Feature: download on ipfs client

src/aleph/sdk/client.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     TypeVar,
     Union,
 )
+from io import BytesIO
 
 import aiohttp
 from aleph_message.models import (
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
     AlephMessage,
     ForgetContent,
     ForgetMessage,
+    ItemHash,
     ItemType,
     MessageType,
     PostContent,
@@ -43,16 +45,17 @@
 )
 from aleph_message.models.execution.base import Encoding
 from aleph_message.status import MessageStatus
-from pydantic import ValidationError
+from pydantic import ValidationError, BaseModel
 
 from aleph.sdk.types import Account, GenericMessage, StorageEnum
-
+from aleph.sdk.utils import copy_async_readable_to_buffer, Writable, AsyncReadable
 from .conf import settings
 from .exceptions import (
     BroadcastError,
     InvalidMessageError,
     MessageNotFoundError,
     MultipleMessagesError,
+    FileTooLarge,
 )
 from .models import MessagesResponse
 from .utils import check_unix_socket_valid, get_message_type_value
@@ -229,6 +232,12 @@ def get_posts(
     def download_file(self, file_hash: str) -> bytes:
         return self._wrap(self.async_session.download_file, file_hash=file_hash)
 
+    def download_file_ipfs(self, file_hash: str) -> bytes:
+        return self._wrap(
+            self.async_session.download_file_ipfs,
+            file_hash=file_hash,
+        )
+
     def watch_messages(
         self,
         message_type: Optional[MessageType] = None,
@@ -609,6 +618,55 @@ async def get_posts(
             resp.raise_for_status()
             return await resp.json()
 
+    async def download_file_to_buffer(
+        self,
+        file_hash: str,
+        output_buffer: Writable[bytes],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Download a file from the storage engine and write it to the specified output buffer.
+        :param file_hash: The hash of the file to retrieve.
+        :param output_buffer: Writable binary buffer. The file will be written to this buffer.
+        """
+
+        async with self.http_session.get(
+            f"/api/v0/storage/raw/{file_hash}"
+        ) as response:
+            if response.status == 200:
+                await copy_async_readable_to_buffer(
+                    response.content, output_buffer, chunk_size=16 * 1024
+                )
+            if response.status == 413:
+                ipfs_hash = ItemHash(file_hash)
+                if ipfs_hash.item_type == ItemType.ipfs:
+                    return await self.download_file_ipfs_to_buffer(
+                        file_hash, output_buffer
+                    )
+                else:
+                    raise FileTooLarge(f"The file from {file_hash} is too large")
+
+    async def download_file_ipfs_to_buffer(
+        self,
+        file_hash: str,
+        output_buffer: Writable[bytes],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Download a file from the storage engine and write it to the specified output buffer.
+
+        :param file_hash: The hash of the file to retrieve.
+        :param output_buffer: The binary output buffer to write the file data to.
+        """
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+            async with session.get(
+                f"https://ipfs.aleph.im/ipfs/{file_hash}"
+            ) as response:
+                if response.status == 200:
+                    await copy_async_readable_to_buffer(
+                        response.content, output_buffer, chunk_size=16 * 1024
+                    )
+                else:
+                    response.raise_for_status()
+
     async def download_file(
         self,
         file_hash: str,
@@ -620,11 +678,24 @@ async def download_file(
 
         :param file_hash: The hash of the file to retrieve.
         """
-        async with self.http_session.get(
-            f"/api/v0/storage/raw/{file_hash}"
-        ) as response:
-            response.raise_for_status()
-            return await response.read()
+        buffer = BytesIO()
+        await self.download_file_to_buffer(file_hash, output_buffer=buffer)
+        return buffer.getvalue()
+
+    async def download_file_ipfs(
+        self,
+        file_hash: str,
+    ) -> bytes:
+        """
+        Get a file from the ipfs storage engine as raw bytes.
+
+        Warning: Downloading large files can be slow.
+
+        :param file_hash: The hash of the file to retrieve.
+        """
+        buffer = BytesIO()
+        await self.download_file_ipfs_to_buffer(file_hash, output_buffer=buffer)
+        return buffer.getvalue()
 
     async def get_messages(
         self,

src/aleph/sdk/exceptions.py

@@ -42,3 +42,11 @@ class BadSignatureError(Exception):
     """
 
     pass
+
+
+class FileTooLarge(Exception):
+    """
+    A file is too large
+    """
+
+    pass

src/aleph/sdk/utils.py

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 from aleph.sdk.conf import settings
 from aleph.sdk.types import GenericMessage
 
+from typing import (
+    Tuple,
+    Type,
+    TypeVar,
+    Protocol,
+)
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 try:
@@ -47,7 +54,7 @@ def create_archive(path: Path) -> Tuple[Path, Encoding]:
             return archive_path, Encoding.zip
     elif os.path.isfile(path):
         if path.suffix == ".squashfs" or (
-            magic and magic.from_file(path).startswith("Squashfs filesystem")
+                magic and magic.from_file(path).startswith("Squashfs filesystem")
         ):
             return path, Encoding.squashfs
         else:
@@ -79,6 +86,30 @@ def check_unix_socket_valid(unix_socket_path: str) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
+T = TypeVar("T", str, bytes, covariant=True)
+U = TypeVar("U", str, bytes, contravariant=True)
+
+
+class AsyncReadable(Protocol[T]):
+    async def read(self, n: int = -1) -> T:
+        ...
+
+
+class Writable(Protocol[U]):
+    def write(self, buffer: U) -> int:
+        ...
+
+
+async def copy_async_readable_to_buffer(
+        readable: AsyncReadable[T], buffer: Writable[T], chunk_size: int
+):
+    while True:
+        chunk = await readable.read(chunk_size)
+        if not chunk:
+            break
+        buffer.write(chunk)
+
+
 def enum_as_str(obj: Union[str, Enum]) -> str:
     """Returns the value of an Enum, or the string itself when passing a string.
 

tests/unit/test_download.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import pytest
+from aleph.sdk import AlephClient
+from aleph.sdk.conf import settings as sdk_settings
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "file_hash,expected_size",
+    [
+        ("QmeomffUNfmQy76CQGy9NdmqEnnHU9soCexBnGU3ezPHVH", 5),
+        ("Qmdy5LaAL4eghxE7JD6Ah5o4PJGarjAV9st8az2k52i1vq", 5817703),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_download(file_hash: str, expected_size: int):
+    async with AlephClient(api_server=sdk_settings.API_HOST) as client:
+        file_content = await client.download_file(file_hash)  # File is 5B
+        file_size = len(file_content)
+        assert file_size == expected_size
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "file_hash,expected_size",
+    [
+        ("QmeomffUNfmQy76CQGy9NdmqEnnHU9soCexBnGU3ezPHVH", 5),
+        ("Qmdy5LaAL4eghxE7JD6Ah5o4PJGarjAV9st8az2k52i1vq", 5817703),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_download_ipfs(file_hash: str, expected_size: int):
+    async with AlephClient(api_server=sdk_settings.API_HOST) as client:
+        file_content = await client.download_file_ipfs(file_hash)  ## 5817703 B FILE
+        file_size = len(file_content)
+        assert file_size == expected_size