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POST
/
files
/
public
/
pin_by_cid
Pin by CID
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.pinata.cloud/v3/files/public/pin_by_cid \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "cid": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "group_id": "<string>",
  "keyvalues": {},
  "host_nodes": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}
'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "cid": "<string>",
    "keyvalues": {},
    "group_id": "<string>",
    "status": "<string>",
    "date_queued": "<string>",
    "hose_nodes": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  }
}

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Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
​
cid
string
required

CID of the file you want to pin

​
name
string

Add a custom name for the file

​
group_id
string

ID of the group you would like to upload

​
keyvalues
object

Add additional key value metadata to files upon upload

​
host_nodes
string[]

An optional array of host node IDs, use ipfs id in Kubo to get these

Response

200 - application/json

OK

​
data
object