# @helia/http

> A lightweight implementation of IPFS over HTTP in JavaScript

Latest version **4.0.6** (published 2026-07-28) · Apache-2.0 OR MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @helia/http
pnpm add @helia/http
yarn add @helia/http
bun add @helia/http
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.0.6 |
| Published | 2026-07-28 |
| First published | 2024-01-12 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 4 |
| Unpacked size | 614.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 1345 |
| Maintainers | npm-service-account-ipfs, achingbrain |
| Keywords | IPFS |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@helia/http
- Repository: https://github.com/ipfs/helia
- Homepage: https://github.com/ipfs/helia/tree/main/packages/http#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/ipfs/helia/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@helia/http

## Dependencies (4)

- [@helia/interface](https://npm.io/package/@helia/interface.md) ^7.1.1
- [@helia/fallback-router](https://npm.io/package/@helia/fallback-router.md) ^1.1.1
- [@helia/delegated-routing-client](https://npm.io/package/@helia/delegated-routing-client.md) ^1.0.6
- [@helia/trustless-gateway-client](https://npm.io/package/@helia/trustless-gateway-client.md) ^1.0.5

## Recent versions

- 4.0.6 (latest) — 2026-07-28
- 4.0.6-16fc74d3 (next) — 2026-09-10
- 4.0.6-6c96dd38 — 2026-08-22
- 4.0.6-91ed35a4 — 2026-08-21
- 4.0.6-dc9e15bc — 2026-08-21
- 4.0.6-ae012cf9 — 2026-08-21
- 4.0.6-cd1c4a76 — 2026-08-20
- 4.0.6-c9f35dab — 2026-08-19
- 4.0.6-ca4dee6f — 2026-08-15
- 4.0.6-3aeb3977 — 2026-08-15
- 4.0.6-56f87f03 — 2026-08-15
- 4.0.6-e1cc85b9 — 2026-08-14
- 4.0.6-0873bb5f — 2026-08-14
- 4.0.6-0b5ca22f — 2026-08-13
- 4.0.6-7167f9f1 — 2026-08-13
- … 367 more at https://npm.io/package/@helia/http/versions

## README

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/ipfs/helia-http" title="helia-http">
    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/helia/main/assets/helia.png" alt="Helia logo" width="300" />
  </a>
</p>

# @helia/http

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> A lightweight implementation of IPFS over HTTP in JavaScript

# About

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Exports a `withHTTP` function configures a Helia node that with block brokers and gateways that only run over HTTP.

By default, content and peer routing are requests are resolved using the [Delegated HTTP Routing API](https://specs.ipfs.tech/routing/http-routing-v1/) and blocks are fetched from [Trustless Gateways](https://specs.ipfs.tech/http-gateways/trustless-gateway/).

Pass it to other modules like @helia/unixfs to fetch files from the distributed web.

## Example

```typescript
import { withHTTP } from '@helia/http'
import { unixfs } from '@helia/unixfs'
import { createHeliaLight } from 'helia'
import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'

const helia = await withHTTP(createHeliaLight(), {
  delegatedRouters: [
    'https://delegated-ipfs.dev'
  ],
  recursiveGateways: [
    'https://trustless-gateway.link',
    'https://4everland.io'
  ]
}).start()

const fs = unixfs(helia)
fs.cat(CID.parse('bafyFoo'))
```

## Example - without using this module

It's possible to manually configure your node without using this module.

```typescript
import { createHeliaLight } from 'helia'
import { trustlessGatewayBlockBroker } from '@helia/trustless-gateway-client'
import { fallbackRouter } from '@helia/fallback-router'
import { delegatedHTTPRouter } from '@helia/delegated-http-routing-client'
import { unixfs } from '@helia/unixfs'
import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'

const helia = await createHeliaLight({
  blockBrokers: [
    trustlessGatewayBlockBroker()
  ],
  routers: [
    delegatedHTTPRouter({
      url: 'https://delegated-ipfs.dev'
    }),
    fallbackRouter({
      gateways: ['https://trustless-gateway.link', 'https://4everland.io']
    })
  ]
}).start()

const fs = unixfs(helia)
fs.cat(CID.parse('bafyFoo'))
```

# Install

```console
$ npm i @helia/http
```

## Browser `<script>` tag

Loading this module through a script tag will make its exports available as `HeliaHttp` in the global namespace.

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@helia/http/dist/index.min.js"></script>
```

# Helia-http

# API Docs

- <https://ipfs.github.io/helia/modules/_helia_http.html>

# License

Licensed under either of

- Apache 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](https://github.com/ipfs/helia/blob/main/packages/http/LICENSE-APACHE) / <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
- MIT ([LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/ipfs/helia/blob/main/packages/http/LICENSE-MIT) / <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>)

# Contribute

Contributions welcome! Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/ipfs/helia/issues).

Also see our [contributing document](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING_JS.md) for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general.

Please be aware that all interactions related to this repo are subject to the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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