to tell if this is valid)
isIPFS.peerMultiaddr('/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN') // true (key present, ip and port can be resolved later)
isIPFS.peerMultiaddr('/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234') // false (key missing)
A suite of util methods that provides efficient validation.
Detection of IPFS Paths and identifiers in URLs is a two-stage process:
pathPattern/pathGatewayPattern/subdomainGatewayPattern regex is applied to quickly identify potential candidatesisIPFS.multihash(hash)Returns true if the provided string or Uint8Array is a valid multihash or false otherwise.
isIPFS.cid(hash)Returns true if the provided string, Uint8Array or CID object represents a valid CID or false otherwise.
isIPFS.base32cid(hash)Returns true if the provided string is a valid CID in Base32 encoding or false otherwise.
isIPFS.url(url)Returns true if the provided string is a valid IPFS or IPNS url or false otherwise.
isIPFS.ipfsUrl(url)Returns true if the provided string is a valid IPFS url or false otherwise.
isIPFS.ipnsUrl(url)Returns true if the provided string is a valid IPNS url or false otherwise.
Standalone validation of IPFS Paths: /ip(f|n)s/<cid>/..
isIPFS.path(path)Returns true if the provided string is a valid IPFS or IPNS path or false otherwise.
isIPFS.urlOrPath(path)Returns true if the provided string is a valid IPFS or IPNS url or path or false otherwise.
isIPFS.ipfsPath(path)Returns true if the provided string is a valid IPFS path or false otherwise.
isIPFS.ipnsPath(path)Returns true if the provided string is a valid IPNS path or false otherwise.
isIPFS.cidPath(path)Returns true if the provided string is a valid "CID path" (IPFS path without /ipfs/ prefix) or false otherwise.
Validated subdomain convention: cidv1b32.ip(f|n)s.domain.tld
isIPFS.subdomain(url)Returns true if the provided url string includes a valid IPFS, looks like IPNS/DNSLink subdomain or false otherwise.
isIPFS.ipfsSubdomain(url)Returns true if the provided url string includes a valid IPFS subdomain (case-insensitive CIDv1) or false otherwise.
isIPFS.ipnsSubdomain(url)Returns true if the provided url string looks like a valid IPNS subdomain
(CIDv1 with libp2p-key multicodec or something that looks like a FQDN, for example en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org.ipns.localhost:8080) or false
otherwise.
Note: ipnsSubdomain method works in offline mode: it does not perform
actual IPNS record lookup over DHT or other content routing method. It may
return false-positives:
/api/v0/name/resolve?arg=<ipnsid>/api/v0/dns?arg=<fqdn>Below methods provide basic detection of multiaddrs: composable and future-proof network addresses.
Complex validation of multiaddr can be built using isIPFS.multiaddr and mafmt library.
isIPFS.multiaddr(addr)Returns true if the provided string, Multiaddr or Uint8Array represents a valid multiaddr or false otherwise.
isIPFS.peerMultiaddr(addr)Returns true if the provided string, Multiaddr or Uint8Array represents a valid libp2p peer multiaddr (matching P2P format from mafmt) or false otherwise.
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A set of utilities to help identify IPFS resources on the web
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