OrbitDB-browser.js

import IPFS from 'ipfs'
import OrbitDB from 'orbit-db'

// OrbitDB uses Pubsub which is an experimental feature
// and need to be turned on manually.
// Note that these options need to be passed to IPFS in
// all examples even if not specified so.
const ipfsOptions = {
  EXPERIMENTAL: {
    pubsub: true
  }
}

const ipfs = new IPFS(ipfsOptions)
let orbitdb;

ipfs.on('error', (e) => console.error(e))
ipfs.on('ready', async () => {
  orbitdb = await OrbitDB.createInstance(ipfs);
  console.log('IPFS ready');
})

export const getOrbitDb = async (endpoint) => {
  // Create / Open a database
  console.log('asdjsadjadjsa')
  try {
    console.log('open')
    const db = await orbitdb.open(endpoint, {
      // If database doesn't exist, create it
      create: true,
      overwrite: true,
    })
    console.log('ran open')

    db.events.on('ready', () => {
      console.log('READY')
    })
    await db.load()

    return db;
  } catch(e) {
    console.error(e);
  }

}