hardhat-ipfs-upload

A Hardhat plugin to upload your build artifacts to IPFS

Used by buildship.xyz, e.g. in nft-contracts.

What

Lets you deploy your smart-contract from your browser, using browser wallet like Metamask.

Uses nft.storage, so you need to create an account there and get an API key.

Installation

npm install @buildship/hardhat-ipfs-upload

Import the plugin in your hardhat.config.js:

require("@buildship/hardhat-ipfs-upload");

Or if you are using TypeScript, in your hardhat.config.ts:

import "@buildship/hardhat-ipfs-upload";

Required plugins

No!

Tasks

This plugin creates upload task.

Usage

You will need nft.storage API key. You can get it here.

You can set it in .env file:

NFT_STORAGE_API_KEY=...

Or set it as environment variable:

export NFT_STORAGE_API_KEY=...

Then you can use upload task:

npx hardhat upload contracts/MyContract.sol

Example output:

Uploading contracts/MyContract.sol to IPFS...

Uploaded! Deploy at https://gate-rinkeby.buildship.xyz/deploy/Qm...

Other parameters

Usage: hardhat [GLOBAL OPTIONS] upload --args <STRING> --ascii <STRING> contract

OPTIONS:

  --args        Deploy arguments 
  --ascii       ASCII art file path (.txt) 

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS:

  contract      Contract to deploy 

Need your NFT Contract?

If you need your NFT contract to be deployed to Ethereum, try no-code NFT launcher at https://app.buildship.xyz.

License

MIT

Contributing

Feel free to open issues and PRs!

Acknowledgements

@buildship

Changelog

<A list of changes in each version>

0.1.0

• Initial release

TODO

• Add basic tests
• Add ipfs upload tests
• Accept NFT_STORAGE_API_KEY from hardhat config
• Use public IPFS upload endpoint
• Host website itself on IPFS