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IPFS Object API

The Object API from IPFS — 11 operation(s) for object.

IPFS Object API is one of 40 APIs that IPFS publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Object. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 11 operations across 11 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: http://localhost:5001, http://127.0.0.1:5001, https://ipfs.infura.io:5001.

11 operations 11 paths 0 schemas 11 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
v0
Base URL
http://localhost:5001
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 11

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 11 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Object 11
POST
/api/v0/object/datadeprecated
Deprecated way to read the raw bytes of a dag-pb object: use 'dag get' instead.
object/data 1 param → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/diffdeprecated
Display the diff between two IPFS objects.
object/diff 2 params → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/getdeprecated
Deprecated way to get and serialize the dag-pb node. Use 'dag get' instead
object/get 2 params → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/linksdeprecated
Deprecated way to output links in the specified dag-pb object: use 'dag get' instead.
object/links 2 params → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/newdeprecated
Deprecated way to create a new dag-pb object from a template.
object/new 1 param → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/patch/add-linkdeprecated
Deprecated way to add a link to a given dag-pb.
object/patch/add-link 2 params → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/patch/append-datadeprecated
Deprecated way to append data to the data segment of a DAG node.
object/patch/append-data 1 param body → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/patch/rm-linkdeprecated
Deprecated way to remove a link from dag-pb object.
object/patch/rm-link 1 param → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/patch/set-datadeprecated
Deprecated way to set the data field of dag-pb object.
object/patch/set-data 1 param body → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/putdeprecated
Deprecated way to store input as a DAG object. Use 'dag put' instead.
object/put 4 params body → 200
POST
/api/v0/object/statdeprecated
Deprecated way to read stats for the dag-pb node. Use 'files stat' instead.
object/stat 2 params → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ipfs-object-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs IPFS publishes across the network.

IPFS HTTP Gateway API
IPFS Delegated Routing V1 HTTP API
IPFS Add API
IPFS Bitswap API
IPFS Block API
IPFS Bootstrap API
IPFS Cat API
IPFS Cid API
IPFS Commands API
IPFS Config API
IPFS Dag API
IPFS Dht API