IPFS

IPFS Bitswap API

The Bitswap API from IPFS — 4 operation(s) for bitswap.

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Operations 4

POST /api/v0/bitswap/ledger Bitswap/ledger #

POST /api/v0/bitswap/reprovide Bitswap/reprovide #

POST /api/v0/bitswap/stat Bitswap/stat #

POST /api/v0/bitswap/wantlist Bitswap/wantlist #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: IPFS RPC Bitswap API
  version: v0
  description: When a Kubo IPFS node is running as a daemon, it exposes an HTTP RPC API that allows you to control the node and run the same commands you can from the command line.
  x-providerName: IPFS
  x-logo:
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/ipfs-docs/55fe8bc6a53ba3b9023951fb4b432efbbc81fba5/docs/.vuepress/public/images/ipfs-logo.svg
servers:
- description: Local IPFS node
  url: http://localhost:5001
- description: Local IPFS node
  url: http://127.0.0.1:5001
- description: Infura hosted IPFS node
  url: https://ipfs.infura.io:5001
tags:
- name: Bitswap
paths:
  /api/v0/bitswap/ledger:
    post:
      operationId: bitswap/ledger
      description: Show the current ledger for a peer.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-bitswap-ledger
      parameters:
      - name: arg
        in: query
        description: The PeerID (B58) of the ledger to inspect.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                Exchanged: <uint64>
                Peer: <string>
                Recv: <uint64>
                Sent: <uint64>
                Value: <float64>
      tags:
      - Bitswap
      summary: Bitswap/ledger
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/bitswap/reprovide:
    post:
      operationId: bitswap/reprovide
      description: Trigger reprovider.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-bitswap-reprovide
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
      tags:
      - Bitswap
      summary: Bitswap/reprovide
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/bitswap/stat:
    post:
      operationId: bitswap/stat
      description: Show some diagnostic information on the bitswap agent.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-bitswap-stat
      parameters:
      - name: verbose
        in: query
        description: Print extra information.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: human
        in: query
        description: Print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G).
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                BlocksReceived: <uint64>
                BlocksSent: <uint64>
                DataReceived: <uint64>
                DataSent: <uint64>
                DupBlksReceived: <uint64>
                DupDataReceived: <uint64>
                MessagesReceived: <uint64>
                Peers:
                - <string>
                ProvideBufLen: <int>
                Wantlist:
                - /: <cid-string>
      tags:
      - Bitswap
      summary: Bitswap/stat
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/bitswap/wantlist:
    post:
      operationId: bitswap/wantlist
      description: Show blocks currently on the wantlist.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-bitswap-wantlist
      parameters:
      - name: peer
        in: query
        description: Specify which peer to show wantlist for.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                Keys:
                - /: <cid-string>
      tags:
      - Bitswap
      summary: Bitswap/wantlist
      x-summary-source: derived
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/