feat: snapshot link and IPNS path copy options

add-on/_locales/en/messages.json

@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@
     "description": "A label tooltip in Node status section of Browser Action pop-up (panel_statusSwarmPeersTitle)"
   },
   "panel_quickImport": {
-    "message": "Quick Import/Share…",
+    "message": "Import",
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up (panel_quickImport)"
   },
   "panel_quickImportTooltip": {
-    "message": "Import files to IPFS and copy a publicly shareable link to your clipboard",
+    "message": "Import files to IPFS and copy a publicly shareable link to your clipboard.",
     "description": "A menu item tooltip in Browser Action pop-up (panel_quickImportTooltip)"
   },
   "panel_openWebui": {
-    "message": "Go to My Node…",
+    "message": "My Node",
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up (panel_openWebui)"
   },
   "panel_openWebuiTooltip": {
-    "message": "Open your IPFS node's controls in your browser",
+    "message": "Open your IPFS node's controls in your browser.",
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up (panel_openWebuiTooltip)"
   },
   "panel_openPreferences": {
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up (panel_activeTabSiteRedirectEnable)"
   },
   "panel_activeTabSiteIntegrationsToggle": {
-    "message": "Enable on $1",
+    "message": "Enable for $1",
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up (panel_activeTabSiteIntegrationsToggle)"
   },
   "panel_activeTabSiteIntegrationsToggleTooltip": {
-    "message": "Enable/disable all IPFS integrations on $1",
+    "message": "Enable/disable all IPFS integrations on $1.",
     "description": "A menu item tooltip in Browser Action pop-up (panel_activeTabSiteIntegrationsToggleTooltip)"
   },
   "panel_pinCurrentIpfsAddress": {
@@ -91,34 +91,50 @@
     "message": "Pin this page's IPFS resources to your node to have a local copy that's available offline and never thrown away.",
     "description": "A menu item tooltip in Browser Action pop-up (panel_pinCurrentIpfsAddressTooltip)"
   },
+  "panelCopy_currentIpnsAddress": {
+  "message": "Copy IPNS Path",
+  "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up and right-click context menu (panelCopy_currentIpnsAddress)"
+  },
+  "panelCopy_currentIpnsAddressTooltip": {
+    "message": "Use this content path with IPFS tools and gateways to reach the most recently updated version of this tab's content.",
+    "description": "A menu item tooltip in Browser Action pop-up (panelCopy_currentIpnsAddressTooltip)"
+  },
   "panelCopy_currentIpfsAddress": {
-    "message": "Copy IPFS Content Path",
+    "message": "Copy IPFS Path",
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up and right-click context menu (panelCopy_currentIpfsAddress)"
   },
   "panelCopy_currentIpfsAddressTooltip": {
-    "message": "A canonical content path that you can use with IPFS tools and gateways",
+    "message": "Use this content path with IPFS tools and gateways to reach the content in this tab at this moment in time. This snapshot won't change, even if content changes later.",
     "description": "A menu item tooltip in Browser Action pop-up (panelCopy_currentIpfsAddressTooltip)"
   },
   "panelCopy_copyRawCid": {
     "message": "Copy CID",
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up and right-click context menu (panelCopy_copyRawCid)"
   },
   "panelCopy_copyRawCidTooltip": {
-    "message": "The unique IPFS content identifier for this page",
+    "message": "The unique IPFS content identifier for this tab at this moment in time. If content changes later, the CID will change too.",
     "description": "A menu item tooltip in Browser Action pop-up (panelCopy_copyRawCidTooltip)"
   },
-  "panelCopy_copyRawCidNotReadyHint": {
+  "panelCopy_notReadyHint": {
     "message": "(waiting for DAG data)",
-    "description": "A hint in menu item in Browser Action pop-up to indicate CID is still being resolved (panelCopy_copyRawCidNotReadyHint)"
+    "description": "A hint in menu item in Browser Action pop-up to indicate value is still being resolved (panelCopy_notReadyHint)"
   },
   "panel_copyCurrentPublicGwUrl": {
     "message": "Copy Shareable Link",
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up and right-click context menu (panel_copyCurrentPublicGwUrl)"
   },
   "panel_copyCurrentPublicGwUrlTooltip": {
-    "message": "This link works for anyone, even if they don't use IPFS",
+    "message": "A shareable link to this tab that works for anyone, even if they don't use IPFS.",
     "description": "A menu item tooltip in Browser Action pop-up (panel_copyCurrentPublicGwUrlTooltip)"
   },
+  "panel_copyCurrentPermalink": {
+    "message": "Copy Snapshot Link",
+    "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up (panel_copyCurrentPermalink)"
+  },
+  "panel_copyCurrentPermalinkTooltip": {
+    "message": "A link to a snapshot of this tab at this moment in time; it won't change, even if content changes later. This link works for anyone, even if they don't use IPFS.",
+    "description": "A menu item tooltip in Browser Action pop-up (panel_copyCurrentPermalinkTooltip)"
+  },
   "panel_contextMenuViewOnGateway": {
     "message": "View on Gateway",
     "description": "A menu item in Browser Action pop-up and right-click context menu (panel_contextMenuViewOnGateway)"

