upload.public.url

Pinata SDK upload.public.url fetches content from an HTTP URL and uploads it to public IPFS, returning a CID and file ID for the saved data.

Upload the contents of a URL to Pinata

Usage

import { PinataSDK } from "pinata";

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

const upload = await pinata.upload.public.url("https://i.imgur.com/u4mGk5b.gif")

Returns

type UploadResponse = {
	id: string;
	name: string;
	cid: string;
	size: number;
	created_at: string;
	number_of_files: number;
	mime_type: string;
	group_id: string | null;
	keyvalues: {
		[key: string]: string;
	};
	vectorized: boolean;
	network: string;
};

Parameters

url

• Type: string

Accepts a URL in the form of a string. The mimetype of the URL body provided in the headers typically determines the resulting file.

const upload = await pinata.upload.public.url("https://i.imgur.com/u4mGk5b.gif")

group (Optional)

• Type: string

Upload to a specific group by passing in the groupId

const upload = await pinata.upload.public
  .url("https://i.imgur.com/u4mGk5b.gif")
  .group("b07da1ff-efa4-49af-bdea-9d95d8881103")

keyvalues (Optional)

• Type: Record<string, string>

Add optional keyvalues to file

const upload = await pinata.upload.public
  .url("https://i.imgur.com/u4mGk5b.gif")
  .keyvalues({
    env: "prod"
  })

name (Optional)

• Type: string

Add optional name to file

const upload = await pinata.upload.public
  .url("https://i.imgur.com/u4mGk5b.gif")
  .name("pinnie.gif")

url (Optional)

• Type: string

Pass in a presigned upload URL created with createSignedURL

const upload = await pinata.upload.public
  .url(url)
  .url(url)

key (Optional)

• Type: string

Upload a file using a secondary API key generated through keys.create()

const upload = await pinata.upload.public
  .url("https://i.imgur.com/u4mGk5b.gif")
  .key("GENERATED_API_JWT")