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Feature request: Add ipfs-search.com functionality into ipfs-webui
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, IPFS Webui and Desktop to not allow for content discovery. The only way I know to discover content on ipfs is via ipfs-search.com. I would love be able to discover new ipfs content, or old interesting content, or any content on IPFS so I can better appreciate the value of all the data that exists.
Describe the solution you'd like
I want to be able to search for content on IPFS via ipfs-search's API and then see the results within the ipfs-webui on a results screen.
Rough plan we've discussed
V0
- [ ] Get API calls to ipfs-search working
- [ ] get input inside of webui calling ipfs-search
- [ ] render results from ipfs-search
- [ ] Clicking on a result item will link you to that page (outside of webui) on ipfs-search, i.e. https://ipfs-search.com/#/search/detail/text/QmYByXDHpPJs6Q3V83YdDA9MiXHnHb1VCLCqSgGZ3FnqnU?q=user+design&page=1
V1
- [ ] Add cross-functionality between ipfs-search.com results and ipld-explore page functionality.
- ideally, a user could "explore" an ipfs-search.com result within webui, or "ipfs-search" for similar content from the explore CID page. i.e. backlinks on both sides.
- [ ] Enhanced and simplified UX that handles EITHER
explore
(select & explore) CID submission, orsearch
(discover) functionality within the SINGLE input at the top of webui screens. - [ ] Results list
- [ ] Items in the list allow you to access the content on ipfs-search (small
target=blank
icon) OR explore (explore CID) them easily, or VIEW them (videos/images/etc) within webui
- [ ] Items in the list allow you to access the content on ipfs-search (small
Describe alternatives you've considered
- I've considered not adding this functionality and just redirecting users to ipfs-search.com, but I believe our large userbase could benefit from being exposed to ipfs-search.com through our familiar ipld-explore-cid functionality that already exists.
Additional context
- I've discussed this with the ipfs-search team face to face at #IPFSCamp22 and they're excited to collaborate on this and agree it would be a big win for both of us and our customers.
- One implementation we've talked about doing is overloading the CID Explorer input field, however, this may cause UX issues with users familiar with that input. We want to make sure that we do not break their current expectations, while also exposing them gently and encouragingly to the new functionality.