From c4c5f57f3251a7cbb301c568e818d68072984331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Gheorghita <nickgheorghita@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:31:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Bypass ipfs hash validation for large files

---
 ethpm/backends/ipfs.py | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ethpm/backends/ipfs.py b/ethpm/backends/ipfs.py
index 6d42ab7db8..1cf2d4104b 100644
--- a/ethpm/backends/ipfs.py
+++ b/ethpm/backends/ipfs.py
@@ -80,11 +80,14 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
     def fetch_uri_contents(self, uri: str) -> bytes:
         ipfs_hash = extract_ipfs_path_from_uri(uri)
         contents = self.client.cat(ipfs_hash)
-        validation_hash = generate_file_hash(contents)
-        if validation_hash != ipfs_hash:
-            raise EthPMValidationError(
-                f"Hashed IPFS contents retrieved from uri: {uri} do not match its content hash."
-            )
+        # Local validation of hashed contents only works for non-chunked files ~< 256kb
+        # Improved validation WIP @ https://github.com/ethpm/py-ethpm/pull/165
+        if len(contents) <= 262144:
+            validation_hash = generate_file_hash(contents)
+            if validation_hash != ipfs_hash:
+                raise EthPMValidationError(
+                    f"Hashed IPFS contents retrieved from uri: {uri} do not match its content hash."
+                )
         return contents
 
     @property