Interface Provider

A provider can supply the content for a CID

interface Provider {
    id: CID;
    multiaddrs: Multiaddr[];
    protocols?: string[];
    router: string;
}

Properties

id: CID

The identifier of the remote peer, a CID

multiaddrs: Multiaddr[]

The multiaddrs a peer is listening on

protocols?: string[]

If present these are the methods that the peer can supply the content via.

If not present the caller should attempt to dial the remote peer and run the identify protocol to discover how to retrieve the content.

Example values are (but not limited to):

router: string

The name of the routing implementation that found the provider