๐จHow to generate Web3.Storage API values
For additional information, please visit: https://web3.storage/docs/#quickstart
Step By Step Process
Following are the steps to follow to generate Web3.Storage API values:
Create an account on https://web3.storage, please specify the email you have access to as the account authentication is based on the email validation. Make sure to follow through the registration process to the end, choose an appropriate billing plan for your needs (e.g. 'starter') and enter your payment details.


2. Install w3cli as described in the corresponding section of the web3.storage documentation.
You'll need Node version 18 or higher, with NPM version 7 or higher to complete the installation
You can check your local versions like this:
node --version && npm --version
Install the @web3-storage/w3cli
package with npm
npm install -g @web3-storage/w3cli
3. Create your 'space' as described in the 'Create your first space' section of the documentation.
w3 space create
Execute the following to set the Space you intend on delegating access to:
w3 space use
Execute the following command to retrieve your Agent private key and DID:
npx ucan-key ed
Retrieve the IPFS_STORAGE_PROOF by executing the following:
w3 delegation create <did_from_ucan-key_command_above> | base64
The output of this command is the value to be used in the environment variable IPFS_STORAGE_PROOF
.
To summarize, the process of configuring delegated access to the w3up API consists of execution of the following command sequence:
w3 login
w3 space create
w3 space use
npx ucan-key ed
w3 delegation
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