React native chat app with IPFS

Moralis General
#1

Hi guys, I have a problem with Images on IPFS and im wondering if someone can help me.
Heres what im trying to do:
I have cloned the react native web3 chat app from github and have edited it so that i can send images, saving the images to IPFS. then i simply save the url by using the url generated by file.ipfs() function.
The problem is when i try to retreive the images and show in the chat screen, they dont show up. I tried viewing them in the browser and some show and some dont, here is an example url:

https://ipfs.moralis.io:2053/ipfs/QmPQNRNMUFNTMWmbjrBXdnkM7BmTvXXyfuzAYiHphawUCd

i get the error

This web property is not accessible via this address.

can anyone help me out? I would prefer to store files on IPFS however if i cant do that i will have to revert to storing them the normal way.
However this brings me to another question. How do i delete a file for which i have only saved the url for?
The reason i dont want to save the object file is because say in a chat app i dont want to have a class that has a hundred columns of image files, id rather keep them all in an array, which as i understand you cant do that with Parse files right?
So im afraid i would end up with a bloated server with no way to delete files.

Any help/tips/recommendations would be appreciated.

Thanks

#2

we had some problems with IPFS in last few days.

you can try to use other IPFS prefix like, https://gateway.moralisipfs.com/ipfs/, or cloudflare or ipfs.io, by replacing the prefix in that url.

#3

ah no wonder because it was working but now it isnt. do you know timeframe of when it might be fixed?

#4

we are trying to fix it now, we are working on fixing it

#5

seems to be fixed now thank you!

#7

getting react native working with Moralis then we can talk

#9

could youplease share the github for your app ? sounds cool @phyx1u5