@web3-storage/w3

The CLI to save your things in web3.storage ⁂

Usage no npm install needed!

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README


web3.storage

The CLI for web3.storage

Getting started

Install the CLI from npm

$ npm install -g @web3-storage/w3

Login in and create a token on https://web3.storage and pass it to w3 token to save it.

$ w3 token
? Paste your API token for api.web3.storage › <your token here>

⁂ API token saved

Commands

w3 put <path>

Upload files to web3.storage. The IPFS Content ID (CID) for your files is calculated on your machine, and sent up along with your files. web3.storage makes your content available on the IPFS network

  • --no-wrap Don't wrap input files with a directory
  • -n, --name Name to identify the upload
  • -H, --hidden Include paths that start with "."
  • --no-retry Don't try the upload again if it fails

w3 put-car <path>

Upload a CAR file to web3.storage.

  • -n, --name Name to identify the upload
  • --no-retry Don't try the upload again if it fails

w3 get <cid>

Fetch files by CID. They are verified on your machine to ensure you got the eact bytes for the given CID.

  • -o, --output The path to write the files to

w3 list

List all the uploads in your account.

  • --json Format as newline delimted JSON
  • --cid Only print the root CID per upload

w3 status <cid>

Get the Filecoin deals and IPFS pins that contain a given CID, as JSON.

w3 token

Paste in a token to save a new one. Pass in --delete to remove a previously saved token.

w3 name create

❗️Experimental this command may not work, may change, and may be removed.

Create a new name and associated signing key that can be used to create and publish IPNS record revisions. Prints the IPNS name and stores the signing key in config.

w3 name list

❗️Experimental this command may not work, may change, and may be removed.

List IPNS names managed by this utility.

w3 name publish <keyId> <value>

Publish a name revision to Web3.Storage.

❗️Experimental this command may not work, may change, and may be removed.

⚠️ Name records are not yet published to or updated from the IPFS network. Working with name records simply updates the Web3.Storage cache of data.

w3 name resolve <keyId>

❗️Experimental this command may not work, may change, and may be removed.

Resolve the current IPNS record revision for the passed name.

w3 name rm <keyId>

❗️Experimental this command may not work, may change, and may be removed.

Remove an IPNS name managed by this utility. Note: this does NOT unpublish the IPNS name, it simply removes the IPNS name and signing key from local config.