curl now has IPFS support!🎉🎊
https://curl.se/docs/ipfs.html
https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/8805
@cblgh @mark22k yeah it's cool! It's interesting how they default to running a gateway so end users don't need a Kubo node locally. It means it's not local-first by defauot, but folks *do* have the option of having a local node ifbthey want.
Also IIRC it's read only so you can't upload with curl yet.
@cblgh @mauve
However, I find it a bit sobering that they say that you can verify the content using the hash, but then they don't do it. https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/8805#issuecomment-1747054360
@mark22k @cblgh yeah I'm guessing it's on the todo list after this gets stable. They'd need to rearchitect with having a blockstore and dag-pb/UnixFS impl rather than a single http get which is a lot more to ask in a PR. I think starting small and building a relationship with the project was the right move.
@mauve @mark22k i just skimmed the discussion in the PR but seems like they landed on a decent compromise?
i.e. trying for a locally running instance (v hyperswarm-web-ish :~) and if that fails, trying a gateway env var, and finally trying to look for a config file specifying gateway before failing