IPFS Python API

[BrendanBenshoof]

Initial work done months ago: http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmTkukZw6MBSfGZ2nTubdCsMeoKyNbrNidyGiJMUEh2dCx/

Task: write an interface with the ipfs daemon (gateway and/or 5001) on par with the current js implementation.

Goals:

• Handle errors in a useful and graceful way
• Handle multi-file upload and directory traversal/download
• Be compatible with (and uploaded to) pip package manager
• have extensive tests <- how should I emulate the IPFS daemon?
• have example use cases + clean documentation

Tentative due date: September 12th

important notes:
https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blob/master/docs/implement-api-bindings.md
ipfs/ipfs#83
https://github.com/ipfs/node-ipfs-api

[BrendanBenshoof]

I'm sitting down to work on this for the next 3 hours. As there is an already existing codebase, my efforts will be focused on getting it up to the status defined above.