Function createHelia

createHelia<T extends Libp2p<ServiceMap>>(
init: Partial<HeliaInit<T>>,
): Promise<Helia<T>>

Create and return a Helia node

Type Parameters

T extends Libp2p<ServiceMap>

Parameters

init: Partial<HeliaInit<T>>

Returns Promise<Helia<T>>

Example: Creating a Helia node

import { createHelia } from 'helia'
import { unixfs } from '@helia/unixfs'
import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'

const helia = await createHelia()
const fs = unixfs(helia)
const cid = CID.parse('QmFoo...')

for await (const buf of fs.cat(cid, {
  signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5_000)
})) {
  console.info(buf)
}

createHelia(
init?: Partial<HeliaInit<Libp2p<DefaultLibp2pServices>>>,
): Promise<Helia<Libp2p<DefaultLibp2pServices>>>

Create and return a Helia node

Parameters

Optionalinit: Partial<HeliaInit<Libp2p<DefaultLibp2pServices>>>

Returns Promise<Helia<Libp2p<DefaultLibp2pServices>>>

Example: Creating a Helia node

import { createHelia } from 'helia'
import { unixfs } from '@helia/unixfs'
import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'

const helia = await createHelia()
const fs = unixfs(helia)
const cid = CID.parse('QmFoo...')

for await (const buf of fs.cat(cid, {
  signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5_000)
})) {
  console.info(buf)
}

Function createHelia

Type Parameters

Parameters

Returns Promise<Helia<T>>

Example: Creating a Helia node

Parameters

Returns Promise<Helia<Libp2p<DefaultLibp2pServices>>>

Example: Creating a Helia node

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