Run JS interface tests (js-kubo-rpc-client) on CI

[lidel]

Right now, js-ipfs runs tests that ensure js-ipfs-http-client works against the last go-ipfs release. This has a downside of being a late feedback loop – if go-ipfs breaks something in the HTTP client for JS, we learn about it too late.

We should run js-ipfs interface tests in go-ipfs CI to get early feedback and have time to fix any regressions.

Implementation details

• See how tests run js-ipfs – the matrix in https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/b5488cb3ef5ab7ea24b8b2275ffa8cfa4b7b7ed1/.github/workflows/test.yml#L230-L269
  • test:interface:http-go is what we want to run in go-ipfs repo (on every push, against binary built from go-ipfs HEAD)

  • It chains through to this command which uses this file to configure the tests (e.g. skip the things that go-ipfs doesn't implement)

  • It just needs a little project making with a dependency on interface-ipfs-core for the tests and an equivalent of ipfs/test/utils/factory.js to configure the go-ipfs instance for running under node and ipfs/.aegir.js to configure it for running in the browser.

[tinytb]

Updated title to reflect the (new) http client that we need tested in kubo CI. https://github.com/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client

Can the kubo team take this on?

[SgtPooki]

related: https://github.com/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client/issues/77

[SgtPooki]

I can look into this if this is something we want to prioritize @lidel