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Pin an existing CID on IPFS to your Pinata account

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Usage

import { PinataSDK } from "pinata";

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

const pin = await pinata.upload.public.cid("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")

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Returns

type PinByCIDResponse = {
	id: string;
	cid: string;
	status: "prechecking" | "retrieving";
	name: string;
};

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Parameters

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cid

  • Type: string
Target CID already on IPFS 
const pin = await pinata.upload.public.cid("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")

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keyvalues (Optional)

  • Type: Record<string, string>
Add optional keyvalues to file 
const upload = await pinata.upload.public
  .cid("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")
  .keyvalues({
    env: "prod"
  })

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name (Optional)

  • Type: string
Add optional name to file 
const upload = await pinata.upload.public
  .cid("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")
  .name("hello.txt")

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group (Optional)

  • Type: string
Upload to a specific group by passing in the groupId 
const pin = await pinata.upload.public
  .cid("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")
  .group("b07da1ff-efa4-49af-bdea-9d95d8881103")

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key (Optional)

  • Type: string
Upload a file using a secondary API key generated through keys.create() 
const pin = await pinata.upload.public
  .cid("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")
  .key("GENERATED_API_JWT")

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peerAddress (Optional)

  • Type: string[]
Accepts an array of host node IDs to peer with 
const pin = await pinata.upload
  .cid("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")
  .peerAddress([
    "/ip4/hostNode1ExternalIP/tcp/4001/ipfs/hostNode1PeerId",
    "/ip4/hostNode2ExternalIP/tcp/4001/ipfs/hostNode2PeerId"
  ])