# Blockfrost IPFS API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cardano/blockfrost-ipfs-api/  
**Provider:** Cardano — https://apis.io/providers/cardano/  
**Base URL:** https://ipfs.blockfrost.io/api/v0  
**Documentation:** https://blockfrost.dev/

Blockfrost IPFS API is one of 21 APIs that [Cardano](https://apis.io/providers/cardano/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Blockchain, Cardano, IPFS, Storage, and Decentralized Storage. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Blockfrost also operates as an IPFS provider, enabling developers building on Cardano to pin and retrieve content-addressed files via the InterPlanetary File System. The IPFS API base URL is https://ipfs.blockfrost.io/api/v0 and uses the same project_id authentication as the Cardano mainnet API. Storage quota varies by subscription plan, ranging from 100 MB on the free Starter tier to 50,000 MB on the Developer tier.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.blockfrost.io/
- **Plans** — https://blockfrost.dev/overview/plans-and-billing
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cardano/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Cardano APIs (12)

- [Cardano Cardano » Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-accounts-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Addresses API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-addresses-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-assets-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Blocks API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-blocks-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Epochs API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-epochs-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Governance API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-governance-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Ledger API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-ledger-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Mempool API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-mempool-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-metadata-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Network API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-network-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Pools API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-pools-api/)
- [Cardano Cardano » Scripts API](https://apis.io/apis/cardano/cardano-cardano-scripts-api/)

## Tags

Blockchain, Cardano, IPFS, Storage, Decentralized Storage

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