How do I get the hash of a folder via ipfshttpapi?

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After hours of trying to get my own API code to write with IPFS, I’ve switched to the official ipfshttpapi.

When I try and run this code:

client.files.ls("/")

I get:

{'Entries': [{'Hash': '', 'Name': 'GANN', 'Size': 0, 'Type': 0}]}

Where can I get the hash for the GANN folder? This command worked through my own API, but not the official API.

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And honestly like to know what that even really means at the end of the day because I feel like I’m just constantly digesting misinformation this process thing updates all the time by people who won’t even let me approach

3

Is this with the js http api client? If so, what versions of the http client & ipfs are you using?

I ask because with 0.4.x of go-ipfs you have to specify a ‘l: true’ option to get more than just the filename - with 0.5.x that changed to ‘long: true’ and with ipfs-http-client@44.2.0 we started sending that param as true by default but stopped sending the ‘l’ param.

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I’m using Python. I’m using 4.x. I’lll give it a shot. Thanks.