add-on/src/lib/context-menus.js

@@ -55,14 +55,18 @@ const contextMenuImportToIpfs = 'contextMenu_importToIpfs'
 // Add X to IPFS
 const contextMenuImportToIpfsSelection = 'contextMenu_importToIpfsSelection'
 // Copy X
-const contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress = 'panelCopy_currentIpfsAddress'
+const contextMenuCopyCidAddress = 'panelCopy_currentIpfsAddress'
+const contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress = 'panelCopy_currentIpnsAddress'
 const contextMenuCopyRawCid = 'panelCopy_copyRawCid'
 const contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw = 'panel_copyCurrentPublicGwUrl'
 const contextMenuViewOnGateway = 'panel_contextMenuViewOnGateway'
+const contextMenuCopyPermalink = 'panel_copyCurrentPermalink'
+module.exports.contextMenuCopyCidAddress = contextMenuCopyCidAddress
 module.exports.contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress = contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress
 module.exports.contextMenuCopyRawCid = contextMenuCopyRawCid
 module.exports.contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw = contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw
 module.exports.contextMenuViewOnGateway = contextMenuViewOnGateway
+module.exports.contextMenuCopyPermalink = contextMenuCopyPermalink
 
 // menu items that are enabled only when API is online
 const apiMenuItems = new Set()

add-on/src/lib/copier.js

@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ function createCopier (notify, ipfsPathValidator) {
       await copyTextToClipboard(ipfsPath, notify)
     },
 
+    async copyCidAddress (context, contextType) {
+      const url = await findValueForContext(context, contextType)
+      const ipfsPath = await ipfsPathValidator.resolveToImmutableIpfsPath(url)
+      await copyTextToClipboard(ipfsPath, notify)
+    },
+
     async copyRawCid (context, contextType) {
       const url = await findValueForContext(context, contextType)
       try {
@@ -68,6 +74,12 @@ function createCopier (notify, ipfsPathValidator) {
       const url = await findValueForContext(context, contextType)
       const publicUrl = ipfsPathValidator.resolveToPublicUrl(url)
       await copyTextToClipboard(publicUrl, notify)
+    },
+
+    async copyPermalink (context, contextType) {
+      const url = await findValueForContext(context, contextType)
+      const permalink = await ipfsPathValidator.resolveToPermalink(url)
+      await copyTextToClipboard(permalink, notify)
     }
   }
 }

add-on/src/lib/ipfs-companion.js

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const createNotifier = require('./notifier')
 const createCopier = require('./copier')
 const createInspector = require('./inspector')
 const { createRuntimeChecks } = require('./runtime-checks')
-const { createContextMenus, findValueForContext, contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw, contextMenuCopyRawCid, contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress, contextMenuViewOnGateway } = require('./context-menus')
+const { createContextMenus, findValueForContext, contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw, contextMenuCopyRawCid, contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress, contextMenuViewOnGateway, contextMenuCopyPermalink, contextMenuCopyCidAddress } = require('./context-menus')
 const createIpfsProxy = require('./ipfs-proxy')
 const { registerSubdomainProxy } = require('./http-proxy')
 const { showPendingLandingPages } = require('./on-installed')
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ module.exports = async function init () {
 
   // Cache for async URL2CID resolution used by browser action
   // (resolution happens off-band so UI render is not blocked with sometimes expensive DHT traversal)
-  const url2cidCache = new LRU({ max: 10, maxAge: 1000 * 30 })
+  const resolveCache = new LRU({ max: 10, maxAge: 1000 * 30 })
 
   var browserActionPort
 
@@ -235,8 +235,10 @@ module.exports = async function init () {
     notification: (message) => notify(message.title, message.message),
     [contextMenuViewOnGateway]: inspector.viewOnGateway,
     [contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress]: copier.copyCanonicalAddress,
+    [contextMenuCopyCidAddress]: copier.copyCidAddress,
     [contextMenuCopyRawCid]: copier.copyRawCid,
-    [contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw]: copier.copyAddressAtPublicGw
+    [contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw]: copier.copyAddressAtPublicGw,
+    [contextMenuCopyPermalink]: copier.copyPermalink
   }
 
