fix: send blobs when running ipfs-http-client in the browser

docs/core-api/FILES.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ _Explore the Mutable File System through interactive coding challenges in our [P
 - [The Regular API](#the-regular-api)
   - [`ipfs.add(data, [options])`](#ipfsadddata-options)
     - [Parameters](#parameters)
+      - [FileStream](#filestream)
+      - [FileObject](#fileobject)
+      - [FileContent](#filecontent)
     - [Options](#options)
     - [Returns](#returns)
   - [`ipfs.addAll(source, [options])`](#ipfsaddallsource-options)
@@ -108,12 +111,19 @@ The regular, top-level API for add, cat, get and ls Files on IPFS
 
 `data` may be:
 
-* `Blob`
-* `String`
-* `Uint8Array`
+* `FileContent` (see below for definition)
 * `FileObject` (see below for definition)
-* `Iterable<Uint8Array>`
-* `AsyncIterable<Uint8Array>`
+* `FileStream<FileContent>` (see below for definition)
+
+##### FileStream
+
+`FileStream` is a stream of `FileContent` or `FileObject` entries of the type:
+
+```js
+Iterable<FileContent|FileObject> | AsyncIterable<FileContent|FileObject> | ReadableStream<FileContent|FileObject>
+```
+
+##### FileObject
 
 `FileObject` is a plain JS object of the following form:
 
@@ -136,10 +146,12 @@ If no `content` is passed, then the item is treated as an empty directory.
 
 One of `path` or `content` _must_ be passed.
 
+##### FileContent
+
 `FileContent` is one of the following types:
 
 ```js
-Uint8Array | Blob | String | Iterable<Uint8Array> | AsyncIterable<Uint8Array>
+Uint8Array | Blob | String | Iterable<Uint8Array | Number> | AsyncIterable<Uint8Array> | ReadableStream<Uint8Array>
 ```
 
 `UnixTime` is one of the following types:

packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json

@@ -28,17 +28,21 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "blob-to-it": "0.0.1",
+    "browser-readablestream-to-it": "0.0.1",
     "buffer": "^5.6.0",
     "cids": "^0.8.3",
     "err-code": "^2.0.0",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^2.2.2"
+    "ipfs-utils": "^2.2.2",
+    "it-all": "^1.0.1",
+    "it-map": "^1.0.0",
+    "it-peekable": "0.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "aegir": "^23.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "delay": "^4.3.0",
-    "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
-    "it-all": "^1.0.1"
+    "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1"
   }
 }

packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/index.browser.js

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const normaliseContent = require('./normalise-content.browser')
+const normaliseInput = require('./normalise-input')
+
+/*
+ * Transforms any of the `ipfs.add` input types into
+ *
+ * ```
+ * AsyncIterable<{ path, mode, mtime, content: Blob }>
+ * ```
+ *
+ * See https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/master/docs/core-api/FILES.md#ipfsadddata-options
+ *
+ * @param input Object
+ * @return AsyncInterable<{ path, mode, mtime, content: Blob }>
+ */
+module.exports = (input) => normaliseInput(input, normaliseContent)