I’m sorry if this is a stupid question. I assume it can’t be done. I just have an NFT with a broken content link, presumably because the creator is no longer running the IPFS node. Is there any way to get the link to work again after it’s broken if I have the original image and the CID? Thanks in advance.
Chat gpt says that it’s possible…I checked the hash values and my images match with the originals that are associated with the NFT. Sorry guys I don’t know a lot about this IPFS. I’m just trying to upload my own images that were saved from the original NFT to fix the content links, I can run the IPFS node if necessary. I just don’t know if it’s even possible because I didn’t mint them originally…
Well, while a CID is ensured to match only one file, one file can have many CIDs (depending on the parameters used when adding it to IPFS).
I would first try to retrieve it using the CID you have. Just trying it a few times in a browser doesn’t cut it, as it will time out within a minute or so. You need to run a CLI command to acquire it (the pin add command is the best for that) and let it run for a while (read: 24 to 48 hours). There are many reasons why the file might not come back quickly, but will over the course of hours. If you are unable or unwilling to try this, you can post the CID here and some of us can try. Once one of us is successful, it’ll become readily available to you (that’s the beauty of IPFS).
If that fails, you can try to add the file to your node. Try with the default parameters first. If that doesn’t match, try a few of the standard variants. If that doesn’t work, there is literally an almost infinite amount of possibilities. So, the odds of you finding the right combination are … slim.
Thanks, I did what you said and tried to pin add it and I’ll just wait and see if it returns in a day or two!