ipfs.files.get throws error on multiaddr

[somebody1234]

I'm using ipfs = new IPFS() to initialize, and when I use ipfs.files.get with a multiaddr it rejects the Promise with Error: not valid multihash. I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong.

[daviddias]

You are using it with a multiaddr and not a multihash?

[somebody1234]

@diasdavid Yes, and the api says I can use a multiaddr

[daviddias]

Ups, its a typo, sorry about that @somebody1234 -- ipfs-inactive/interface-js-ipfs-core@dad7f81

[somebody1234]

Okay, how would I get a file by filename?

[somebody1234]

Also, I'm using the multihash format shown in the API and I'm still getting an error saying it's not a valid multihash

[daviddias]

@somebody1234 could you provide a snippet on how to reproduce?

[somebody1234]

Snippet:

const IPFS = require('ipfs'),
    ipfs = new IPFS();
ipfs.files.get('/ipfs/QmNhFJjGcMPqpuYfxL62VVB9528NXqDNMFXiqN5bgFYiZ1', (err, fole) => console.log(file)||file.content.pipe(process.stdout))

[daviddias]

You need to init, load and start the node if you would like it to fetch data from other nodes.

One important question, where did you get that hash from?

[somebody1234]

It's Neocities' hash, I was using it for testing

[daviddias]

Got it, we don't have both networks connected (yet), so you won't be able to resolve hashes from go-ipfs in js-ipfs. This will change soon.