Function createHelia

createHelia(init?: HeliaInit): Helia

Create and return a Helia node

Parameters

init: HeliaInit = {}

Returns Helia

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)
}