Selectively deploy files in a folder to IPFS using a bash script

Introduction

With some of the really basic websites I have been working on lately there are no builds so there is no /public or /dist that gets generated, that would normally be recursively deployed. I still wanted a way to selectively deploy only the required files to IPFS using a script. So I modified one of my standard deployment scripts, and using some guidance from AI, I developed this approach that works.

How to run this deployment script?

Update the following information relevant to your project deployment needs:

1. Copy this script and place in a file named deploy.sh

2. Update the SELECTED_FILES=("index.html" "app.js" "styles.css") to include all the files to deploy.

3. Update the --name line to match your website’s name –name “Your WebPage Name should go here instead”

4. Update permissions for the deployment script.

   chmod +x deploy.sh
   

5. Run the script ./deploy.sh

When the script concludes running successfully it will display output something like the following:

Attempting to add selected files to IPFS cluster...
Successfully added selected files.
Received public hash of: QmZAMWSxVUngbyaaPVLscfN3eo2Yh1LtSTfN7DmbkHpECy

The Script example deploy.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Define the list of files to include (only these)
SELECTED_FILES=("index.html" "app.js" "styles.css")

# Validate that all selected files exist
for file in "${SELECTED_FILES[@]}"; do
if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
echo "Error: File '$file' not found!" >&2
exit 1
fi
done

echo "Attempting to add selected files to IPFS cluster..."

# Use ipfs-cluster-ctl to add the selected files
PUBLIC_HASH=$(ipfs-cluster-ctl add "${SELECTED_FILES[@]}" --name "Your WebPage Name should go here instead" --metadata type=website -Q)

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Add to IPFS Cluster failed!"
exit 2
fi

echo "Successfully added selected files."
echo "Received public hash of: $PUBLIC_HASH"