No examples of connecting client to a node in README

[alexanderattar]

Hi, there is currently no example of how to connect this client to an ipfs node within the README here or within the godocs. Is it possible this can be added? Something similar to what is provided for go-ipfs-api.

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
    	"os"

    	shell "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api"
)

func main() {
	// Where your local node is running on localhost:5001
	sh := shell.NewShell("localhost:5001")
	cid, err := sh.Add(strings.NewReader("hello world!"))
	if err != nil {
        fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %s", err)
        os.Exit(1)
	}
    fmt.Printf("added %s", cid)
}

That would be very helpful for new users to this library. For context, I am doing some testing against remote Infura IPFS nodes to ensure the supported methods function as expected.
Thanks!

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[jamesthesken]

Hi @Stebalien , is this repo planning to deprecate https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api ?

I've been using that in a project but if a switch is going to happen I'd be glad to assist in writing examples here.

Thank you!

[Stebalien]

Well, the switch is supposed to happen eventually, but nobody's working on making it happen and I don't actually know what's blocking it.

Unfortunately, I'm no longer on this team. Maybe @aschmahmann would know if this is somewhere on the roadmap.

[jamesthesken]

Hey @aschmahmann, I'd love to contribute to this repo if this client is still on the roadmap. I'd like to contribute some examples if possible, how does this one below look? It is for connecting to the local IPFS node and adding a file:

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strings"

	files "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files"
	ipfshttp "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-http-client"
)

func main() {
	// placeholder context
	ctx := context.Background()

	// construct a new HttpApi instance communicating with local IPFS daemon
	// default path: ~/.ipfs
	httpApi, err1 := ipfshttp.NewLocalApi()
	if err1 != nil {
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	// add a file to local IFPS node
	newFile := files.NewReaderFile(strings.NewReader("Hello, IPFS!"))
	cid, err2 := httpApi.Unixfs().Add(ctx, newFile)
	if err2 != nil {
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	fmt.Printf("added %s", cid)
}

[PedrobyJoao]

This example that @jamesthesken gave is great, please someone put it on the Readme!