How can use the P2P API path to send private messages?

[sorleone]

js-ipfs-api does not seem to provide p2p commands. How can I access these commands? Can you explain how can I extend this library so that I can send encrypted private direct messages? Like sendTo of the ipfs-pubsub-room? They seem to use libp2p dial:

https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-pubsub-room/blob/8fa55b222f904166e6fb98714b078d623ee12d80/src/connection.js#L51

What about the HTTP API path /p2p/stream/dial or /p2p/listener/open?

Currently this is where I am:

const pkg = require('../package.json');
const sendRequest = require('ipfs-api/src/utils/send-request')({
  'api-path': '/api/v0/',
  'user-agent': `/node-${pkg.name}/${pkg.version}/`,
  host: 'localhost',
  port: '5001',
  protocol: 'http'
});

sendRequest({path: '/p2p/stream/dial'}, (err, result) => {
  console.log(result);
});

Another question I have is: does ipfs.util.crypto supports pipable/pullable crypto streams with AES like Node's createCipheriv, and if so how?

[noxonsu]

encode your messages using aes

[magik6k]

The API is getting refactored - ipfs/kubo#4929. There is a plan to expose separate interface to libp2p streams (ipfs/kubo#5341)

[zot]

I started a workaround for this that I talk about in https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client/issues/681#issuecomment-582620203

[achingbrain]

If you're still having problems accomplishing this, please ask a question on https://discuss.ipfs.io