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Version: 3.0.1

Get Data As String

Get Data As String Function​

IPFS Get Data As String Gets data as string from the IPFS network for the specified CID/Path. This function requires inputs as follows:

  • Ipfs Pinning Service 1 : Struct, holds the url and name of the pinning service the data was pinned to. It can be left empty, but total number of bytes will not be known.
  • Ipfs Http Gateway 2 : Struct, holds the url of the gateway to send the request to.
  • Ipfs Address 3 : Struct, holds the CID and path of the file on IPFS network.

IPFS Get Data As String

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If Success is True that only means that the response from the IPFS network was successful only.

If successful returns outputs as follows:

  • Request Handle 4 : Handle to a HTTP request, allows for cancellation of an ongoing request.
  • Bytes Received 5 : Number of bytes received while the request is still ongoing.
  • Bytes Total 6 : Total bytes expected to receive.
  • Response 7 : Struct, holds data such as headers, status code, and body of the response of the HTTP request.
  • String 8 : Data returned from the IPFS network as string.