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Using Storage

You can upload content on IPFS. Starton IPFS is a storage and pinning service, where you can host files, folders, and metadata on our IPFS nodes so that they remain available at all times.

Uploading Files to IPFS​

POST requests with a body should have the Content-Type header with value application/json. For sending files it should be multipart/form-data.

   const axios = require("axios")
const FormData = require("form-data")
const fs = require("fs")

// AUTHENTICATING TO THE API USING YOUR API KEY
const startonApi = axios.create({
    baseURL: "https://api.starton.com",
    headers: {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
})

const buffer = fs.readFileSync("path/of/your/file.extension")
let data = new FormData()
data.append("file", buffer, "filename")
// By setting "isSync" to "true, the request will wait for the pin before completing"
data.append("isSync", "false")

// Optional: you can add metadata on starton to your file
const metadata = JSON.stringify({ your: "additional", meta: "data" })
data.append("metadata", metadata)
startonApi.post("/v3/ipfs/file", data, {
    headers: {
        "Content-type": `multipart/form-data; boundary=${data.getBoundary()}`,
    },
})
    .then(res=>console.log(res.data))
    .catch(e=>console.log(e))