prova get

Streams a stored piece back to stdout, or to a file with -o.

prova get bafy…q4kr -o ./out.bin

Usage

prova get <cid> [-o <output-file>]

Flag	Description
-o, --output	Write the bytes to a file instead of stdout.

Examples

# Stream to stdout (good for text)
prova get bafy…q4kr

# Pipe to less / xxd
prova get bafy…q4kr | xxd | head

# Save to disk
prova get bafy…q4kr -o ./recovered.tar.gz

# Verify the prover served the right bytes
prova get bafy…q4kr -o /tmp/x
shasum -a 256 /tmp/x
# (compare to the expected cid)

Auth

prova get does not require auth. Retrieval is public for any cid that exists on the network.

See also

• prova put
• GET /p/{cid}