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Class: HypercertsStorage

A class that provides storage functionality for Hypercerts.

This class implements the HypercertStorageInterface and provides methods for storing and retrieving Hypercerts. It uses the NFT Storage and Web3 Storage APIs for storage, and can be configured to be read-only.

Example

const storage = new HypercertsStorage({
nftStorageToken: "your-nft-storage-token",
web3StorageToken: "your-web3-storage-token",
});
const metadata = await storage.getMetadata("your-hypercert-id");

Implements

Constructors

constructor

new HypercertsStorage(overrides): HypercertsStorage

Creates a new instance of the HypercertsStorage class.

This constructor takes an optional overrides parameter that can be used to override the default configuration. If the NFT Storage or Web3 Storage API keys are missing or invalid, the storage will be read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
overridesPartial<HypercertStorageConfig>The configuration overrides for the storage.

Returns

HypercertsStorage

Defined in

sdk/src/storage.ts:47

Properties

nftStorageClient

Optional nftStorageClient: NFTStorage

The NFT Storage client used for storing and retrieving Hypercerts.

Defined in

sdk/src/storage.ts:36


readonly

readonly: boolean = true

Whether the storage is read-only. If true, the storage methods will not perform any write operations.

Defined in

sdk/src/storage.ts:34


web3StorageClient

Optional web3StorageClient: Web3Storage

The Web3 Storage client used for storing and retrieving Hypercerts.

Defined in

sdk/src/storage.ts:38

Methods

getData

getData(cidOrIpfsUri): Promise<unknown>

Retrieves data from IPFS using the provided CID or IPFS URI.

This method first retrieves the data from IPFS using the getFromIPFS function. It then parses the retrieved data as JSON and returns it.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
cidOrIpfsUristringThe CID or IPFS URI of the data to retrieve.

Returns

Promise<unknown>

A promise that resolves to the retrieved data.

Throws

Will throw a FetchError if the retrieval operation fails.

Throws

Will throw a MalformedDataError if the retrieved data is not a single file.

Remarkts

Note: The original implementation using the Web3 Storage client is currently commented out due to issues with upstream repos. This will be replaced once those issues are resolved.

Implementation of

HypercertStorageInterface.getData

Defined in

sdk/src/storage.ts:167


getMetadata

getMetadata(cidOrIpfsUri): Promise<HypercertMetadata>

Retrieves Hypercert metadata from IPFS using the provided CID or IPFS URI.

This method first retrieves the data from IPFS using the getFromIPFS function. It then validates the retrieved data using the validateMetaData function. If the data is invalid, it throws a MalformedDataError. If the data is valid, it returns the data as a HypercertMetadata object.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
cidOrIpfsUristringThe CID or IPFS URI of the metadata to retrieve.

Returns

Promise<HypercertMetadata>

A promise that resolves to the retrieved metadata.

Throws

Will throw a MalformedDataError if the retrieved data is invalid.

Implementation of

HypercertStorageInterface.getMetadata

Defined in

sdk/src/storage.ts:114


storeData

storeData(data): Promise<CIDString>

Stores data using the Web3 Storage client.

This method first checks if the storage is read-only or if the Web3 Storage client is not configured. If either of these conditions is true, it throws a StorageError. It then creates a new Blob from the provided data and stores it using the Web3 Storage client. If the storage operation fails, it throws a StorageError.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
dataunknownThe data to store. This can be any type of data.

Returns

Promise<CIDString>

A promise that resolves to the CID of the stored data.

Throws

Will throw a StorageError if the storage is read-only, if the Web3 Storage client is not configured, or if the storage operation fails.

Remarks

Even though web3.storage takes a list of files, we'll assume we're only storing 1 JSON blob. Because we pay for storage quotas, this data is stored best effort. If you are using our default keys, we may delete older data if we hit our storage quota.

Implementation of

HypercertStorageInterface.storeData

Defined in

sdk/src/storage.ts:139


storeMetadata

storeMetadata(data): Promise<CIDString>

Stores Hypercert metadata using the NFT Storage client.

This method first checks if the storage is read-only or if the NFT Storage client is not configured. If either of these conditions is true, it throws a StorageError. It then validates the provided metadata using the validateMetaData function. If the metadata is invalid, it throws a MalformedDataError. If the metadata is valid, it creates a new Blob from the metadata and stores it using the NFT Storage client. If the storage operation fails, it throws a StorageError.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
dataHypercertMetadataThe Hypercert metadata to store. This should be an object that conforms to the HypercertMetadata type.

Returns

Promise<CIDString>

A promise that resolves to the CID of the stored metadata.

Throws

Will throw a StorageError if the storage is read-only, if the NFT Storage client is not configured, or if the storage operation fails.

Throws

Will throw a MalformedDataError if the provided metadata is invalid.

Implementation of

HypercertStorageInterface.storeMetadata

Defined in

sdk/src/storage.ts:81