ipfs-echo

Streamlines the process of posting small chunks of data to ipfs, such as from an arduino project.

One Line Download and Run

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CompulsiveCoder/ipfs-echo/master/run-from-github.sh | sh

Setup

sh init.sh

Build

sh build.sh

Basic Usage

Syntax: mono ipfs-echo.exe "[text]" -h

Example: mono ipfs-echo.exe "Hello world!" -h

Notes:

• The -h argument tells ipfs-echo to only output the hash, with other output details excluded. This hash can be used to access the data via ipfs.

Example output:

QmQzCQn4puG4qu8PVysxZmscmQ5vT1ZXpqo7f58Uh9QfyY

After using ipfs-echo go to:

http://ipfs.io/ipfs/[hash]

Example ipfs URL:

http://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmQzCQn4puG4qu8PVysxZmscmQ5vT1ZXpqo7f58Uh9QfyY

Publishing Data

Data can be published with a fixed and persistent URL. The same URL can be used to access the data even after it changes or is updated.

Syntax:

mono ipfs-echo.exe "[text]" --publish "[custom key]"

Examples:

mono ipfs-echo.exe "Hello world!" --publish "MyProject"

mono ipfs-echo.exe "Hello world!" --publish "6c1f9b51-721f-4ccf-9a0e-ee06c4280faa"

Notes:

• Use the "--replace" argument to replace the old text with the new text. By default, it will append the text to the end so that older data isn't accidentally overwritten.

Example output snippet:

Date: 19/11/2015 1:24:02 PM; Temperature: 33c; http://localhost:8080/ipns/QmeBPLVyvWcnGk3n6c5vapXzbkMH3ZQQiwhnnfTRdcSGMr/TemperatureData/data.txt https://ipfs.io/ipns/QmeBPLVyvWcnGk3n6c5vapXzbkMH3ZQQiwhnnfTRdcSGMr/TemperatureData/data.txt

Date: 19/11/2015 1:24:37 PM; Temperature: 33c; http://localhost:8080/ipns/QmeBPLVyvWcnGk3n6c5vapXzbkMH3ZQQiwhnnfTRdcSGMr/TemperatureData/data.txt https://ipfs.io/ipns/QmeBPLVyvWcnGk3n6c5vapXzbkMH3ZQQiwhnnfTRdcSGMr/TemperatureData/data.txt

Date: 19/11/2015 1:25:11 PM; Temperature: 33c; http://localhost:8080/ipns/QmeBPLVyvWcnGk3n6c5vapXzbkMH3ZQQiwhnnfTRdcSGMr/TemperatureData/data.txt https://ipfs.io/ipns/QmeBPLVyvWcnGk3n6c5vapXzbkMH3ZQQiwhnnfTRdcSGMr/TemperatureData/data.txt