I tried to use the ipfs dht get <key>
command to see what exactly does it do, but it just stucks without returning any value!
I used verbose mode to see what’s going on, I got a lot of repeated messages that I can’t understand and I couldn’t find explanations in the documentation, Like adding peer to query: <peer.ID SgKdrb>
with a very short peerId! and dialing peer: <peer.ID duMrvC>
and an error messages like error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID a15XHc> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
What the ipfs dht get <key>
command supposed to return? from the documentation it says it outputs best value for the given key but what does it mean by that? the value is supposed to be the _NodeId_s who are providing the content or the value of the content?
Can you explain the meaning of the verbose output of the command, please?
$ ipfs dht get -v QmcZojhwragQr5qhTeFAmELik623Z21e3jBTpJXoQ9si1T
11:43:09.333: adding peer to query: <peer.ID SgKdrb>
11:43:09.333: adding peer to query: <peer.ID P5RWqK>
11:43:09.333: adding peer to query: <peer.ID dM5Syi>
11:43:09.333: * querying <peer.ID SgKdrb>
11:43:09.333: * querying <peer.ID dM5Syi>
11:43:09.333: * querying <peer.ID P5RWqK>
11:43:09.625: * <peer.ID SgKdrb> says use <peer.ID dDe6Su> <peer.ID NxuDte> <peer.ID VFZPvH> <peer.ID X4Dedg> <peer.ID eGnwnW> <peer.ID eMFNuR> <peer.ID TwvAzE> <peer.ID VGfj36> <peer.ID a15XHc> <peer.ID WuBNG2>
11:43:09.625: adding peer to query: <peer.ID dDe6Su>
11:43:09.625: adding peer to query: <peer.ID NxuDte>
11:43:09.626: adding peer to query: <peer.ID VFZPvH>
11:43:09.626: adding peer to query: <peer.ID X4Dedg>
11:43:09.626: adding peer to query: <peer.ID eGnwnW>
11:43:09.626: adding peer to query: <peer.ID eMFNuR>
11:43:09.626: adding peer to query: <peer.ID TwvAzE>
11:43:09.626: adding peer to query: <peer.ID VGfj36>
11:43:09.627: adding peer to query: <peer.ID a15XHc>
11:43:09.627: adding peer to query: <peer.ID WuBNG2>
11:43:09.627: dialing peer: <peer.ID dDe6Su>
11:43:09.627: * querying <peer.ID NxuDte>
11:43:09.635: * <peer.ID dM5Syi> says use <peer.ID WevMU2> <peer.ID WsvzSc> <peer.ID SYXZz6> <peer.ID fMb1VC> <peer.ID TBqBXo> <peer.ID YuVqJz> <peer.ID duMoWQ> <peer.ID br7MTX> <peer.ID Yx1cGs> <peer.ID QvULpP> <peer.ID TUg5e2> <peer.ID WM2Cn3> <peer.ID eR9sJ2> <peer.ID YwSbZc> <peer.ID XJ6kNh> <peer.ID TdxazX>
11:43:09.635: adding peer to query: <peer.ID WevMU2>
11:43:09.635: adding peer to query: <peer.ID WsvzSc>
11:43:09.636: adding peer to query: <peer.ID SYXZz6>
11:43:09.636: adding peer to query: <peer.ID fMb1VC>
11:43:09.636: adding peer to query: <peer.ID TBqBXo>
11:43:09.636: adding peer to query: <peer.ID YuVqJz>
11:43:09.636: adding peer to query: <peer.ID duMoWQ>
11:43:09.637: adding peer to query: <peer.ID br7MTX>
11:43:09.637: adding peer to query: <peer.ID Yx1cGs>
11:43:09.637: adding peer to query: <peer.ID QvULpP>
11:43:09.638: adding peer to query: <peer.ID TUg5e2>
11:43:09.639: adding peer to query: <peer.ID WM2Cn3>
11:43:09.639: adding peer to query: <peer.ID eR9sJ2>
11:43:09.639: adding peer to query: <peer.ID YwSbZc>
11:43:09.640: adding peer to query: <peer.ID XJ6kNh>
11:43:09.640: adding peer to query: <peer.ID TdxazX>
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11:43:17.544: dialing peer: <peer.ID duMrvC>
11:43:17.544: dialing peer: <peer.ID cUQy2P>
11:43:17.544: dialing peer: <peer.ID PQ4yES>
11:43:17.544: dialing peer: <peer.ID V9sUhN>
11:43:17.544: dialing peer: <peer.ID ay3qwH>
11:43:17.544: * querying <peer.ID QBpDhT>
11:43:17.555: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID eMFNuR> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.555: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID eGnwnW> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.555: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID UMtS1c> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.555: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID VGfj36> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.556: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID a15XHc> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.556: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID VFZPvH> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.557: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID c3skSp> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.557: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID aBSuRH> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.558: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID UQDKeF> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.558: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID XQNDaJ> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.560: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID dDe6Su> dial attempt failed: dial tcp4 172.17.0.8:4001: i/o timeout
11:43:17.560: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID YG5Sgb> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.561: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID XLUBGS> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.568: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID V8eS1T> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.569: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID Zm3xya> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.623: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID aW3RyT> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.711: * <peer.ID QBpDhT> says use <peer.ID SYXZz6> <peer.ID YuVqJz> <peer.ID duMoWQ> <peer.ID SDiUEE> <peer.ID PS3cWu> <peer.ID Yx1cGs> <peer.ID TUg5e2> <peer.ID WhdE2T> <peer.ID WkYprf> <peer.ID X3ocrC> <peer.ID PLa871> <peer.ID cbBRor> <peer.ID WM2Cn3> <peer.ID eFk8h5> <peer.ID bjQTLK> <peer.ID QLESt3> <peer.ID Nypuyu> <peer.ID TdxazX> <peer.ID P5RWqK>
11:43:17.712: dialing peer: <peer.ID WkPLgX>
11:43:17.712: * querying <peer.ID RWvGqZ>
11:43:17.803: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID Zis2Uh> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.808: error: dial attempt failed: <peer.ID cGnsFX> --> <peer.ID aApUGi> dial attempt failed: context deadline exceeded
11:43:17.820: * <peer.ID doLjVi> says use <peer.ID YU4giB> <peer.ID e7bRcN> <peer.ID WXqVdn> <peer.ID XWUiuj> <peer.ID QBpDhT> <peer.ID aXmg2z> <peer.ID RSVm9d> <peer.ID aMJWoE> <peer.ID buzpeR> <peer.ID Xsj5WK> <peer.ID TtggHg> <peer.ID QVricD> <peer.ID dj7cEE> <peer.ID RTq3F6> <peer.ID WW9hcR> <peer.ID XAhAvf> <peer.ID ak3w1x> <peer.ID PWTWnN> <peer.ID fXERYL>