Add Network Utilities

[cbdotguru]

What is it?

Add network utility functions to retrieve and post package manifests.

Problem

There are currently no functions that enable the tool to make calls to various networks for posting or retrieving package manifests.

Solution

Network utilities should be added to: post and retrieve manifest information to/from ethereum networks via JSON-RPC and JSON-HTTP, and post/retrieve manifests to/from ipfs via HTTP, and retrieve from github via JSON-HTTP.

Steps to implement

• Implement manifest retrieval from github via JSON-HTTP
• Implement manifest retrieval from ipfs via HTTP
• Implement manifest posting to ipfs via HTTP
• Implement posting manifest information to a registry on the ethereum network
• Implement retrieving manifest information from a registry on the ethereum network

[samparsky]

@HACKDOM I'd like to contribute to this

[cbdotguru]

Hey @samparsky , just seeing this... I was just doing a random check up and this caught me by surprise. I should find some time in the next couple of weeks and then maybe we can have a discussion to get on the same page?

[samparsky]

@HACKDOM Yes definitely, is there a discord or slack channel for ethpm?

[cbdotguru]

yeah, the gitter is pretty active... hold on

[cbdotguru]

https://gitter.im/ethpm/Lobby @samparsky

I haven't been focused on this since Devcon just b/c of company product dev, but I'll set some time aside for this in a few. Feel free to dig, my responses may just be sketchy in the near term.