IPFS

IPFS Config API

The Config API from IPFS — 4 operation(s) for config.

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Operations 4

POST /api/v0/config Config #

POST /api/v0/config/profile/apply Config/profile/apply #

POST /api/v0/config/replace Config/replace #

POST /api/v0/config/show Config/show #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: IPFS RPC Config 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: Config
paths:
  /api/v0/config:
    post:
      operationId: config
      description: Get and set IPFS config values.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-config
      parameters:
      - name: arg
        in: query
        description: 'arg0: The key of the config entry (e.g. "Addresses.API").


          arg1: The value to set the config entry to.'
        required: true
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: bool
        in: query
        description: Set a boolean value.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: json
        in: query
        description: Parse stringified JSON.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                Key: <string>
                Value: <object>
      tags:
      - Config
      summary: Config
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/config/profile/apply:
    post:
      operationId: config/profile/apply
      description: Apply profile to config.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-config-profile-apply
      parameters:
      - name: arg
        in: query
        description: The profile to apply to the config.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: dry-run
        in: query
        description: print difference between the current config and the config that would be generated.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                NewCfg:
                  <string>: <object>
                OldCfg:
                  <string>: <object>
      tags:
      - Config
      summary: Config/profile/apply
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/config/replace:
    post:
      operationId: config/replace
      description: Replace the config with <file>.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-config-replace
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        description: Argument `file` is of file type. This endpoint expects one or several files (depending on the command) in the body of the request as 'multipart/form-data'.
        content: {}
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
      tags:
      - Config
      summary: Config/replace
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/config/show:
    post:
      operationId: config/show
      description: Output config file contents.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-config-show
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                <string>: <object>
      tags:
      - Config
      summary: Config/show
      x-summary-source: derived
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/