   function handleMessageFromBrowserAction (message) {
@@ -279,13 +281,22 @@ module.exports = async function init () {
       if (info.isIpfsContext) {
         info.currentTabPublicUrl = ipfsPathValidator.resolveToPublicUrl(url)
         info.currentTabContentPath = ipfsPathValidator.resolveToIpfsPath(url)
-        if (!url2cidCache.has(url)) {
-          // run async resolution in the next event loop
+        if (resolveCache.has(url)) {
+          const [immutableIpfsPath, permalink, cid] = resolveCache.get(url)
+          info.currentTabImmutablePath = immutableIpfsPath
+          info.currentTabPermalink = permalink
+          info.currentTabCid = cid
+        } else {
+          // run async resolution in the next event loop so it does not block the UI
           setImmediate(async () => {
-            url2cidCache.set(url, await ipfsPathValidator.resolveToCid(url))
+            resolveCache.set(url, [
+              await ipfsPathValidator.resolveToImmutableIpfsPath(url),
+              await ipfsPathValidator.resolveToPermalink(url),
+              await ipfsPathValidator.resolveToCid(url)
+            ])
+            await sendStatusUpdateToBrowserAction()
           })
         }
-        info.currentTabCid = url2cidCache.get(url)
       }
       info.currentDnslinkFqdn = dnslinkResolver.findDNSLinkHostname(url)
       info.currentFqdn = info.currentDnslinkFqdn || new URL(url).hostname

add-on/src/lib/ipfs-path.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const isIPFS = require('is-ipfs')
 const isFQDN = require('is-fqdn')
 
 // For how long more expensive lookups (DAG traversal etc) should be cached
-const RESULT_TTL_MS = 30 * 1000
+const RESULT_TTL_MS = 300000 // 5 minutes
 
 // Turns URL or URIencoded path into a content path
 function ipfsContentPath (urlOrPath, opts) {
@@ -254,6 +254,20 @@ function createIpfsPathValidator (getState, getIpfs, dnslinkResolver) {
       return null
     },
 
+    // Resolve URL or path to HTTP URL with CID:
+    // - IPFS paths are attached to HTTP Gateway root
+    // - URL of DNSLinked websties are resolved to CIDs
+    // The purpose of this resolver is to always return a meaningful, publicly
+    // accessible URL that can be accessed without the need of an IPFS client
+    // and that never changes.
+    async resolveToPermalink (urlOrPath, optionalGatewayUrl) {
+      const input = urlOrPath
+      const ipfsPath = await this.resolveToImmutableIpfsPath(input)
+      const gateway = optionalGatewayUrl || getState().pubGwURLString
+      if (ipfsPath) return pathAtHttpGateway(ipfsPath, gateway)
+      return input.startsWith('http') ? input : null
+    },
+
     // Resolve URL or path to IPFS Path:
     // - The path can be /ipfs/ or /ipns/
     // - Keeps pathname + ?search + #hash from original URL

add-on/src/popup/browser-action/browser-action.css

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 .header-icon:active {
   color: #edf0f4;
-  transform: translateY(4px);
+  transform: translateY(2px);
 }
 .header-icon[disabled],
 .header-icon[disabled]:active {

add-on/src/popup/browser-action/context-actions.js

@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ const { sameGateway } = require('../../lib/ipfs-path')
 const {
   contextMenuViewOnGateway,
   contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw,
+  contextMenuCopyPermalink,
   contextMenuCopyRawCid,
-  contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress
+  contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress,
+  contextMenuCopyCidAddress
 } = require('../../lib/context-menus')
 
