//NewSelf make repo if needed ,starts daemon and returns Self obj.
func NewSelf(cfg *config.Config, rootPath string) *Self {
InitRepo(cfg.IpfsRepo)
n := &merkledag.Node{}
k, err := n.Key()
log.IfFatal(err)
//workaround "ERROR bitswap: failed to find any peer in table"
i := 0
var node *core.IpfsNode
var ctx context.Context
var cancel context.CancelFunc
for i = 0; i < 10; i++ {
log.Println("setting up node...")
r, err := fsrepo.Open(cfg.IpfsRepo)
log.IfFatal(err)
ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
node, err = core.NewNode(ctx, &core.BuildCfg{
Repo: r,
Online: true,
})
log.IfFatal(err)
if err := node.Routing.Provide(ctx, k); log.If(err) {
cancel()
log.If(node.Close())
log.Println("retrying...")
continue
}
break
}
if i == 10 {
log.Fatal("cannot provide a key to network")
}
self := &Self{
RootPath: rootPath,
ipfsNode: node,
ctx: ctx,
cancel: cancel,
cfg: cfg,
}
self.follow = FromStringSlice(cfg.FollowPeers, self)
parent, err := self.ToPeer().GetDAGNode("")
if log.If(err) {
parent = &merkledag.Node{}
}
self.myIpns, err = parent.Key()
log.IfFatal(err)
if _, err = parent.GetNodeLink(rootPath); err != nil {
log.Println("initializing DAGs for saving status")
self.makeInitNodes(parent)
}
return self
}