TypeError: this.api.start is not a function when type is 'proc'

[bluelovers]

    "ipfs": "^0.41.1",
    "ipfsd-ctl": "^3.0.0"

(node:87572) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: this.api.id is not a function
    at Daemon.start (G:\Users\The Project\p2p\ws-ipfs\node_modules\ipfsd-ctl\src\ipfsd-daemon.js:222:31)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

import { createController } from 'ipfsd-ctl';

(async () => {
	let ipfsd = await createController({
		type: 'proc',
		ipfsModule: require('ipfs'),
		ipfsHttpModule: require('ipfs-http-client'),
		ipfsBin: require.resolve('ipfs/src/cli/bin.js'),
		ipfsOptions: {
			EXPERIMENTAL: {
				pubsub: true,
				ipnsPubsub: true,
				sharding: true,
				dht: true,
			},
			relay: {
				enabled: true,
				hop: {
					enabled: true
				}
			},
		},
		disposable: false,
	});


	await ipfsd.start();
	let ipfs = ipfsd.api;
	console.log(await ipfs.id())
})();

[hugomrdias]

can you please give more context on this issue, format your code better and review the options you are passing they seems off.

[bluelovers]

[achingbrain]

If you pass disposable: false you need to ensure the node is initialised and started before you use it, so you need to call await ipfsd.init() before calling await ipfsd.start().

https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl#disposable-vs-non-disposable-nodes

As a separate issue the this.api.start is not a function error will be fixed by ipfs/js-ipfs#2762

[bluelovers]

i add await ipfsd.init()

but still get NotInitializedError: not initialized

[achingbrain]

It works for me like this, though I think there is an API regression here in that the init/start invocations are inconsistent:

const { createController } = require('ipfsd-ctl');

(async () => {
	let ipfsd = await createController({
		type: 'proc',
		ipfsModule: require('ipfs'),
		ipfsOptions: {
			init: true,
			EXPERIMENTAL: {
				pubsub: true,
				ipnsPubsub: true,
				sharding: true,
				dht: true,
			},
			relay: {
				enabled: true,
				hop: {
					enabled: true
				}
			},
		},
		disposable: false
	});

	await ipfsd.start();
	let ipfs = ipfsd.api;
	console.log(await ipfs.id())
})();