IPFS

IPFS Delegated Routing V1 HTTP API

The Delegated Routing V1 HTTP API allows IPFS clients to offload content routing, peer routing, and IPNS resolution to a remote server without running a full DHT node. Endpoints include provider lookup by CID (/routing/v1/providers/{cid}), peer record lookup by Peer ID (/routing/v1/peers/{peer-id}), IPNS name resolution and publication (/routing/v1/ipns/{name}), and optional DHT closest-peers queries (/routing/v1/dht/closest/peers/{key}). The IPFS Foundation operates a public delegated routing endpoint at delegated-ipfs.dev.

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Documentation
https://specs.ipfs.tech/routing/http-routing-v1/

Other Resources

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Specification
https://specs.ipfs.tech/routing/http-routing-v1/
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PublicEndpoint
https://delegated-ipfs.dev/routing/v1

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: IPFS Delegated Routing V1 HTTP API
description: The Delegated Routing V1 HTTP API allows IPFS clients to offload content routing, peer routing,
  and IPNS resolution to a remote server without running a full DHT node. Endpoints include provider lookup
  by CID (/routing/v1/providers/{cid}), peer record lookup by Peer ID (/routing/v1/peers/{peer-id}), IPNS
  name resolution and publication (/routing/v1/ipns/{name}), and optional DHT closest-peers queries (/routing/v1/dht/closest/peers/{key}).
  The IPFS Foundation operates a public delegated routing endpoint at delegated-ipfs.dev.
image: https://ipfs.tech/images/ipfs-logo.svg
humanURL: https://specs.ipfs.tech/routing/http-routing-v1/
baseURL: https://delegated-ipfs.dev
tags:
- Routing
- DHT
- Content Discovery
- Peer Discovery
- IPNS
- Delegated
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://specs.ipfs.tech/routing/http-routing-v1/
- type: Specification
  url: https://specs.ipfs.tech/routing/http-routing-v1/
- type: PublicEndpoint
  url: https://delegated-ipfs.dev/routing/v1
contact:
- FN: IPFS Forums
  url: https://discuss.ipfs.tech/
- FN: IPFS GitHub Issues
  url: https://github.com/ipfs/specs/issues
meta:
- key: authentication
  value: None required for public endpoint
- key: responseFormats
  value: application/json, application/x-ndjson (streaming), application/vnd.ipfs.ipns-record