IPFS

IPFS Diag API

The Diag API from IPFS — 5 operation(s) for diag.

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Operations 5

POST /api/v0/diag/cmds Diag/cmds #

POST /api/v0/diag/cmds/clear Diag/cmds/clear #

POST /api/v0/diag/cmds/set-time Diag/cmds/set time #

POST /api/v0/diag/profile Diag/profile #

POST /api/v0/diag/sys Diag/sys #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: IPFS RPC Diag 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: Diag
paths:
  /api/v0/diag/cmds:
    post:
      operationId: diag/cmds
      description: List commands run on this IPFS node.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-diag-cmds
      parameters:
      - name: verbose
        in: query
        description: Print extra information.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
              - Active: <bool>
                Args:
                - <string>
                Command: <string>
                EndTime: <timestamp>
                ID: <int>
                Options:
                  <string>: <object>
                StartTime: <timestamp>
      tags:
      - Diag
      summary: Diag/cmds
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/diag/cmds/clear:
    post:
      operationId: diag/cmds/clear
      description: Clear inactive requests from the log.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-diag-cmds-clear
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
      tags:
      - Diag
      summary: Diag/cmds/clear
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/diag/cmds/set-time:
    post:
      operationId: diag/cmds/set-time
      description: Set how long to keep inactive requests in the log.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-diag-cmds-set-time
      parameters:
      - name: arg
        in: query
        description: Time to keep inactive requests in log.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
      tags:
      - Diag
      summary: Diag/cmds/set time
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/diag/profile:
    post:
      operationId: diag/profile
      description: Collect a performance profile for debugging.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-diag-profile
      parameters:
      - name: output
        in: query
        description: The path where the output .zip should be stored.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: ./ipfs-profile-[timestamp].zip
      - name: collectors
        in: query
        description: The list of collectors to use for collecting diagnostic data.
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: profile-time
        in: query
        description: The amount of time spent profiling. If this is set to 0, then sampling profiles are skipped.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 30s
      - name: mutex-profile-fraction
        in: query
        description: The fraction 1/n of mutex contention events that are reported in the mutex profile.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 4
      - name: block-profile-rate
        in: query
        description: The duration to wait between sampling goroutine-blocking events for the blocking profile.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 1ms
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
      tags:
      - Diag
      summary: Diag/profile
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v0/diag/sys:
    post:
      operationId: diag/sys
      description: Print system diagnostic information.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-diag-sys
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
      tags:
      - Diag
      summary: Diag/sys
      x-summary-source: derived
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/