ipfs-paste

#!/bin/sh

USAGE="$0 [-v] [--paste] [<name>]"

usage() {
  echo "$USAGE"
  echo "publish stdin (or pasteboard) to ipfs"
  exit 0
}

die() {
  echo >&2 "error: $@"
  exit 1
}

log() {
  if [ $verbose ]; then
    printf >&2 "$@"
  fi
}

# todo: make this cross-platform
case $(uname) in
Darwin)
  clicopy="pbcopy"
  clipaste="pbpaste"
  ;;
Linux)
  if type xsel >/dev/null;
  then
    clicopy="xsel -i"
    clipaste="xsel -o"
  else
    if type xclip >/dev/null;
    then
      clicopy="xclip -i"
      clipaste="xclip -o"
    else
      die "xsel or xclip is needed on Linux"
    fi
  fi
  ;;
*) ;;
esac

# get user options
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
  # get options
  arg="$1"
  shift

  case "$arg" in
  -h|--help) usage ;;
  -v|--verbose) verbose=1 ;;
  --paste) paste=1 ;;
  --*)
    die "unrecognised option: '$arg'\n$USAGE" ;;
  *)
    if [ "$name" = "" ]; then
      name="$arg"
    else
      die "too many arguments\n$USAGE"
    fi
    ;;
  esac
done


if [ "$name" = "" ]; then
  name=paste
fi

if [ $paste ]; then
  test -n "$clipaste" || die "clipboard paste unkown for $(uname)"
  log "paste to ipfs..."

  date=$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
  fpath=$(mktemp "/tmp/paste.$date.XXXXXX.txt") ||
  die "could not 'mktemp /tmp/paste.$date.XXXXXX.txt'"

  $clipaste >"$fpath" ||
  die "could not paste using '$clipaste'"
  fhash=$(ipfs add -q <"$fpath") ||
  die "could not 'ipfs add -q' content from '$fpath'"
else
  log "stdin to ipfs..."
  fhash=$(cat | ipfs add -q) ||
  die "could not 'ipfs add -q'"
fi
log " $fhash\n"


log "constructing dir..."
dir=$(ipfs object new unixfs-dir) ||
die "could not 'ipfs object new unixfs-dir'"
dir=$(ipfs object patch "$dir" add-link "$name" "$fhash") ||
die "could not 'ipfs object patch $dir add-link $name $fhash'"
pin=$(ipfs pin add -r "$dir") ||
die "could not 'ipfs pin add -r $dir'"
log " $dir\n"

log "copying url to clipboard..."
out="https://ipfs.io/ipfs/$dir/$name"
echo "$out" | $clicopy ||
die "could not copy using '$clicopy'"
log " copied\n"
echo "$out"

log "preloading on the gateways..."
(curl "$out" >/dev/null 2>&1 && log " ok\n") || log " n/a\n"