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WARNING: this code is not yet functional!

A SAFE Network web API with application, file system and RESTful services (via fetch() in the browser):

• Adds support for the safe: URI schema to fetch() (and rdflib.js Fetcher using this rdflib.js fork).

• Includes LDP service which works with Solid apps via window.fetch() or rdflib.js (for an example see this solid-plume fork).

This module is a complete replacement for safenetwork-webapi which will be depracated once this is complete.

Usage example:

// Include from JS:
var Safenetwork = new require('safenetwork-webapi')

// Include from HTML:
<script src="js/safenetwork-web.js"></script>

// Then in App Javascript:
var Safenetwork = new SafenetworkWeb
const fetch = SafenetworkWeb.protoFetch  // fetch() that supports 'safe:' protocol
fetch.protocols.safe = Safenetwork.fetch.bind(Safenetwork)

window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (event) {
  Safenetwork.setSafeApi(null)  // Ensures network connections are freed
});

Usage with rdflib.js:

var Safenetwork = new SafenetworkWeb
var $rdf = require('rdflib')
$rdf.appFetch = Safenetwork.fetch.bind(Safenetwork) // Hook for rdflib Fetcher

window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (event) {
  Safenetwork.setSafeApi(null)  // Ensures network connections are freed
});

Usage in your app

The above enable support for 'safe:' URIs whenever you use window.fetch(), and if you also assign $rdf.Safenetwork within rdflib.js Fetcher class.

If your app uses other means for LDP requests, such as XmlHttpRequest, these will not understand 'safe:' URIs until you convert them to use fetch() or Fetcher.

If authentication is required to access LDP resources on the SAFE Network, you must also authorise your app or your LDP requests will fail (e.g. 401 Access Denied).

You may either authenticate using the SAFE DOM API yourself, and pass the appHandle to the SafenetworkWeb object, or you can use the authorisation methods on that class.

Note that the SafenetworkWeb class is a high level manager which provides access to the SAFE DOM API, and to a service based interface. It is the service interface which implements LDP, and you can must explicitly use this to install an LDP service on a SAFE public before the service will operate.

Once the service has been set-up on a public name, the SafenetworkWeb will automatically activate it.

NOTES: (Possibly out of date so refer to comments in the code, or documentation when available)

• function SafenetworkWeb.fetch() is a drop in replacement for fetch(), and is called by proto-fetch for safe: URIs

  • for a safe: URI, it looks for as suitable service on the public ID
  • if the service is present, but not yet active, it activates it by creating a suitable service instance (e.g. of SafeServiceLDP)
  • if the service is active, it calls handler of the service instance (or if not defaults to safeApp.webFetch())
  • Example: handles URIs for an LDP service on SAFE Network, such as safe://solid.happybeing/profile/card#me
    • ???check: will automatically try to authorise with SAFE Network on a 404 error
    • attempts to provide and LDP compatible storage on SAFE Network

• class SafeServiceLDP

  • holds application state for the SAFE API
  • is configurable, but should be usable with defaults
  • configuration allows handling of SAFE URI behaviour to be modified:
    • enabled: false disables support for safe: URI
    • debug: true enables console debug messages
    • authOnStart: true attempt authorisation on SAFE Network immediately

Contributions

Pull requests are welcome for outstanding issues and feature requests. Please note that contributions must be subject to the Project License (see below), and that if an incompatible license is present in your contribution it will be rejected.

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Project License

This project is made available under the GPL-3.0 LICENSE except for individual files which contain their own license so long as that file license is compatible with GPL-3.0.

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