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Remove Files (Unpin)
/pinning/unpin
The process of removing files from IPFS is called unpinning. When you unpin something from an IPFS storage node, it is marked for garbage collection. When garbage collection runs, the content is permanently deleted from the storage node.
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Read more about unpinning here
.
Unpinning a File
delete
https://api.pinata.cloud
/pinning/unpin/:CID
cURL
Node.js
Python
Go
curl
--location --request DELETE
'https://api.pinata.cloud/pinning/unpin/CID'
\
--header
'Authorization: Bearer PINATA JWT'
var
axios
=
require
(
'axios'
);
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var
config
=
{
method
:
'delete'
,
url
:
'https://api.pinata.cloud/pinning/unpin/CID'
,
headers
:
{
'Authorization'
:
'Bearer PINATA JWT'
}
};
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const
res
=
await
axios
(
config
);
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console
.
log
(
res
.
data
);
va
import
requests
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url
=
"https://api.pinata.cloud/pinning/unpin/CID"
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payload
=
{}
headers
=
{
'Authorization'
:
'Bearer PINATA JWT'
}
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response
=
requests
.
request
(
"DELETE"
,
url
,
headers
=
headers
,
data
=
payload
)
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print
(
response
.
text
)
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package
main
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import
(
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
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func
main
()
{
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url
:=
"https://api.pinata.cloud/pinning/unpin/CID"
method
:=
"DELETE"
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client
:=
&
http
.
Client
{
}
req
,
err
:=
http
.
NewRequest
(
method
,
url
,
nil
)
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if
err
!=
nil
{
fmt
.
Println
(
err
)
return
}
req
.
Header
.
Add
(
"Authorization"
,
"Bearer PINATA JWT"
)
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res
,
err
:=
client
.
Do
(
req
)
if
err
!=
nil
{
fmt
.
Println
(
err
)
return
}
defer
res
.
Body
.
Close
()
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body
,
err
:=
ioutil
.
ReadAll
(
res
.
Body
)
if
err
!=
nil
{
fmt
.
Println
(
err
)
return
}
fmt
.
Println
(
string
(
body
))
}
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Unpinning a File
delete