lafs-wapi

lafs-wapi: A browser client library for the LAFS "wapi" (aka the LAFS webapi) interface written in JavaScript.

Licensing

This code is licensed under the GPLv3. It uses a third-party test framework jasmine which is licensed under the MIT license.

Dependency Management

There are no application runtime dependencies aside from the standard DOM XMLHttpRequest API. The test framework includes a copy of the jasmine behavioral driven development framework.

For applications using lafs-wapi, it uses the the Universal Module Definition to support dependency management with either Asynchronous Module Definition or "classic" browser management (manually ordered <script> tags).

Deployment

See the LAFS Grid-App Guide for an overview of design considerations when creating LAFS-enabled web applications.

Related Projects

This repository is the new home for lafs-wapi; the previous home and name tahoewapi.js is deprecated.

There are some alternative JavaScript libraries for Tahoe-LAFS; see the Related Projects page.

Roadmap

Here's the planned roadmap:

v0.1

• example application with step-by-step instructions.
• is written in strict JavaScript; the source includes "use strict"; as the first expression.
• uses UMD to facilitate "traditional browser" or AMD dependency management.
• unittests which run in browsers.
• integration tests which run in browsers against a true LAFS webapi.

v-The-Glorious-Future

• Node support? For now this is only a browser library, but if there is overlap for general JS use, this could be split or abstracted.
• works in whatever JavaScript sandboxing system becomes standard for LAFS.