How to use ipfs-unixfs - 10 common examples

export function normaliseDagPb (node, cid, type) {
  if (toCidStrOrNull(node.multihash) !== cid) {
    throw new Error('dag-pb multihash should match provided cid')
  }
  node = node.toJSON()
  let format
  try {
    // it's a unix system?
    const { type, data, blockSizes } = unixfs.unmarshal(node.data)
    node.data = { type, data, blockSizes }
    format = `unixfs`
  } catch (err) {
    // dag-pb but not a unixfs.
    // console.log(err)
  }

  return {
    cid,
    type,
    data: node.data,
    links: normaliseDagPbLinks(node),
    size: node.size,
    format
  }
}

ipfs.getApi().object.data(link.hash, (err, marshaled) => {
      clearTimeout(timeout)

      if (err) {
        // TODO: what's the right error for this?
        log('[IPFS] Data fetch failed', err)
        return cb(500, 'Failed')
      }

      // parse the data
      var unmarshaled = Unixfs.unmarshal(marshaled)
      var data = unmarshaled.data
      
      // try to identify the type by the buffer contents
      var mimeType
      var identifiedExt = identify(data)
      if (identifiedExt)
        mimeType = mime.lookup(identifiedExt)
      if (mimeType)
        log('[IPFS] Identified entry mimetype as', mimeType)
      else {
        // fallback to using the entry name
        mimeType = mime.lookup(link.name)
        if (mimeType == 'application/octet-stream')
          mimeType = 'text/plain' // TODO look if content is textlike?
        log('[IPFS] Assumed mimetype from link name', mimeType)
      }

ipfs.getApi().object.data(indexLink._multihash || indexLink.hash, (err, marshaled) => {
          if (aborted) return
          cleanup()
          if (err) {
            ipfs.checkIfConnectionFailed(err)
            return cb(500, 'Failed')
          }

          // parse and send the data
          var unmarshaled = Unixfs.unmarshal(marshaled)
          res.writeHead(200, 'OK', {
            'Content-Type': 'text/html',
            'Content-Security-Policy': IPFS_CSP
          })
          return res.end(unmarshaled.data)
        })
      })

ds.get(stats.Hash, (err, node) => {
        expect(err).to.not.exist
        const dirSmallNode = new DAGNode()
        const buf = fs.readFileSync(dirSmall + '.block')
        dirSmallNode.unMarshal(buf)
        expect(node.links).to.deep.equal(dirSmallNode.links)

        const nodeUnixFS = UnixFS.unmarshal(node.data)
        const dirUnixFS = UnixFS.unmarshal(dirSmallNode.data)

        expect(nodeUnixFS.type).to.equal(dirUnixFS.type)
        expect(nodeUnixFS.fileSize()).to.equal(dirUnixFS.fileSize())
        expect(nodeUnixFS.data).to.deep.equal(dirUnixFS.data)
        expect(nodeUnixFS.blockSizes).to.deep.equal(dirUnixFS.blockSizes)
        expect(node.data).to.deep.equal(dirSmallNode.data)
        expect(node.marshal()).to.deep.equal(dirSmallNode.marshal())
        done()
      })
    })

ds.get(hash, (err, fetchedNode) => {
          expect(err).to.not.exist
          const unmarsh = UnixFS.unmarshal(fetchedNode.data)
          expect(unmarsh.data).to.deep.equal(data.stream._readableState.buffer[0])
          done()
        })
      })

children.forEach(child => {
    const leaf = UnixFS.unmarshal(child.node.data)

    file.addBlockSize(leaf.fileSize())

    links.push(new DAGLink('', child.node.size, child.cid))
  })

it('should get a node added as CIDv1 with a CIDv0', async () => {
      const input = Buffer.from(`TEST${Date.now()}`)

      const res = await ipfs.add(input, { cidVersion: 1, rawLeaves: false })

      const cidv1 = new CID(res[0].hash)
      expect(cidv1.version).to.equal(1)

      const cidv0 = cidv1.toV0()

      const output = await ipfs.dag.get(cidv0)
      expect(Unixfs.unmarshal(output.value.Data).data).to.eql(input)
    })

const file = Unixfs.default('file');
    for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
      file.addBlockSize(results[i].size);
    }

    const indexFile = new DAGNode(file.marshal());
    for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
      indexFile.addLink({
        Hash: results[i].hash,
        Size: results[i].size
      });
    }

    const indexFileResponse = await this.ipfs.dag.put(indexFile, WarpController.DEFAULT_NODE_TYPE);

    const directory = Unixfs.default('directory');
    for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
      directory.addBlockSize(results[i].size);
    }

    directory.addBlockSize(file.fileSize());
    const directoryNode = new DAGNode(directory.marshal());
    for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
      console.log(results[i]);
      directoryNode.addLink({
        Name: `file${i}`,
        Hash: results[i].hash,
        Size: results[i].size
      });
    }

    directoryNode.addLink({

exports.switchType = (node, dirHandler, fileHandler) => {
  const data = UnixFS.unmarshal(node.data)
  const type = data.type

  if (type === 'directory') {
    return dirHandler()
  }

  if (type === 'file') {
    return fileHandler()
  }

  return pull.error(new Error('Unkown node type'))
}

module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, depth, offset, length) => {
  const accepts = pathRest[0]

  if (accepts !== undefined && accepts !== path) {
    return pull.empty()
  }

  let file

  try {
    file = UnixFS.unmarshal(node.data)
  } catch (error) {
    return pull.error(error)
  }

  const fileSize = size || file.fileSize()

  if (offset < 0) {
    return pull.error(new Error('Offset must be greater than or equal to 0'))
  }

  if (offset > fileSize) {
    return pull.error(new Error('Offset must be less than the file size'))
  }

  if (length < 0) {
    return pull.error(new Error('Length must be greater than or equal to 0'))