Stats API

• ipfs.stats.bitswap([options]
• ipfs.stats.repo([options])
• ipfs.stats.bw([options])
  • Parameters
  • Options
  • Returns
  • Example

ipfs.stats.bitswap([options]

Show diagnostic information on the bitswap agent.

Note: stats.bitswap and bitswap.stat can be used interchangeably. See bitswap.stat for more details.

ipfs.stats.repo([options])

Get stats for the currently used repo.

Note: stats.repo and repo.stat can be used interchangeably. See repo.stat for more details.

ipfs.stats.bw([options])

Get IPFS bandwidth information.

Parameters

None

Options

An optional object which may have the following keys:

Name	Type	Default	Description
peer	PeerId	undefined	Specifies a peer to print bandwidth for
proto	String	undefined	Specifies a protocol to print bandwidth for
poll	boolean	undefined	Is used to yield bandwidth info at an interval
interval	Number	undefined	The time interval to wait between updating output, if poll is true
timeout	Number	undefined	A timeout in ms
signal	AbortSignal	undefined	Can be used to cancel any long running requests started as a result of this call

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncIterable<Object>	An async iterable that yields IPFS bandwidth information

Each yielded object contains the following keys:

• totalIn - is a BigInt, in bytes.
• totalOut - is a BigInt, in bytes.
• rateIn - is a float, in bytes.
• rateOut - is a float, in bytes.

Example

for await (const stats of ipfs.stats.bw()) {
  console.log(stats)
}
// { totalIn: BigInt {...},
//   totalOut: BigInt {...},
//   rateIn: number {...},
//   rateOut: number {...} }

A great source of examples can be found in the tests for this API.