Fixes #4522

app/dashboard/tests/test_dashboard_utils.py

@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 
+import ipfshttpclient
+import pytest
 from dashboard.utils import (
-    clean_bounty_url, create_user_action, get_bounty, get_ordinal_repr, get_web3, getBountyContract,
-    humanize_event_name,
+    IPFSCantConnectException, clean_bounty_url, create_user_action, get_bounty, get_ipfs, get_ordinal_repr, get_web3,
+    getBountyContract, humanize_event_name, ipfs_cat_ipfsapi,
 )
 from test_plus.test import TestCase
 from web3.main import Web3
@@ -114,3 +116,20 @@ def test_create_user_action_with_partial_cookie(mockUserAction):
         create_user_action(None, 'Login', request)
         mockUserAction.create.assert_called_once_with(action='Login', metadata={}, user=None,
                                                       utm={'utm_campaign': 'test campaign'})
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_get_ipfs():
+        """Test that IPFS connectivity to gateway defined in settings succeeds."""
+        ipfs = get_ipfs()
+        assert type(ipfs) is ipfshttpclient.client.Client
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_get_ipfs_with_bad_host():
+        """Test that IPFS connectivity to gateway fails when bad host is passed."""
+        with pytest.raises(IPFSCantConnectException):
+            assert get_ipfs('nohost.com')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_ipfs_cat_ipfsapi():
+        """Test that ipfs_cat_ipfsapi method returns IPFS object."""
+        assert "security-notes" in str(ipfs_cat_ipfsapi('/ipfs/QmS4ustL54uo8FzR9455qaxZwuMiUhyvMcX9Ba8nUH4uVv/readme'))

app/dashboard/utils.py

@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
-import ipfsapi
+import ipfshttpclient
 import requests
 from app.utils import sync_profile
 from dashboard.helpers import UnsupportedSchemaException, normalize_url, process_bounty_changes, process_bounty_details
 from dashboard.models import Activity, BlockedUser, Bounty, Profile, UserAction
 from eth_utils import to_checksum_address
 from gas.utils import conf_time_spread, eth_usd_conv_rate, gas_advisories, recommend_min_gas_price_to_confirm_in_time
 from hexbytes import HexBytes
-from ipfsapi.exceptions import CommunicationError
+from ipfshttpclient.exceptions import CommunicationError
 from web3 import HTTPProvider, Web3, WebsocketProvider
 from web3.exceptions import BadFunctionCallOutput
 from web3.middleware import geth_poa_middleware
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ def get_ipfs(host=None, port=settings.IPFS_API_PORT):
 
     Args:
         host (str): The IPFS host to connect to.
-            Defaults to environment variable: IPFS_HOST.
+            Defaults to environment variable: IPFS_HOST.  The host name should be of the form 'ipfs.infura.io' and not 
+            include 'https://'.
         port (int): The IPFS port to connect to.
             Defaults to environment variable: env IPFS_API_PORT.
 
@@ -196,14 +197,15 @@ def get_ipfs(host=None, port=settings.IPFS_API_PORT):
             communication error with IPFS.
 
     Returns:
-        ipfsapi.client.Client: The IPFS connection client.
+        ipfshttpclient.client.Client: The IPFS connection client.
 
     """
     if host is None:
-        host = f'https://{settings.IPFS_HOST}'
-
+        clientConnectString = f'/dns/{settings.IPFS_HOST}/tcp/{settings.IPFS_API_PORT}/{settings.IPFS_API_SCHEME}'
+    else:
+        clientConnectString = f'/dns/{host}/tcp/{settings.IPFS_API_PORT}/https'
     try:
-        return ipfsapi.connect(host, port)
+        return ipfshttpclient.connect(clientConnectString)
     except CommunicationError as e:
         logger.exception(e)
         raise IPFSCantConnectException('Failed while attempt to connect to IPFS')

app/healthcheck/healthchecks.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def check_status(self):
         """Define the functionality of the health check."""
         from dashboard.utils import get_ipfs
         try:
-            ipfs_connection = get_ipfs(host='https://ipfs.infura.io', port=5001)
+            ipfs_connection = get_ipfs(host='ipfs.infura.io', port=5001)
         except IPFSCantConnectException:
             ipfs_connection = None
 

app/kudos/utils.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
-import ipfsapi
+import ipfshttpclient
 from dashboard.utils import get_web3
 from eth_utils import to_checksum_address
 from git.utils import get_emails_master
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ def __init__(self, network='localhost', sockets=False):
 
         self._w3 = get_web3(self.network, sockets=sockets)
 
-        host = f'{settings.IPFS_API_SCHEME}://{settings.IPFS_HOST}'
-        self._ipfs = ipfsapi.connect(host=host, port=settings.IPFS_API_PORT)
+        ipfsConnectionString = f'/dns/{settings.IPFS_HOST}/tcp/{settings.IPFS_API_PORT}/{settings.IPFS_API_SCHEME}'
+        self._ipfs = ipfshttpclient.connect(ipfsConnectionString)
         self._contract = self._get_contract()
 
         self.address = self._get_contract_address()

requirements/base.txt

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ cytoolz==0.9.0
 boto==2.49.0
 google-api-python-client
 django-environ==0.4.5
-ipfsapi
+ipfshttpclient
 eth-utils==1.4.1
 jsondiff==1.1.1
 social-auth-app-django==2.1.0