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Pin API

pin.add

Adds an IPFS object to the pinset and also stores it to the IPFS repo. pinset is the set of hashes currently pinned (not gc'able).

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JavaScript - ipfs.pin.add(hash, [options], [callback])

Where:

  • hash is an IPFS multihash.
  • options is an object that can contain the following keys
    • 'recursive' - Recursively pin the object linked. Type: bool. Default: true

callback must follow function (err, res) {} signature, where err is an error if the operation was not successful. res is an array of objects that represent the files that were pinned. Example:

{
  hash: 'QmHash'
}

If no callback is passed, a promise is returned.

Example:

ipfs.pin.add(hash, function (err) {})

pin.ls

List all the objects pinned to local storage or under a specific hash.

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JavaScript - ipfs.pin.ls([hash], [options], [callback])

Where:

  • hash is an IPFS multihash.
  • options is an object that can contain the following keys:
    • 'type' - Return also the type of pin (direct, indirect or recursive)

callback must follow function (err, pinset) {} signature, where err is an error if the operation was not successful. pinset is an array of objects with keys hash and type.

If no callback is passed, a promise is returned.

Example:

ipfs.pin.ls(function (err, pinset) {
  if (err) {
    throw err
  }
  console.log(pinset)
})

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.

pin.rm

Remove a hash from the pinset

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JavaScript - ipfs.pin.rm(hash, [options], [callback])

Where:

  • hash is a multihash.
  • options is an object that can contain the following keys
    • 'recursive' - Recursively unpin the object linked. Type: bool. Default: true

callback must follow function (err) {} signature, where err is an error if the operation was not successful.

If no callback is passed, a promise is returned.

Example:

ipfs.pin.rm(hash, function (err, pinset) {
  if (err) {
    throw err
  }
  console.log(pinset) prints the hashes that were unpinned
})

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.