feat: allow urls with authentication

src/index.js

@@ -151,8 +151,11 @@ async function getIpfs (opts, { store, getState, dispatch }) {
  }
  }
  if (opts.tryApi) {
- const { apiAddress, defaultApiAddress } = getState().ipfs
+ let { apiAddress, defaultApiAddress } = getState().ipfs
  const { location } = root
+ if (isURL(apiAddress)) {
+ apiAddress = parseURL(apiAddress)
+ }
  const res = await tryApi({ apiAddress, defaultApiAddress, location, IpfsApi, ipfsConnectionTest })
  if (res) {
  return dispatch({ type: 'IPFS_INIT_FINISHED', payload: res })
@@ -182,6 +185,20 @@ function isMultiaddress (addr) {
  }
 }
 
+function isURL (addr) {
+ if (addr === null || addr === undefined || typeof addr === 'undefined') {
+ return false
+ }
+
+ try {
+ // eslint-disable-next-line
+ new URL(addr)
+ return true
+ } catch (e) {
+ return false
+ }
+}
+
 function getUserOpts (key) {
  let userOpts = null
  if (root.localStorage) {
@@ -214,9 +231,26 @@ function saveUserOpts (key, val) {
 
 function getUserProvidedIpfsApi () {
  const ipfsApi = getUserOpts('ipfsApi')
- if (ipfsApi && !isMultiaddress(ipfsApi)) {
+ if (ipfsApi && !isMultiaddress(ipfsApi) && !isURL(ipfsApi)) {
  console.warn(`The ipfsApi address ${ipfsApi} is invalid.`)
  return null
  }
  return ipfsApi
 }
+
+function parseURL (addr) {
+ const url = new URL(addr)
+
+ const opts = {
+ host: url.hostname,
+ port: url.port,
+ protocol: url.protocol.slice(0, -1),
+ headers: {}
+ }
+
+ if (url.username) {
+ opts.headers.authorization = `Basic ${btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(url.username + ':' + url.password)))}`
+ }
+
+ return opts
+}