random-cid

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random-cid

Generate a random CID

Building

git clone https://github.com/application-research/random-cid.git
cd random-cid
go build .

Usage

You can use the CLI directly

# random v1 CID
$ ./random-cid
bafkreigd6pc65n4mcfabl3ucv2waoxwizxqizrd32r6cmqjx5zsul4jv3i

# random v0 CID
$ ./random-cid -c 0
QmaA14Co9Q9AuNHcs6KH2ZmJ8sCTwW6ZN7TJfxNcXnrUAX

Or you can start an API to retrieve CIDs over HTTP

./random-cid api

The API endpoints are:

• GET /: returns a random CID v1
• GET /v0: returns a random CID v0
• GET /v1: returns a random CID v1
• GET /peer: returns the libp2p peer address for the random-cid ipfs node