Only call methods and access properties defined in the spec

[achingbrain]

The theory with the tests defined here is you can pass any instance of IPFS and they will ensure that the passed instance implements the spec fully.

To do that we should only invoke methods and access properties defined in the spec.

Currently the tests here assume that the passed instance has been created by ipfsd-ctl which adds extra properties and methods. The tests should be refactored to not do this and instead only use properties and methods defined in the spec.

[alanshaw]

There are also a bunch of tests that explicitly spawn go-ipfs nodes.

Ideally js-ipfs would not have to install go-ipfs-dep, but the tests will fail if it does not. Removing type: 'go' is not really an option because browser nodes cannot connect to each other (no swarm addrs).

I think that we should either automatically skip the tests that require connections when there are no swarm addresses OR we make sure we spawn browser nodes with webrtc enabled so that they do have swarm addresses and they can connect to each other. I'm actually leaning towards the latter now!

[whizzzkid]

js-ipfs is being deprecated in favor of Helia. You can follow the migration plan here #4336 and read the migration guide.

This issue has been resolved in Helia! if this does not address your concern please let us know by reopening this issue before 2023-06-05!