How can you list all file objects loaded in IPFS?

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I can add recursively a bunch of files within IPFS with $ ipfs add -r data/

How can I get a list back of all loaded file objects [in a specific directory]? Similar to aws s3 listObjects...

The ipfs file ls command does not seem to be recursive. I understand that I can call the API a thousand times but that does not seem to be very efficient.

I must be missing something here. Thanks, Pat.

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 14 '18 at 17:36

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IPFS is based on Merkle tree, so you can display all elements under your root resource. You can use:

web ui: http://localhost:8080/ipfs/<your_root_resource_hash>
graphmd: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmNZiPk974vDsPmQii3YbrMKfi12KTSNM7XMiYyiea4VYZ/example#/ipfs/QmRFTtbyEp3UaT67ByYW299Suw7HKKnWK6NJMdNFzDjYdX/graphmd/README.md
shell commands:
- ipfs ls <your_root_resource_hash>
- ipfs refs -r <your_root_resource_hash>

Docs for ipfs files ls

edit : More important, your directory name is not persisted into IPFS. You can access your resource knowing its hash, the one you get when you add it with ipfs add -r <your_dir>

edited Aug 14 '18 at 17:36

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answered Dec 01 '16 at 11:25

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But can you get all sub-resources in one command?... like ipfs ls -r – Pat Cappelaere Dec 06 '16 at 13:58
Sorry but I still fail to see the -r option – Pat Cappelaere Dec 07 '16 at 20:11
hi Pat could you try type this : – josselin chevalay Dec 08 '16 at 07:43
`ipfs refs -r /ipfs/QmW2WQi7j6c7UgJTarActp7tDNikE4B2qXtFCfLPdsgaTQ` and could you precise the ipfs version use ? `ipfs version` i use 0.4.4 – josselin chevalay Dec 08 '16 at 07:45
edit : try this hash ipfs/QmYwAPJzv5CZsnA625s3Xf2nemtYgPpHdWEz79ojWnPbdG instead of QmW2WQi7j6c7UgJTarActp7tDNikE4B2qXtFCfLPdsgaTQ – josselin chevalay Dec 08 '16 at 08:14

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 01 '21 at 16:16

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You can use this command to list all objects

ipfs files ls

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answered Oct 01 '21 at 14:12

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What's the difference between this and `ipfs filestore ls`, as others have suggested? When might this be preferred? – Jeremy Caney Oct 01 '21 at 16:07

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 15 '18 at 01:45

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If you are interested in local files added with something like ipfs add -r --nocopy /files, what you want is

ipfs filestore ls

Unfortunately now this lists blocks instead of whole files, see https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/5293

answered Oct 15 '18 at 01:45

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 08 '19 at 05:07

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you can use the command:

ipfs filestore ls

answered Dec 08 '19 at 05:07

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How can you list all file objects loaded in IPFS?

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