curl/docs/cmdline-opts/ipfs-gateway.md

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c: Copyright (C) Mark Gaiser, markg85@gmail.com SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: ipfs-gateway Arg: Help: Gateway for IPFS Protocols: IPFS Added: 8.4.0 Category: ipfs Multi: single See-also:

• help
• manual Example:
• --ipfs-gateway $URL ipfs:// ---

--ipfs-gateway

Specify which gateway to use for IPFS and IPNS URLs. Not specifying this will instead make curl check if the IPFS_GATEWAY environment variable is set, or if a ~/.ipfs/gateway file holding the gateway URL exists.

If you run a local IPFS node, this gateway is by default available under http://localhost:8080. A full example URL would look like:

curl --ipfs-gateway http://localhost:8080 ipfs://bafybeigagd5nmnn2iys2f3doro7ydrevyr2mzarwidgadawmamiteydbzi

There are many public IPFS gateways. See for example: https://ipfs.github.io/public-gateway-checker/

WARNING: If you opt to go for a remote gateway you should be aware that you completely trust the gateway. This is fine in local gateways as you host it yourself. With remote gateways there could potentially be a malicious actor returning you data that does not match the request you made, inspect or even interfere with the request. You will not notice this when using curl. A mitigation could be to go for a "trustless" gateway. This means you locally verify that the data. Consult the docs page on trusted vs trustless: https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/http/gateway/#trusted-vs-trustless