IPLD Patch support?

[delaneyj]

Looks like the go side now has initial support meeting in. What's the likelihood of support in js/TS?

[rvagg]

@delaneyj not in the core js-multiformats, but @RangerMauve is working on things very close to patch, but focusing on URLs and gateways, can you share some links @RangerMauve?

[delaneyj]

@delaneyj not in the core js-multiformats, but @RangerMauve is working on things very close to patch, but focusing on URLs and gateways, can you share some links @RangerMauve?

I'll most likely be doing this over HTTP so I can take a normal Json patch and convert it over on the backend but that seems like a lot of extra steps when I could just generated on the fly in the front end

[RangerMauve]

I'm working on a spec for doing IPLD stuff on gateways here: ipfs/specs#293

Part of this is doing an initial implementation in JS here: https://github.com/RangerMauve/js-ipld-url-resolve/

Adding support for patch sets is on my TODO list but I haven't gottent to it yet. I'd love to collaborate if that's an option. 😅

[RangerMauve]

Just to clarify, the library should work fine on the front end with a client-side blockstore of some sort.

[BigLep]

Functionality doesn't belong in js-multiformats. Implementation is happening in https://github.com/RangerMauve/js-ipld-url-resolve/ currently.