The storage provider is a web-server that accepts incoming files from users and creates contracts for the users to approve. These contracts last until the user either cancels them or the provider itself goes offline.
This assumes you have either already set up a node or are using another RPC provider in your ~/.canined/config/client.toml file.
To quickly set up a storage provider, one must initialize their provider & announce themselves to the network. Then they start the provider from their account of choice which stores files in the ~/.canined/config/networkfiles folder (this can be changed with the --home flag).
To use a different home directory to store the files, you must run init with the home flag set to where you wish to initialize it.
You must also be using the keyring-backend: test. (canined config keyring-backend test)
$ canined config chain-id {current-chain-id}
$ canined tx storage init-miner {IP_ADDRESS} {STORAGE_IN_BYTES} --from {KEY_NAME} --gas-prices=0.002ujkl --gas-adjustment=1.5
$ canined start-miner --from {KEY_NAME} --gas-prices=0.002ujkl --gas-adjustment=1.5 -yFiles can be uploaded through a POST request to localhost:3333/upload with form data.
| Key | Data |
|---|---|
| file | {filedata} |
| sender | {address} |
The response will be a JSON response formatted as:
{
"CID": "cid...",
"FID": "fid..."
}Gettings files is as easy as running a GET request at localhost:3333/download/{FID}. This will return the file as a blob to the browser.