Get key by name

Help Kubo
1

It is possible to list the key/name pairs like this:

> ipfs key list -l --ipns-base b58mh
12D3KooWF44SaSomGuUSNycgpkRwQcxcsMYeNbtn6XCHPR2ojodv self           
12D3KooWMNrGeGSAMw64MCBsqiFy3B67vZb6bRmHnxsT9QazWBAL test1
12D3KooWSBaU3k8BSmKZS319v7uqHabrXqxidxAnveiL3NjfYZgm test2  
12D3KooWDisrDBrcQfjGcYd7iGin8JoTmSMva5isCDuu9kieUR7H test3

It would be nice to add a way to get a key by name like:

> ipfs key get --name test2
12D3KooWSBaU3k8BSmKZS319v7uqHabrXqxidxAnveiL3NjfYZgm

Is it worth opening a feature request issue on kubo repo? I do not see an existing one.

PS: related to How IPNS, "ipfs key" keystore file name are made? which answers how to get the key in command line. It should also be possible via the RPC API.

1 Like
2

Just an amateur in this regard, but I believe this is by design. Ref. ipfs key export (key with name doesn't exist) · Issue #8327 · ipfs/kubo · GitHub

3

You are right that the private key should not be accessible this way, but my message was about the public key, which is the IPNS entry

4

Feel free to open a feature request or better yet, a PR.

I agree that this would be useful.

1 Like
5

No time yet to open a PR, so here is the feature request: Get key by name · Issue #10415 · ipfs/kubo · GitHub.