CID Tool

A module and command line tool for converting, formatting and discovering properties of CIDs

Install

• Install Node.js 8+

npm install -g cid-tool # for command line usage
# or
npm install cid-tool    # for programmatic usage

Usage

CLI

$ cid --help
cid <command>

Commands:
  cid base32 [cids...]  Convert CIDs to base 32 CID version 1.
  cid bases             List available multibase encoding names.
  cid codecs            List available CID codec names.
  cid format [cids...]  Format and convert a CID in various useful ways.
  cid hashes            List available multihash hashing algorithm names.

Options:
  --version  Show version number                                     [boolean]
  --help     Show help                                               [boolean]

Note: help is also available for each command e.g. cid format --help

Example

$ cid base32 QmdnJHe9XKk6atRSqAq1SdCu12MMSKxSPC93EWngEDoypj
bafybeihfofifyyrirgqad3de7nkyldbleo3awwv4ghbba4ipjqthk2nhaa

$ cid bases --prefix
0 base1
1 base2
7 base8
9 base10
f base16
b base32
c base32pad
v base32hex
t base32hexpad
h base32z
Z base58flickr
z base58btc
m base64
M base64pad
u base64url
U base64urlpad

$ cid codecs
raw
base1
base2
base8
base10
cbor
protobuf
# ...

$ cid format mAXASIOVxUFxiKImgAexk+1WFjCsjtgtavDHCEHEPTCZ1aacA -f "%b CIDv%V %h"
base64 CIDv1 sha2-256

$ cid hashes
id
sha1
sha2-256
sha2-512
dbl-sha2-256
sha3-224
sha3-256
sha3-384
sha3-512
shake-128
shake-256
keccak-224
# ...

Module

const CIDTool = require('cid-tool')
// Then see API docs below...

API

CIDTool.base32(cid)

Convert the passed CID to base 32 CID version 1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
cid	CID|String|Uint8Array	CID to convert.

Returns

Type	Description
String	Base 32 encoded version 1 CID

Example

> CIDTool.base32('QmdnJHe9XKk6atRSqAq1SdCu12MMSKxSPC93EWngEDoypj')
'bafybeihfofifyyrirgqad3de7nkyldbleo3awwv4ghbba4ipjqthk2nhaa'

CIDTool.bases()

List available multibase encoding name and code pairs.

Returns

Type	Description
Array<{name<String>, code<String>}>	Multibase encoding name and code pairs

Example

> CIDTool.bases()
[ { name: 'base1', code: '0' },
  { name: 'base2', code: '1' },
  { name: 'base8', code: '7' },
  { name: 'base10', code: '9' },
  { name: 'base16', code: 'f' },
  { name: 'base32', code: 'b' },
  { name: 'base32pad', code: 'c' },
  { name: 'base32hex', code: 'v' },
  { name: 'base32hexpad', code: 't' },
  { name: 'base32z', code: 'h' },
  { name: 'base58flickr', code: 'Z' },
  { name: 'base58btc', code: 'z' },
  { name: 'base64', code: 'm' },
  { name: 'base64pad', code: 'M' },
  { name: 'base64url', code: 'u' },
  { name: 'base64urlpad', code: 'U' } ]

CIDTool.codecs()

List available CID codec name and code pairs.

Returns

Type	Description
Array<{name<String>, code<Number>}>	CID codec name and code pairs

Example

> CIDTool.codecs()
[ { name: 'raw', code: 85 },
  { name: 'base1', code: 1 },
  { name: 'base2', code: 0 },
  { name: 'base8', code: 7 },
  { name: 'base10', code: 9 },
  { name: 'cbor', code: 81 },
  { name: 'protobuf', code: 80 },
  /* ... */ ]

CIDTool.format(cid, [options])

Format and convert a CID in various useful ways.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
cid	CID|String|Uint8Array	CID to format
options	Object	(optional) options for formatting
options.format	String	Format string to use, default "%s"
options.base	String	Multibase name or code to use for output
options.cidVersion	Number	Convert the CID to the given version if possible

Available format specifiers:

• %% literal %
• %b multibase name
• %B multibase code
• %v version string
• %V version number
• %c codec name
• %C codec code
• %h multihash name
• %H multihash code
• %L hash digest length
• %m multihash encoded in base %b (with multibase prefix)
• %M multihash encoded in base %b without multibase prefix
• %d hash digest encoded in base %b (with multibase prefix)
• %D hash digest encoded in base %b without multibase prefix
• %s cid string encoded in base %b (1)
• %S cid string encoded in base %b without multibase prefix
• %P cid prefix: %v-%c-%h-%L

(1) For CID version 0 the multibase must be base58btc and no prefix is used. For Cid version 1 the multibase prefix is included.

Returns

Type	Description
String	Formatted string

Example

> CIDTool.format('QmUNLLsPACCz1vLxQVkXqqLX5R1X345qqfHbsf67hvA3Nn', { format: '%b-%v-%c-%h-%L' })
'base58btc-cidv0-dag-pb-sha2-256-32'

> CIDTool.format('QmUNLLsPACCz1vLxQVkXqqLX5R1X345qqfHbsf67hvA3Nn', { cidVersion: 1 })
'zdj7WbTaiJT1fgatdet9Ei9iDB5hdCxkbVyhyh8YTUnXMiwYi'

> CIDTool.format('zdj7WksYf5DNoDhTbjNZundK13TdEYo9sNaFWYZuKBM3fNszf', { base: 'base64' })
'mAXASIOVxUFxiKImgAexk+1WFjCsjtgtavDHCEHEPTCZ1aacA'

CIDTool.hashes()

List available multihash hashing algorithm name and code pairs.

Returns

Type	Description
Array<{name<String>, code<Number>}>	Multihash hashing algorithm name and code pairs

Example

> CIDTool.hashes()
[ { name: 'id', code: 0 },
  { name: 'sha1', code: 17 },
  { name: 'sha2-256', code: 18 },
  { name: 'sha2-512', code: 19 },
  { name: 'dbl-sha2-256', code: 86 },
  { name: 'sha3-224', code: 23 },
  { name: 'sha3-256', code: 22 },
  /* ... */ ]

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License

Copyright (c) Protocol Labs, Inc. under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.