ipfs-http-client
Client library for interacting with IPFS nodes via HTTP API.
HTTP clients and networking npm Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Used in agent projects
20
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http clients and networking
#28 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
51.4K
npm, last 7 days, ipfs-http-client
GitHub stars
7,388
last push May 25, 2023
How ipfs-http-client is used
ipfs-http-client is a dependency in 20 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #28 of 29 in http clients and networking. The most used alternative there is Axios. Projects that use it most often also use dotenv (60.0%), viem (50.0%), Express (35.0%).
Often used with ipfs-http-client
| dotenv | 60.0% of ipfs-http-client projects · 3.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| viem | 50.0% of ipfs-http-client projects · 4.1× more than average |
| Express | 35.0% of ipfs-http-client projects · 5.4× more than average |
| ethers.js | 35.0% of ipfs-http-client projects · 7.7× more than average |
| React Router | 35.0% of ipfs-http-client projects · 4.6× more than average |
| wagmi | 35.0% of ipfs-http-client projects · 6.8× more than average |
| ts-node | 30.0% of ipfs-http-client projects · 4.4× more than average |
| uuid | 25.0% of ipfs-http-client projects · 7.0× more than average |
Install
| Package | npm install ipfs-http-client |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (13), Next.js (4), Rust (2), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | rilwan99/Solana-Telegram-Bot, rilwan99/Treehoppers, nightskydev/solana_nft |
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