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How to fetch a file from a provider not in DHT?
I am trying to retrieve a file from a provider that is not listed in the Distributed Hash Table (DHT). Specifically, the file's only provider is PL dag.house (web3storage), but the peer ID of dag.house is not in the DHT, making it unreachable via its multiaddr. How can I fetch this file under these circumstances?
- IPFS
- Web3.storage
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1The data is not stored in the Distributed Hash Table (DHT), but it is likely advertised through the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) at https://github.com/ipni/specs and retrieved from an IPNI node, typically at https://cid.contact/.
In a broader sense, various routing systems can be utilized. An API at https://specs.ipfs.tech/routing/http-routing-v1/ offers an abstraction layer over these routing systems (such as DHT, IPNI, a self-hosted database, etc.) that can be configured in platforms like Kubo, Boxo, and Helia.
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The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system.
