IPFS Mount API

The Mount API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for mount.

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ipfs-mount-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: IPFS RPC Add Mount 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: Mount
paths:
  /api/v0/mount:
    post:
      operationId: mount
      description: Mounts IPFS to the filesystem (read-only).
      externalDocs:
        url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/#api-v0-mount
      x-experimental: true
      parameters:
      - name: ipfs-path
        in: query
        description: The path where IPFS should be mounted.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: ipns-path
        in: query
        description: The path where IPNS should be mounted.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                FuseAllowOther: <bool>
                IPFS: <string>
                IPNS: <string>
      tags:
      - Mount
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/