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 #

POST /api/v0/bitswap/reprovide #

POST /api/v0/bitswap/stat #

POST /api/v0/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.


    In many cases, using this RPC API is preferable to embedding IPFS directly in your program — it allows you to maintain peer connections that are longer lived than your app and you can keep a single IPFS node running instead of several if your app can be launched multiple times. In fact, the `ipfs` CLI commands use this RPC API when operating in online mode.'
  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
  /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
  /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
  /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
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/