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Retrieve a file from IPFS through the config’s pinataGateway

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Usage

import { PinataSDK } from "pinata-web3";

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

const file = await pinata.gateways.public.get("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")

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Returns

Returns the data from the CID in the form of JSON, string, or Blob as well as the ContentType 
type GetCIDResponse = {
  data?: JSON | string | Blob | null;
  contentType: ContentType;
};

type ContentType =
  | "application/json"
  | "application/xml"
  | "text/plain"
  | "text/html"
  | "text/css"
  | "text/javascript"
  | "application/javascript"
  | "image/jpeg"
  | "image/png"
  | "image/gif"
  | "image/svg+xml"
  | "audio/mpeg"
  | "audio/ogg"
  | "video/mp4"
  | "application/pdf"
  | "application/octet-stream"
  | string;

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Parameters

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cid

  • Type: string
Accepts CID or IPFS gateway link. 
const data = await pinata.gateways.public.get(
	"bafybeibo5zcqeorhqxczodrx52rn7byyrwfvwthz5dspnjlbkd7zkugefi/hello-1.txt",
);

const data = await pinata.gateways.public.get(
	"https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafybeibo5zcqeorhqxczodrx52rn7byyrwfvwthz5dspnjlbkd7zkugefi/hello-1.txt",
);

const data = await pinata.gateways.public.get(
	"https://bafyreibroegmxohcbvvs3rziqsp3osyn7t5rzot34y6pn5xtewffhtsl4e.ipfs.nftstorage.link/metadata.json",
);

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Methods

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optimizeImage (Optional)

type OptimizeImageOptions = {
  width?: number;
  height?: number;
  dpr?: number;
  fit?: "scaleDown" | "contain" | "cover" | "crop" | "pad";
  gravity?: "auto" | "side" | string;
  quality?: number;
  format?: "auto" | "webp";
  animation?: boolean;
  sharpen?: number;
  onError?: boolean;
  metadata?: "keep" | "copyright" | "none";
};
If the content being fetched is an image you can apply image optimizations to the image. 
const data = await pinata.gateways.public
  .get("QmVLwvmGehsrNEvhcCnnsw5RQNseohgEkFNN1848zNzdng")
  .optimizeImage({
    width: 500,
    height: 500,
    format: "webp"
  })