I wrote the code according to the access controller documentation, but an error occurs.

[kk-0087]

I tried copying the wildcard part of the access controller documentation. However, when I try to run it with nodejs, I get an error saying "The requested module '@orbitdb/core' does not provide an export named 'getAccessController'".

code executed

import { create } from 'ipfs-core'
import { createOrbitDB, Identities, getAccessController } from '@orbitdb/core'

const ipfs = await create()

const orbitdb = await createOrbitDB({ ipfs })

const IPFSAccessController = getAccessController('ipfs')

const db = orbitdb.open('my-db', { AccessController: IPFSAccessController({ write: ['*'] }) })

out

import { createOrbitDB, Identities, getAccessController } from '@orbitdb/core'
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: The requested module '@orbitdb/core' does not provide an export named 'getAccessController'
    at ModuleJob._instantiate (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:124:21)
    at async ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:190:5)

When I looked at "@orbitdb/core", getAccessController was not exported.

export {
  useAccessController,
  IPFSAccessController,
  OrbitDBAccessController
} from './access-controllers/index.js'`

Have the specifications changed?

[Hayden Young]

Thanks for the heads up. That documentation looks out-dated so we will update asap.

You should be able to use IPFSAccessController directly without having call it via getAccessController, so try changing the above to:

import { create } from 'ipfs-core'
import { createOrbitDB, Identities, IPFSAccessController } from '@orbitdb/core'

const ipfs = await create()

const orbitdb = await createOrbitDB({ ipfs })

const db = orbitdb.open('my-db', { AccessController: IPFSAccessController({ write: ['*'] }) })

and hopefully that will solve your issue.

[kk-0087]

Thanks all for the lighting fast response!

[Hayden Young]

I'm going to close this issue but if you experience any further issues please re-open. We will also make a note to update the documentation accordingly.