IPFS pins API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: IPFS Pinning Service Pins API
  x-logo:
    url: https://bafybeidehxarrk54mkgyl5yxbgjzqilp6tkaz2or36jhq24n3rdtuven54.ipfs.dweb.link/?filename=ipfs-pinning-service.svg
  contact:
    name: IPFS
    url: https://github.com/ipfs/pinning-services-api-spec
  description: '


    ## About this spec

    The IPFS Pinning Service API is intended to be an implementation-agnostic API:

    - For use and implementation by pinning service providers

    - For use in client mode by IPFS nodes and GUI-based applications


    ### Document scope and intended audience

    The intended audience of this document is **IPFS developers** building pinning service clients or servers compatible with this OpenAPI spec. Your input and feedback are welcome and valuable as we develop this API spec. Please join the design discussion at [github.com/ipfs/pinning-services-api-spec](https://github.com/ipfs/pinning-services-api-spec).


    **IPFS users** should see the tutorial at [docs.ipfs.io/how-to/work-with-pinning-services](https://docs.ipfs.io/how-to/work-with-pinning-services/) instead.


    ### Related resources

    The latest version of this spec and additional resources can be found at:

    - Specification: https://github.com/ipfs/pinning-services-api-spec/raw/main/ipfs-pinning-service.yaml

    - Docs: https://ipfs.github.io/pinning-services-api-spec/

    - Clients and services: https://github.com/ipfs/pinning-services-api-spec#adoption


    # Schemas

    This section describes the most important object types and conventions.


    A full list of fields and schemas can be found in the `schemas` section of the [YAML file](https://github.com/ipfs/pinning-services-api-spec/blob/master/ipfs-pinning-service.yaml).


    ## Identifiers

    ### cid

    [Content Identifier (CID)](https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/content-addressing/) points at the root of a DAG that is pinned recursively.

    ### requestid

    Unique identifier of a pin request.


    When a pin is created, the service responds with unique `requestid` that can be later used for pin removal. When the same `cid` is pinned again, a different `requestid` is returned to differentiate between those pin requests.


    Service implementation should use UUID, `hash(accessToken,Pin,PinStatus.created)`, or any other opaque identifier that provides equally strong protection against race conditions.


    ## Objects

    ### Pin object


    ![pin object](https://bafybeideck2fchyxna4wqwc2mo67yriokehw3yujboc5redjdaajrk2fjq.ipfs.dweb.link/pin.png)


    The `Pin` object is a representation of a pin request.


    It includes the `cid` of data to be pinned, as well as optional metadata in `name`, `origins`, and `meta`. Addresses provided in `origins` list are relevant only during the initial pinning, and don''t need to be persisted by the pinning service.


    ### Pin status response


    ![pin status response object](https://bafybeideck2fchyxna4wqwc2mo67yriokehw3yujboc5redjdaajrk2fjq.ipfs.dweb.link/pinstatus.png)


    The `PinStatus` object is a representation of the current state of a pinning operation.

    It includes values from the original `Pin` object, along with the current `status` and globally unique `requestid` of the entire pinning request, which can be used for future status checks and management. Addresses in the `delegates` array are peers designated by pinning service that will receive the pin data over bitswap (more details in the [Provider hints](#section/Provider-hints) section). Any additional vendor-specific information is returned in optional `info`.


    # The pin lifecycle


    ![pinning service objects and lifecycle](https://bafybeideck2fchyxna4wqwc2mo67yriokehw3yujboc5redjdaajrk2fjq.ipfs.dweb.link/lifecycle.png)


    ## Creating a new pin object

    The user sends a `Pin` object to `POST /pins` and receives a `PinStatus` response:

    - `requestid` in `PinStatus` is the identifier of the pin operation, which can can be used for checking status, and removing the pin in the future

    - `status` in `PinStatus` indicates the current state of a pin


    ## Checking status of in-progress pinning

    `status` (in `PinStatus`) may indicate one of the two pending states: `queued` or `pinning`:

    - `queued` is passive: the pin was added to the queue but the service isn''t consuming any resources to retrieve it yet.

    - `pinning` is active: the pinning service is trying to retrieve the CIDs by finding providers for all involved CIDs, connect to these providers and download data from them.


    When a new pin object is created it typically starts in a `queued` state. Once the pinning service actively seeks to retrieve the file it changes to `pinning`. `pinning` typically means that the data behind `Pin.cid` was not found on the pinning service and is being fetched from the IPFS network at large, which may take time.

    In either case, the user can periodically check pinning progress via `GET /pins/{requestid}` until pinning is `pinned` or `failed`, or the user decides to remove the pending pin.

