ipfs-repo level.js throws fallback error using create function at ipfs-core

[ddevkim]

• Version: ipfs version 0.11.0

• Platform: macOS

• Subsystem: ipfs-core

Severity: medium

Description:

in nodejs project (esm), I did as followings, (*(node version 16.3.1)

1. npm install ipfs-core (*npm version 8.3.1)
2. import * as IPFS from "ipfs-core"
3. execute below code
4. const ipfs = await IPFS.create();
5. Here, I got error in console as below,
6. /node_modules/ipfs-repo/esm/src/utils/level.js:27 throw new NotFountError();

in repo, level.js, function getWithFallback throws error due to findLevelJs(store) returns undefined.

There are no dependencies other than "ipfs-core", "ipfs-http-client", and "multiformats"

don't know what I was doing wrong. is there something I mixed up?

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[amandesai01]

Can you also include stdout and stderr logs? Just to check exactly where the error originated (on which line).

[SgtPooki]

js-ipfs is being deprecated in favor of Helia. You can https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/issues/4336 and read the migration guide.

Please feel to reopen with any comments by 2023-06-02. We will do a final pass on reopened issues afterward (see https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/issues/4336).

This issue is most likely resolved in Helia, please try it out! There are some examples in ipfs-examples/helia-examples using levelDatastore IIRC.