+const notReady = browser.i18n.getMessage('panelCopy_notReadyHint')
+
 // Context Actions are displayed in Browser Action and Page Action (FF only)
 function contextActions ({
   active,
@@ -24,9 +28,11 @@ function contextActions ({
   currentFqdn,
   currentDnslinkFqdn,
   currentTabIntegrationsOptOut,
-  currentTabContentPath,
-  currentTabCid,
-  currentTabPublicUrl,
+  currentTabContentPath = notReady,
+  currentTabImmutablePath = notReady,
+  currentTabCid = notReady,
+  currentTabPublicUrl = notReady,
+  currentTabPermalink = notReady,
   ipfsNodeType,
   isIpfsContext,
   isPinning,
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ function contextActions ({
 }) {
   const activeCidResolver = active && isIpfsOnline && isApiAvailable && currentTabCid
   const activePinControls = active && isIpfsOnline && isApiAvailable
+  const isMutable = currentTabContentPath.startsWith('/ipns/')
   const activeViewOnGateway = (currentTab) => {
     if (!currentTab) return false
     const { url } = currentTab
@@ -52,27 +59,43 @@ function contextActions ({
     if (!isIpfsContext) return
     return html`<div>
   ${activeViewOnGateway(currentTab)
-  ? navItem({
-    text: browser.i18n.getMessage(contextMenuViewOnGateway),
-    onClick: () => onViewOnGateway(contextMenuViewOnGateway)
-  })
-  : null}
+    ? navItem({
+      text: browser.i18n.getMessage(contextMenuViewOnGateway),
+      onClick: () => onViewOnGateway(contextMenuViewOnGateway)
+    })
+    : null}
   ${navItem({
     text: browser.i18n.getMessage(contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw),
     title: browser.i18n.getMessage('panel_copyCurrentPublicGwUrlTooltip'),
     helperText: currentTabPublicUrl,
     onClick: () => onCopy(contextMenuCopyAddressAtPublicGw)
   })}
+  ${isMutable
+    ? navItem({
+      text: browser.i18n.getMessage(contextMenuCopyPermalink),
+      title: browser.i18n.getMessage('panel_copyCurrentPermalinkTooltip'),
+      helperText: currentTabPermalink,
+      onClick: () => onCopy(contextMenuCopyPermalink)
+    })
+    : ''}
+  ${isMutable
+    ? navItem({
+      text: browser.i18n.getMessage(contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress),
+      title: browser.i18n.getMessage('panelCopy_currentIpnsAddressTooltip'),
+      helperText: currentTabContentPath,
+      onClick: () => onCopy(contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress)
+    })
+    : ''}
   ${navItem({
-    text: browser.i18n.getMessage(contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress),
+    text: browser.i18n.getMessage(contextMenuCopyCidAddress),
     title: browser.i18n.getMessage('panelCopy_currentIpfsAddressTooltip'),
-    helperText: currentTabContentPath,
-    onClick: () => onCopy(contextMenuCopyCanonicalAddress)
+    helperText: currentTabImmutablePath,
+    onClick: () => onCopy(contextMenuCopyCidAddress)
   })}
   ${navItem({
     text: browser.i18n.getMessage(contextMenuCopyRawCid),
     title: browser.i18n.getMessage('panelCopy_copyRawCidTooltip'),
-    helperText: (currentTabCid || browser.i18n.getMessage('panelCopy_copyRawCidNotReadyHint')),
+    helperText: currentTabCid,
     disabled: !activeCidResolver,
     onClick: () => onCopy(contextMenuCopyRawCid)
   })}
@@ -114,7 +137,7 @@ function activeTabActions (state) {
   const showActiveTabSection = (state.isRedirectContext) || state.isIpfsContext
   if (!showActiveTabSection) return
   return html`
-      <div class="mv1">
+      <div class="mb1">
       ${navHeader('panel_activeTabSectionHeader')}
       <div class="fade-in pv0">
         ${contextActions(state)}      </div>

add-on/src/popup/browser-action/gateway-status.js

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = function gatewayStatus ({
 }) {
   const api = ipfsApiUrl && ipfsNodeType === 'embedded' ? 'js-ipfs' : ipfsApiUrl
   return html`
-    <ul class="fade-in list mv0 pv2 ph3 white">
+    <ul class="fade-in list mv0 pt2 ph3 white">
     ${statusEntry({
       label: 'panel_statusSwarmPeers',
       labelLegend: 'panel_statusSwarmPeersTitle',

add-on/src/popup/browser-action/header.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const gatewayStatus = require('./gateway-status')
 module.exports = function header (props) {
   const { ipfsNodeType, active, onToggleActive, onOpenPrefs, onOpenReleaseNotes, isIpfsOnline, onOpenWelcomePage, showUpdateIndicator } = props
   return html`
-    <div class="br2 br--top ba bw1 b--white ipfs-gradient-0">
+    <div>
       <div class="pt3 pr3 pb2 pl3 no-user-select flex justify-between items-center">
         <div class="inline-flex items-center">
         <div

add-on/src/popup/browser-action/nav-header.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const html = require('choo/html')
 
 function navHeader (label) {
   return html`
-    <div class="no-select w-100 outline-0--focus tl ph3 pt3 pb1 o-40 f6 bt b--silver">
+    <div class="no-select w-100 outline-0--focus tl ph3 pt2 mt1 pb1 o-40 f6">
       ${browser.i18n.getMessage(label)}
     </div>
   `

add-on/src/popup/browser-action/page.js

@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ module.exports = function browserActionPage (state, emit) {
 
   return html`
     <div class="sans-serif" style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">
-      ${header(headerProps)}
-      ${tools(opsProps)}
+      <div class="ba bw1 b--white ipfs-gradient-0">
+        ${header(headerProps)}
+        ${tools(opsProps)}
+      </div>
       ${activeTabActions(activeTabActionsProps)}
     </div>
   `