Name: cid-fetch
Price: 0.005 USDC
Availability: InStock

$ man cid-fetch

agentutility / edge-market / cid-fetch

PRICE / CALL

$0.005

USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact

METHOD

POST

CLUSTER

edgemarket

CATEGORY

uncategorized

STATUS

● live

NAME

cid-fetch — fetches the content behind an ipfs cid and optional path through public gateways, returning text, json, or base64 with a 5 mb cap

synonym alias of ipfs-fetch — reuses the canonical handler.

SYNOPSIS

POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/cid-fetch
     Content-Type: application/json
     X-PAYMENT:    <signed-transferWithAuthorization>

     { ... }

↳ first call → 402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.

DESCRIPTION

Fetches the content behind an IPFS CID and optional path through public gateways, returning text, JSON, or base64 with a 5 MB cap. Use it as a CID fetch API, IPFS content reader, or decentralized file fetcher.

INPUT — request schema

property	type	description	req?
cid	string	IPFS CID, CIDv0 (Qm... base58, 46 chars) or CIDv1 (bafy... base32). Required.	required
path	string	Optional sub-path inside the IPFS directory, e.g. '/index.html' or 'metadata.json'. Leading slash optional.	optional
max_bytes	number	Maximum response size in bytes. Default 1000000 (1 MB). Hard-capped at 5000000 (5 MB).	optional
output	string	How to return the content. 'base64' (default — safe for binary), 'text' (UTF-8 decode), or 'json' (UTF-8 decode + JSON.parse). Returns 502 if 'json' is requested and the body doesn't parse. enum: base64 · text · json	optional

OUTPUT — response shape

field	type	description
cid	string	—
gateway_used	string	—
content_type	string	—
size_bytes	string	—
content	string	—
source	string	—

EXAMPLES — two ways to call

EXAMPLE 1 · curl

curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/cid-fetch \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ }'

first response = 402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.

EXAMPLE 2 · mcp

# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster
npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster>

# Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base
export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x...

# Then call the cid-fetch tool from your MCP-aware agent.

MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.

METADATA

tags: edge-marketcidfetchcid-fetch
methods: POST
cluster: edgemarket
price: $0.005 USDC per call

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