openapi.yaml

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: IPNI HTTP API
  description: The Interplanetary Network Indexer (IPNI) HTTP query API.
  version: 0.0.1
paths:
  /cid/{cid}:
    get:
      description: Finds provider records for a given CID by extracting its multihash.
      parameters:
        - name: cid
          in: path
          description: The string representation of the CID.
          required: true
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Cascade'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: At least one provider was found successfully.
          content:
            'application/json':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindResponse'
              examples:
                providerRecords:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JsonFindResponse'
            'application/x-ndjson':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProviderRecord'
              examples:
                providerRecords:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/NDJsonProviderRecords'
        '400':
          description: The given request is not valid.
          content:
            text/plain: { }
        '404':
          description: No results were found for the given CID.
        '500':
          description: Failure occurred while processing the request.
          content:
            text/plain: { }
  /cid:
    options:
      description: Returns permitted communication options for lookup by CID.
      responses:
        204:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/FindOptions'
  /multihash/{multihash}:
    get:
      description: Finds provider records for a given multihash
      parameters:
        - name: multihash
          in: path
          description: The base58 string representation of the multihash.
          required: true
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Cascade'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: At least one provider was found successfully.
          content:
            'application/json':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindResponse'
              examples:
                providerRecords:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JsonFindResponse'
            'application/x-ndjson':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProviderRecord'
              examples:
                providerRecords:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/NDJsonProviderRecords'
        '400':
          description: The given request is not valid.
          content:
            text/plain: { }
        '404':
          description: No results were found for the given multihash.
        '500':
          description: Failure occurred while processing the request.
          content:
            text/plain: { }
  /multihash:
    options:
      description: Returns permitted communication options for lookup by multihash.
      responses:
        204:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/FindOptions'
    post:
      description: Batch finds provider records for a given set of multihashes
      requestBody:
        description: Callback payload
        required: true
        content:
          'application/json':
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindResponse'
            examples:
              providerRecords:
                $ref: '#/components/examples/JsonFindResponseMultiple'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: At least one provider was found successfully.
          content:
            'application/json':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindResponse'
        '400':
          description: The given request is not valid.
          content:
            text/plain: { }
        '404':
          description: No results were found for any of the given multihashs.
        '500':
          description: Failure occurred while processing the request.
          content:
            text/plain: { }
components:
  schemas:
    FindResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/MultihashResults'
    MultihashResults:
      type: array
      items:
        type: object
        properties:
          Multihash:
            type: string
            description: base64 string representation of the queried multihash
          ProviderResults:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProviderRecord'
    ProviderRecord:
      type: object
      properties:
        ContextID:
          type: string
          description: base64 encoded context ID.
        Metadata:
          type: string
          description: base64 encoded metadata.
        Provider:
          type: object
          properties:
            ID:
              type: string
              description: encoded libp2p peer ID of the provider.
            Addrs:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
                description: string representation of the provider multiaddr.
    FindRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        Multihashes:
          type: array
          description: the list of multihashes for which to find providers.
          items:
            type: string
            description: base64 string representation of the multihash.
  examples:
    NDJsonProviderRecords:
      summary: Streaming provider records response
      value: |
        {"ContextID":"aXBmcy1kaHQtY2FzY2FkZQ==","Metadata":"gBI=","Provider":{"ID":"12D3KooWHVXoJnv2ifmr9K6LWwJPXxkfvzZRHzjiTZMvybeTnwPy","Addrs":["/ip4/145.40.89.101/tcp/4001","/ip4/145.40.89.101/tcp/4002/ws","/ip4/145.40.89.101/udp/4001/quic","/ip6/2604:1380:45f1:d800::1/tcp/4001","/ip6/2604:1380:45f1:d800::1/tcp/4002/ws","/ip6/2604:1380:45f1:d800::1/udp/4001/quic"]}}
        
        {"ContextID":"aXBmcy1kaHQtY2FzY2FkZQ==","Metadata":"gBI=","Provider":{"ID":"12D3KooWDpp7U7W9Q8feMZPPEpPP5FKXTUakLgnVLbavfjb9mzrT","Addrs":["/ip4/147.75.80.75/tcp/4001","/ip4/147.75.80.75/tcp/4002/ws","/ip4/147.75.80.75/udp/4001/quic","/ip6/2604:1380:4601:f600::5/tcp/4001","/ip6/2604:1380:4601:f600::5/tcp/4002/ws","/ip6/2604:1380:4601:f600::5/udp/4001/quic"]}}
        
