Data Reading is not correct

[moda20]

• Version: 0.27.7
• Platform: Zen ArchLinux
• Subsystem:

Type: Bug

Severity: High

Description:

Data returned by Ipfs.object.data() is not the same as the one got from the Read-Only gateway

Steps to reproduce the error:

run jsipfs daemon
create a node from the existing ports localIpfs
call localIpfs.files.add(Buffer.from("TEXT")) returns Hash
call localIpfs.object.data(Hash)returns something like []*^TEXT ( is the same text but with ascii characters before it and maybe somewhere in the middle)
It is bad if i am transferring base64 image data.

[richardschneider]

ipfs.object.data(Hash) returns the data portion of the Merkle DAG which is not the same as file's data.

Use ipfs.cat(Hash) to get the data of the file.

[moda20]

I see, If it is an image in what format i will be getting it ? base64 ?

[richardschneider]

IPFS does not care about the format of the data, it is returned via ipfs.cat exactly as it was passed to ipfs.add.

[moda20]

Thank you, it worked. I am closing this then.