/api/v0/dag/import

Import the contents of .car files

Arguments

• pin-roots [bool]: Pin optional roots listed in the .car headers after importing. Default: true. Required: no.

• silent [bool]: No output. Required: no.

• stats [bool]: Output stats. Required: no.

• allow-big-block [bool]: Disable block size check and allow creation of blocks bigger than 1MiB. WARNING: such blocks won't be transferable over the standard bitswap. Default: false. Required: no.

Request Body

Argument path is of file type. This endpoint expects one or several files (depending on the command) in the body of the request as 'multipart/form-data'.

Response

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

{
  "Root": {
    "Cid": {
      "/": "<cid-string>"
    },
    "PinErrorMsg": "<string>"
  },
  "Stats": {
    "BlockBytesCount": "<uint64>",
    "BlockCount": "<uint64>"
  }
}

cURL Example

curl -X POST -F file=@myfile "http://127.0.0.1:5001/api/v0/dag/import?pin-roots=true&silent=<value>&stats=<value>&allow-big-block=false"