UGA Hacks

Welcome to the Pinata UGA Hacks cheat sheet! This doc will have everything you need to know about:

• Getting Started with Pinata
• Challenge and Prizes
• Tutorials and Guides

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What is Pinata?

Pinata makes decentralized file uploads easy for developers who need fast and zero-setup soltuions. Our primary product, the IPFS API, makes it as simple as one line of code to upload a file:

const { IpfsHash } = await pinata.upload.file(file)

// bafkreib4pqtikzdjlj4zigobmd63lig7u6oxlug24snlr6atjlmlza45dq

Retreiving files is just as easy!

const { data, contentType } = await pinata.gateways.get(
  "bafkreib4pqtikzdjlj4zigobmd63lig7u6oxlug24snlr6atjlmlza45dq"
)

Built on years of experience with IPFS, Pinata has scaled companies to serve high volumes of requests and bandwidth, as well as developers who are just starting out. We want to help build the future of the web through decentralizedd applications!

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Pinata Challenge

Build the best use case of Pinata’s APIs or SDKs. Can involve blockchain or crypto but is not a requirement. Pinata will judge based on:

• Real world usefulness of the app
• How integral Pinata was to building the app
• Pure creativity used in the final product

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Quickstart

Sign up for a free account

npm i pinata-web3

import { PinataSDK } from "pinata-web3";

const pinata = new PinataSDK({
  pinataJwt: "PINATA_JWT",
  pinataGateway: "example-gateway.mypinata.cloud",
});

import { PinataSDK } from "pinata-web3";

const pinata = new PinataSDK({
  pinataJwt: process.env.PINATA_JWT!,
  pinataGateway: "example-gateway.mypinata.cloud",
});

async function main() {
  try {
    const file = new File(["hello"], "Testing.txt", { type: "text/plain" });
    const upload = await pinata.upload.file(file);
    console.log(upload);
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
}

await main();

{
  IpfsHash: "bafkreibm6jg3ux5qumhcn2b3flc3tyu6dmlb4xa7u5bf44yegnrjhc4yeq",
  PinSize: 5,
  Timestamp: "2024-07-11T23:33:27.665Z",
}

import { PinataSDK } from "pinata-web3";

const pinata = new PinataSDK({
  pinataJwt: process.env.PINATA_JWT!,
  pinataGateway: "example-gateway.mypinata.cloud",
});

async function main() {
  try {
    const data = await pinata.gateways.get(
      "bafkreibm6jg3ux5qumhcn2b3flc3tyu6dmlb4xa7u5bf44yegnrjhc4yeq"
    );
    console.log(data)

    const url = await pinata.gateways.convert(
      "bafkreib4pqtikzdjlj4zigobmd63lig7u6oxlug24snlr6atjlmlza45dq",
    )
    console.log(url)
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
}

main();

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Prizes

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Example Apps

Built specially for UGA Hacks, thedappbook is an example of a fullstack decentralized application.

thedappbook

One big wall of posts using Ethereum and IPFS through Pinata

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Tutorials

How to Mint NFTs with Foundry, Viem, and Pinata

How to Mint an NFT on Base

How to Use Pinata with Cursor, Zed, and other LLMs

Making Private NFTs

How to Build an NFT Indexer with Ponder and Pinata

How to Build a Fullstack Mobile App with Expo

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Need Help?

We got troops on the ground! 🫡 Come find us at our table on the 4th floor of the MLC, shoot us an email, or chat with us on Discord!