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ipfs-paste

README.md

Paste stuff to IPFS.

  1. ipfs add stdin (or clipboard with --paste)
  2. print + copy url to the HTTP gateway
  3. prefetch on the gateway

(note: Today, clipboard only on {OSX, Linux}. Tomorrow, cross platform).

Install

# install from ipfs
ipfs cat QmSKVENxxkS3QGkFJDofWgcPySdCHZ3sbrU5onXAzhWZdz >/usr/local/bin/ipfs-paste
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ipfs-paste

# install from http
curl -s https://github.com/jbenet/ipfs-paste/blob/master/ipfs-paste >/usr/local/bin/ipfs-paste
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ipfs-paste

Note: requires running IPFS daemon.

Usage

> ipfs-paste -h
ipfs-paste [-v] [--paste] [<name>]
publish stdin (or pasteboard) to ipfs

Examples

# stdin to ipfs
> echo hello mars | ipfs-paste
http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmZd56pN6zKvFrqp3ojRHHJQ2x2NWKTLmsEQbni37cDgvx/paste

# clipboard to ipfs
> echo hello mars | pbcopy
> pbpaste
hello mars
> ipfs-paste --paste
http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmV3pQbmx9ziGt4r7i6wyJuSg7hovT6Znxo9PAEoo6M8qB/paste

# set a name to file
> head -c 1024 /dev/random | ipfs-paste rand-kb
http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmctPRXHkmoQfZSKExNvcpPS7g1BQciarzWVM7QYdzS6eJ/rand-kb

# verbose
> cat ipfs-paste | ipfs-paste -v
stdin to ipfs... QmbSV3f1T5qbdfxfhSgrudRSv3YiJBxKFGthPAEDZVEhpj
constructing dir... QmYXNKmW7vyvpcTEtAUXGjJ8X9wmh1BgqmZLutFQYLhUev
copying url to clipboard... copied
http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmYXNKmW7vyvpcTEtAUXGjJ8X9wmh1BgqmZLutFQYLhUev/paste
preloading on the gateways... ok