cat

/api/v0/cat

Show IPFS object data.

Request

Syntax

curl "https://ipfs.infura.io:5001/api/v0/cat?arg=<key>" \
  -X POST \
  -u "<API_KEY>:<API_KEY_SECRET>"

Example

curl "https://ipfs.infura.io:5001/api/v0/cat?arg=QmZtmD2qt6fJot32nabSP3CUjicnypEBz7bHVDhPQt9aAy" \
  -X POST \
  -u "PROJECT_ID:PROJECT_SECRET"

Request parameters

• arg [required] - The IPFS object hash.

Response

On success, the call to this endpoint will return with 200 and the following body:

This endpoint returns a `text/plain` response body.