    ## Replacing an existing pin object

    The user can replace an existing pin object via `POST /pins/{requestid}`. This is a shortcut for removing a pin object identified by `requestid` and creating a new one in a single API call that protects against undesired garbage collection of blocks common to both pins. Useful when updating a pin representing a huge dataset where most of blocks did not change. The new pin object `requestid` is returned in the `PinStatus` response. The old pin object is deleted automatically.


    ## Removing a pin object

    A pin object can be removed via `DELETE /pins/{requestid}`.



    # Provider hints

    Provider hints take the form of two [multiaddr](https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/glossary/#multiaddr) lists: `Pin.origins` and `PinStatus.delegates`


    ## Pin.origins

    A list of known sources (providers) of the data. Sent by a client in a pin request. Pinning service will try to connect to them to speed up data transfer.


    ## PinStatus.delegates

    A list of temporary destination (retrievers) for the data. Returned by pinning service in a response for a pin request. These peers are provided by a pinning service for the purpose of fetching data about to be pinned.


    ## Optimizing for speed and connectivity

    Both ends should attempt to preconnect to each other:

    - Delegates should always preconnect to origins

    - Clients who initiate pin request and also have the pinned data in their own local datastore should preconnect to delegates


    **NOTE:** Connections to multiaddrs in `origins` and `delegates` arrays should be attempted in best-effort fashion, and dial failure should not fail the pinning operation. When unable to act on explicit provider hints, DHT and other discovery methods should be used as a fallback by a pinning service.


    ## Rationale

    A pinning service will use the DHT and other discovery methods to locate pinned content; however, it may not be able to retrieve data if the only provider has no publicly diallable address (e.g. a desktop peer behind a restrictive NAT/firewall).


    Leveraging provider hints mitigates potential connectivity issues and speeds up the content routing phase. If a client has the data in their own datastore or already knows of other providers, the transfer will start immediately.


    The most common scenario is a client putting its own IPFS node''s multiaddrs in `Pin.origins`,  and then attempt to connect to every multiaddr returned by a pinning service in `PinStatus.delegates` to initiate transfer.  At the same time, a pinning service will try to connect to multiaddrs provided by the client in `Pin.origins`.


    This ensures data transfer starts immediately (without waiting for provider discovery over DHT), and mutual direct dial between a client and a service works around peer routing issues in restrictive network topologies, such as NATs, firewalls, etc.


    **NOTE:** All multiaddrs MUST end with `/p2p/{peerID}` and SHOULD be fully resolved and confirmed to be dialable from the public internet. Avoid sending addresses from local networks.


    # Custom metadata

    Pinning services are encouraged to add support for additional features by leveraging the optional `Pin.meta` and `PinStatus.info` fields. While these attributes can be application- or vendor-specific, we encourage the community at large to leverage these attributes as a sandbox to come up with conventions that could become part of future revisions of this API.

    ## Pin metadata

    String keys and values passed in `Pin.meta` are persisted with the pin object. This is an opt-in feature: It is OK for a client to omit or ignore these optional attributes, and doing so should not impact the basic pinning functionality.


    Potential uses:

    - `Pin.meta[app_id]`: Attaching a unique identifier to pins created by an app enables meta-filtering pins per app

    - `Pin.meta[vendor_policy]`: Vendor-specific policy (for example: which region to use, how many copies to keep)


    ### Filtering based on metadata

    The contents of `Pin.meta` can be used as an advanced search filter for situations where searching by `name` and `cid` is not enough.


    Metadata key matching rule is `AND`:

    - lookup returns pins that have `meta` with all key-value pairs matching the passed values

    - pin metadata may have more keys, but only ones passed in the query are used for filtering


    The wire format for the `meta` when used as a query parameter is a [URL-escaped](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding) stringified JSON object. A lookup example for pins that have a `meta` key-value pair `{"app_id":"UUID"}` is:

    - `GET /pins?meta=%7B%22app_id%22%3A%22UUID%22%7D`



    ## Pin status info

    Additional `PinStatus.info` can be returned by pinning service.


    Potential uses:

    - `PinStatus.info[status_details]`: more info about the current status (queue position, percentage of transferred data, summary of where data is stored, etc); when `PinStatus.status=failed`, it could provide a reason why a pin operation failed (e.g. lack of funds, DAG too big, etc.)

