Question: Does helia node connect to general ipfs network?

[Kofituo]

I have been looking through the source code of this repository to get an idea of how to get my ipfs node in wasm to join general the ipfs network.
Looking through the repository, I see this file
https://github.com/ipfs/helia/blob/main/packages/helia/src/utils/bootstrappers.ts
But I know tcp protocol only does not work in the browser setting. The browser requires ws or http as well. My question now is, does the helia node connect to the general ipfs network in the browser comtext? If it does, how does it do it? Is there a different bootnodes file?
Thanks

[2color]

My question now is, does the helia node connect to the general ipfs network in the browser context?

Yes. We generally refer to it as IPFS Mainnet.

In the browser, Helia connects to the Amino Boostrappers over WSS/WebRTC-direct
The bootstrappers are configuered here:

helia/packages/helia/src/utils/bootstrappers.ts

Lines 3 to 10 in 7e32123

	list: [
	'/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN',
	'/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb',
	'/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt',
	// va1 is not in the TXT records for _dnsaddr.bootstrap.libp2p.io yet
	// so use the host name directly
	'/dnsaddr/va1.bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/12D3KooWKnDdG3iXw9eTFijk3EWSunZcFi54Zka4wmtqtt6rPxc8',
	'/ip4/104.131.131.82/tcp/4001/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ'

[Kofituo]

Hello, I'm trying to do something similar in rust-ipfs;
Using these, exact nodes, it does not work.
Here's my set up:

   let transport_config = TransportConfig {
        enable_websocket: true,
        enable_secure_websocket: true,
        enable_webrtc: true,
        enable_memory_transport: true,
        ..Default::default()
    };
    let node = UninitializedIpfsDefault::new()
        .with_default()
        .set_default_listener()
        .add_bootstrap(/* address in boostrap.ts */)
        .set_transport_configuration(transport_config)
        .listen_as_external_addr()
        .swarm_events(|event, t| {
            let y = event.connected_peers().collect::<Vec<_>>();
            log::error!("event for ipfs node: {:?} erre {:?}", t, y);
        })
        .with_relay(true)
        .start()
        .await?;
    node.default_bootstrap().await.unwrap();

This does not work as node.connected() still shows 0 connected peers.

[Kofituo]

Could you please explain how you're able to get it to work in helia js?

[Kofituo]

This is the error I get from the browser console

DEBUG
 /Users/kofiotuo/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/libp2p-webtransport-websys-0.5.0/src/transport.rs:79 Invalid multiaddr: /dnsaddr not supported from within a browser

[Kofituo]

Upon further investigation, I was able to resolve the dnsaddr. However, when I use the resolved ip, I get this error in safari

 Error] WebSocket connection to 'wss://139.178.65.157/' failed: The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “139.178.65.157” which could put your confidential information at risk.

Chrome on the other hand fails without any explanation. Firefox gives the error about it not being able to establish webrtc with local host