This patch adds support for:
- ffplay ipfs://
- ffplay ipns://
IPFS data can be played from so called "ipfs gateways".
A gateway is essentially a webserver that gives access to the
distributed IPFS network.
This protocol support (ipfs and ipns) therefore translates
ipfs:// and ipns:// to a http:// url. This resulting url is
then handled by the http protocol. It could also be https
depending on the gateway provided.
To use this protocol, a gateway must be provided.
If you do nothing it will try to find it in your
$HOME/.ipfs/gateway file. The ways to set it manually are:
1. Define a -gateway to the gateway.
2. Define $IPFS_GATEWAY with the full http link to the gateway.
3. Define $IPFS_PATH and point it to the IPFS data path.
4. Have IPFS running in your local user folder (under $HOME/.ipfs).
Signed-off-by: Mark Gaiser
---
configure | 2 +
doc/protocols.texi| 30
libavformat/Makefile | 2 +
libavformat/ipfsgateway.c | 312 ++
libavformat/protocols.c | 2 +
5 files changed, 348 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 libavformat/ipfsgateway.c
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5b19a35f59..6ff09e7974 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3585,6 +3585,8 @@ udp_protocol_select="network"
udplite_protocol_select="network"
unix_protocol_deps="sys_un_h"
unix_protocol_select="network"
+ipfs_protocol_select="https_protocol"
+ipns_protocol_select="https_protocol"
# external library protocols
libamqp_protocol_deps="librabbitmq"
diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
index d207df0b52..7c9c0a4808 100644
--- a/doc/protocols.texi
+++ b/doc/protocols.texi
@@ -2025,5 +2025,35 @@ decoding errors.
@end table
+@section ipfs
+
+InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) protocol support. One can access files
stored
+on the IPFS network through so called gateways. Those are http(s) endpoints.
+This protocol wraps the IPFS native protocols (ipfs:// and ipns://) to be send
+to such a gateway. Users can (and should) host their own node which means this
+protocol will use your local machine gateway to access files on the IPFS
network.
+
+If a user doesn't have a node of their own then the public gateway dweb.link
is
+used by default.
+
+You can use this protocol in 2 ways. Using IPFS:
+@example
+ffplay ipfs://QmbGtJg23skhvFmu9mJiePVByhfzu5rwo74MEkVDYAmF5T
+@end example
+
+Or the IPNS protocol (IPNS is mutable IPFS):
+@example
+ffplay ipns://QmbGtJg23skhvFmu9mJiePVByhfzu5rwo74MEkVDYAmF5T
+@end example
+
+You can also change the gateway to be used:
+
+@table @option
+
+@item gateway
+Defines the gateway to use. When nothing is provided the protocol will first
try
+your local gateway. If that fails dweb.link will be used.
+
+@end table
@c man end PROTOCOLS
diff --git a/libavformat/Makefile b/libavformat/Makefile
index 3dc6a479cc..4edce8420f 100644
--- a/libavformat/Makefile
+++ b/libavformat/Makefile
@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_SRTP_PROTOCOL) += srtpproto.o
srtp.o
OBJS-$(CONFIG_SUBFILE_PROTOCOL) += subfile.o
OBJS-$(CONFIG_TEE_PROTOCOL) += teeproto.o tee_common.o
OBJS-$(CONFIG_TCP_PROTOCOL) += tcp.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_IPFS_PROTOCOL) += ipfsgateway.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_IPNS_PROTOCOL) += ipfsgateway.o
TLS-OBJS-$(CONFIG_GNUTLS)+= tls_gnutls.o
TLS-OBJS-$(CONFIG_LIBTLS)+= tls_libtls.o
TLS-OBJS-$(CONFIG_MBEDTLS) += tls_mbedtls.o
diff --git a/libavformat/ipfsgateway.c b/libavformat/ipfsgateway.c
new file mode 100644
index 00..35456c00c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavformat/ipfsgateway.c
@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+/*
+ * IPFS and IPNS protocol support through IPFS Gateway.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Mark Gaiser
+ *
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include "avformat.h"
+#include "libavutil/avassert.h"
+#include "libavutil/avstring.h"
+#include "libavutil/internal.h"
+#include "libavutil/opt.h"
+#include "libavutil/tree.h"
+#include
+#if HAVE_IO_H
+#include
+#endif
+#if HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include
+#endif
+#include "os_support.h"
+#include "url.h"
+#include
+#include
+
+typedef struct IPFSGatewayContext {
+AVClass *class;
+URLContext *inner;
+// Is filled by the -gateway