        {"ContextID":"aXBmcy1kaHQtY2FzY2FkZQ==","Metadata":"gBI=","Provider":{"ID":"12D3KooWCrBiagtZMzpZePCr1tfBbrZTh4BRQf7JurRqNMRi8YHF","Addrs":["/ip4/147.75.87.65/tcp/4001","/ip4/147.75.87.65/tcp/4002/ws","/ip4/147.75.87.65/udp/4001/quic","/ip6/2604:1380:4601:f600::1/tcp/4001","/ip6/2604:1380:4601:f600::1/tcp/4002/ws","/ip6/2604:1380:4601:f600::1/udp/4001/quic"]}}
    JsonFindResponse:
      summary: Find response with single multihash
      value: |
        {
          "MultihashResults": [
            {
              "Multihash": "EiDVNlzli2ONH3OslRv1Q0BRCKUCsERWs3RbthTVu6Xptg==",
              "ProviderResults": [
                {
                  "ContextID": "YmFndXFlZXJha3ppdzRwaWxuZmV5ZGFtNTdlZ2RxZTRxZjR4bzVuZmxqZG56emwzanV0YXJtbWltdHNqcQ==",
                  "Metadata": "gBI=",
                  "Provider": {
                    "ID": "QmQzqxhK82kAmKvARFZSkUVS6fo9sySaiogAnx5EnZ6ZmC",
                    "Addrs": [
                      "/dns4/elastic.dag.house/tcp/443/wss"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                {
                  "ContextID": "AXESID1YhQwxum55WMSHXI6EQbtVpnhm7QwGpDPYCm5bjwbr",
                  "Metadata": "kBKjaFBpZWNlQ0lE2CpYKAABgeIDkiAg7H0Gb8ZK4LC8aijKk56XS4diZvoLv9hcDz6iiE0gJhNsVmVyaWZpZWREZWFs9W1GYXN0UmV0cmlldmFs9Q==",
                  "Provider": {
                    "ID": "12D3KooW9yi2xLhXds9HC4x9vRN99mphq6ds8qN2YRf8zks1F32G",
                    "Addrs": [
                      "/ip4/149.5.22.10/tcp/24002"
                    ]
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
    JsonFindResponseMultiple:
      summary: Find response with multiple multihashes
      value: |
        {
          "MultihashResults": [
            {
              "Multihash": "EiDVNlzli2ONH3OslRv1Q0BRCKUCsERWs3RbthTVu6Xptg==",
              "ProviderResults": [
                {
                  "ContextID": "YmFndXFlZXJha3ppdzRwaWxuZmV5ZGFtNTdlZ2RxZTRxZjR4bzVuZmxqZG56emwzanV0YXJtbWltdHNqcQ==",
                  "Metadata": "gBI=",
                  "Provider": {
                    "ID": "QmQzqxhK82kAmKvARFZSkUVS6fo9sySaiogAnx5EnZ6ZmC",
                    "Addrs": [
                      "/dns4/elastic.dag.house/tcp/443/wss"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                {
                  "ContextID": "AXESID1YhQwxum55WMSHXI6EQbtVpnhm7QwGpDPYCm5bjwbr",
                  "Metadata": "kBKjaFBpZWNlQ0lE2CpYKAABgeIDkiAg7H0Gb8ZK4LC8aijKk56XS4diZvoLv9hcDz6iiE0gJhNsVmVyaWZpZWREZWFs9W1GYXN0UmV0cmlldmFs9Q==",
                  "Provider": {
                    "ID": "12D3KooW9yi2xLhXds9HC4x9vRN99mphq6ds8qN2YRf8zks1F32G",
                    "Addrs": [
                      "/ip4/149.5.22.10/tcp/24002"
                    ]
                  }
                }
              ],
              "Multihash": "oOQCIPNDQHkqUhHx5pVtF6ijer8cljI1oJ0oh710UqcamtuP",
              "ProviderResults": [
                {
                  "ContextID": "AXESIHKH83SGwMdaaJZfXNu6yXZtNHLUHT+llGMryKHXG8Wb",
                  "Metadata": "gBKQEqNoUGllY2VDSUTYKlgoAAGB4gOSICAYVAKmPqL1mpkiiDhd9iBaXoU/3rXorXxzjiyESP4hB2xWZXJpZmllZERlYWz0bUZhc3RSZXRyaWV2YWz1",
                  "Provider": {
                    "ID": "12D3KooWE8yt84RVwW3sFcd6WMjbUdWrZer2YtT4dmtj3dHdahSZ",
                    "Addrs": [
                      "/ip4/85.11.148.122/tcp/24001"
                    ]
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
  parameters:
    Cascade:
      name: cascade
      in: query
      description: |
        The comma separated list of routing systems to search for providers in addition to IPNI.
        The list of supported routing systems can be discovered by reading `X-IPNI-Allow-Cascade`
        response header to `OPTIONS` request.
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
  responses:
    FindOptions:
      description: Request accepted.
      headers:
        Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
          description: |
            The origin permitted to the request.
            See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin.
          schema:
            type: string
        Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
          description: |
            The comma separated list of HTTP headers inspected by the server.
            See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Headers
          schema:
            type: string
        Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
          description: |
            The comma separated list of permitted HTTP methods.
            See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Method
          schema:
            type: string
        X-IPNI-Allow-Cascade:
          description: |
            The comma separated list of supported routing systems onto which the lookup can be cascaded.
            The absence of this header implies that the server does not offer cascading lookups.
          schema:
            type: string
        X-IPNI-Legacy-Cascade-Peering:
          description: |
            The legacy cascade multiaddr to which to peer in order to make content provided only over Bitswap discoverable by an IPNI instance.
            This header may be repeated multiple times when the server offers more than one peering address.
            The absence of this header implies that the server does not offer legacy cascade peering.
          schema:
            type: string
externalDocs:
  description: IPNI Specification
  url: https://github.com/ipni/specs/blob/main/IPNI.md