Accessing Data

There are different ways to access your data

As soon as a group is offloaded, the data is deleted from the gateway and only stored on Filecoin.

With Nextcloud #

Nextcloud can act as a gateway to Filecoin by allowing authenticated and mapped access to the /Public Filecoin/ directory. You can transparently browse the files through Nextcloud. Nextcloud retrieves the files from Filecoin on your behalf.

Using our Nextcloud instance provides high bandwidth and low latency leveraging features, like Sharding or Bandwidth Aggregation. However, you can also leverage any public IPFS gateway or set up your own IPFS node to gain direct access to the data.

With Public IPFS Gateways #

Any file with retrievableCopies >= 1 can be browsed via public IPFS gateways. Simply replace <CID> with your file’s CID.

Example Public Gateway URL: #

https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/<CID>

With Kubo Desktop #

Any file with retrievableCopies >= 1 can be accessed using public IPFS gateways. Simply replace <CID> with your file’s CID.

Kubo Desktop provides an intuitive interface for accessing IPFS data.

Steps: #

1. Open Kubo Desktop.
2. Use the CID to fetch your file directly