    - `PinStatus.info[dag_size]`: the size of pinned data, along with DAG overhead

    - `PinStatus.info[raw_size]`: the size of data without DAG overhead (eg. unixfs)

    - `PinStatus.info[pinned_until]`: if vendor supports time-bound pins, this could indicate when the pin will expire


    # Pagination and filtering

    Pin objects can be listed by executing `GET /pins` with optional parameters:


    - When no filters are provided, the endpoint will return a small batch of the 10 most recently created items, from the latest to the oldest.

    - The number of returned items can be adjusted with the `limit` parameter (implicit default is 10).

    - If the value in `PinResults.count` is bigger than the length of `PinResults.results`, the client can infer there are more results that can be queried.

    - To read more items, pass the `before` filter with the timestamp from `PinStatus.created` found in the oldest item in the current batch of results. Repeat to read all results.

    - Returned results can be fine-tuned by applying optional `after`, `cid`, `name`, `status`, or `meta` filters.


    > **Note**: pagination by the `created` timestamp requires each value to be globally unique. Any future considerations to add support for bulk creation must account for this.


    '
servers:
- url: https://pinning-service.example.com
security:
- accessToken: []
tags:
- name: pins
paths:
  /pins:
    get:
      operationId: getPins
      summary: List pin objects
      description: List all the pin objects, matching optional filters; when no filter is provided, only successful pins are returned
      tags:
      - pins
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/cid'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/name'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/match'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/status'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/before'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/meta'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response (PinResults object)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PinResults'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientFunds'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomServiceError'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
    post:
      operationId: addPin
      summary: Add pin object
      description: Add a new pin object for the current access token
      tags:
      - pins
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pin'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Successful response (PinStatus object)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PinStatus'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientFunds'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomServiceError'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /pins/{requestid}:
    parameters:
    - name: requestid
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getPinByRequestId
      summary: Get pin object
      description: Get a pin object and its status
      tags:
      - pins
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response (PinStatus object)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PinStatus'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientFunds'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomServiceError'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
    post:
      operationId: replacePinByRequestId
      summary: Replace pin object
      description: Replace an existing pin object (shortcut for executing remove and add operations in one step to avoid unnecessary garbage collection of blocks present in both recursive pins)
      tags:
      - pins
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pin'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Successful response (PinStatus object)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PinStatus'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientFunds'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomServiceError'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
    delete:
      operationId: deletePinByRequestId
      summary: Remove pin object
      description: Remove a pin object
      tags:
      - pins
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Successful response (no body, pin removed)
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientFunds'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/CustomServiceError'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  parameters:
    before:
      description: Return results created (queued) before provided timestamp
      name: before
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
      example: '2020-07-27T17:32:28.276Z'
    after:
      description: Return results created (queued) after provided timestamp
      name: after
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
      example: '2020-07-27T17:32:28.276Z'
    cid:
      description: Return pin objects responsible for pinning the specified CID(s); be aware that using longer hash functions introduces further constraints on the number of CIDs that will fit under the limit of 2000 characters per URL  in browser contexts
      name: cid
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
        uniqueItems: true
        minItems: 1
        maxItems: 10
      style: form
      explode: false
      example:
      - Qm1
      - Qm2
      - bafy3
    meta:
      description: Return pin objects that match specified metadata keys passed as a string representation of a JSON object; when implementing a client library, make sure the parameter is URL-encoded to ensure safe transport
      name: meta
      in: query
      required: false
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PinMeta'
    status:
      description: Return pin objects for pins with the specified status (when missing, service should default to pinned only)
      name: status
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: array
        items:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
        uniqueItems: true
        minItems: 1
      style: form
      explode: false
      example:
      - queued
      - pinning
    match:
      description: Customize the text matching strategy applied when the name filter is present; exact (the default) is a case-sensitive exact match, partial matches anywhere in the name, iexact and ipartial are case-insensitive versions of the exact and partial strategies
      name: match
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextMatchingStrategy'
      example: exact
    name:
      description: Return pin objects with specified name (by default a case-sensitive, exact match)
      name: name
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 255
      example: PreciousData.pdf
    limit:
      description: Max records to return
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int32
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 1000
        default: 10
  schemas:
    Origins:
      description: Optional list of multiaddrs known to provide the data; see Provider Hints in the docs
      type: array
      items:
        type: string
      uniqueItems: true
      minItems: 0
      maxItems: 20
      example:
