An IPFS URL is a reference to a content-addressed file on IPFS, held as an ipfs://<cid> string. format: ipfs-url tells an editor to render it as a file reference, a pill you can open and set by upload or paste, instead of a plain text box.

This page describes the ipfs-url type, a value type of Hypermedia Schemas. Its formal schema is attached as the schemaDefinition in this document's metadata, so the app can show it and create values of this type.

See also

Files: how files are stored and served.

cid: the content identifier inside the URL.

url and hm-url: the other URL types.

metadata: icon, cover and schemaDefinition hold this type.