      - /ip4/203.0.113.142/tcp/4001/p2p/QmSourcePeerId
      - /ip4/203.0.113.114/udp/4001/quic/p2p/QmSourcePeerId
    PinResults:
      description: Response used for listing pin objects matching request
      type: object
      required:
      - count
      - results
      properties:
        count:
          description: The total number of pin objects that exist for passed query filters
          type: integer
          format: int32
          minimum: 0
          example: 1
        results:
          description: An array of PinStatus results
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PinStatus'
          uniqueItems: true
          minItems: 0
          maxItems: 1000
    TextMatchingStrategy:
      description: Alternative text matching strategy
      type: string
      default: exact
      enum:
      - exact
      - iexact
      - partial
      - ipartial
    Failure:
      description: Response for a failed request
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
          - reason
          properties:
            reason:
              type: string
              description: Mandatory string identifying the type of error
              example: ERROR_CODE_FOR_MACHINES
            details:
              type: string
              description: Optional, longer description of the error; may include UUID of transaction for support, links to documentation etc
              example: Optional explanation for humans with more details
    Delegates:
      description: List of multiaddrs designated by pinning service that will receive the pin data; see Provider Hints in the docs
      type: array
      items:
        type: string
      uniqueItems: true
      minItems: 1
      maxItems: 20
      example:
      - /ip4/203.0.113.1/tcp/4001/p2p/QmServicePeerId
    Pin:
      description: Pin object
      type: object
      required:
      - cid
      properties:
        cid:
          description: Content Identifier (CID) to be pinned recursively
          type: string
          example: QmCIDToBePinned
        name:
          description: Optional name for pinned data; can be used for lookups later
          type: string
          maxLength: 255
          example: PreciousData.pdf
        origins:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Origins'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PinMeta'
    PinStatus:
      description: Pin object with status
      type: object
      required:
      - requestid
      - status
      - created
      - pin
      - delegates
      properties:
        requestid:
          description: Globally unique identifier of the pin request; can be used to check the status of ongoing pinning, or pin removal
          type: string
          example: UniqueIdOfPinRequest
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
        created:
          description: Immutable timestamp indicating when a pin request entered a pinning service; can be used for filtering results and pagination
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2020-07-27T17:32:28.276Z'
        pin:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pin'
        delegates:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Delegates'
        info:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusInfo'
    Status:
      description: Status a pin object can have at a pinning service
      type: string
      enum:
      - queued
      - pinning
      - pinned
      - failed
    PinMeta:
      description: Optional metadata for pin object
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
        minProperties: 0
        maxProperties: 1000
      example:
        app_id: 99986338-1113-4706-8302-4420da6158aa
    StatusInfo:
      description: Optional info for PinStatus response
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
        minProperties: 0
        maxProperties: 1000
      example:
        status_details: 'Queue position: 7 of 9'
  responses:
    CustomServiceError:
      description: Error response (Custom service error)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Failure'
          examples:
            CustomServiceErrorExample:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/CustomServiceErrorExample'
    InsufficientFunds:
      description: Error response (Insufficient funds)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Failure'
          examples:
            InsufficientFundsExample:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/InsufficientFundsExample'
    NotFound:
      description: Error response (The specified resource was not found)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Failure'
          examples:
            NotFoundExample:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/NotFoundExample'
    BadRequest:
      description: Error response (Bad request)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Failure'
          examples:
            BadRequestExample:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/BadRequestExample'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Error response (Unauthorized; access token is missing or invalid)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Failure'
          examples:
            UnauthorizedExample:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/UnauthorizedExample'
    InternalServerError:
      description: Error response (Unexpected internal server error)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Failure'
          examples:
            InternalServerErrorExample:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/InternalServerErrorExample'
  examples:
    CustomServiceErrorExample:
      value:
        error:
          reason: CUSTOM_ERROR_CODE_FOR_MACHINES
          details: Optional explanation for humans with more details
      summary: Response when a custom error occured
    UnauthorizedExample:
      value:
        error:
          reason: UNAUTHORIZED
          details: Access token is missing or invalid
      summary: Response to an unauthorized request
    InternalServerErrorExample:
      value:
        error:
          reason: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
          details: Explanation for humans with more details
      summary: Response when unexpected error occured
    InsufficientFundsExample:
      value:
        error:
          reason: INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS
          details: Unable to process request due to the lack of funds
      summary: Response when access token run out of funds
    NotFoundExample:
      value:
        error:
          reason: NOT_FOUND
          details: The specified resource was not found
      summary: Response to a request for a resource that does not exist
    BadRequestExample:
      value:
        error:
          reason: BAD_REQUEST
          details: Explanation for humans with more details
      summary: A sample response to a bad request; reason will differ
  securitySchemes:
    accessToken:
      description: ' An opaque token is required to be sent with each request in the HTTP header:

        - `Authorization: Bearer <access-token>`


        The `access-token` should be generated per device, and the user should have the ability to revoke each token separately. '
      type: http
      scheme: bearer