NFTs & PINATA

[Cesarioo]

Hello, I have kind of a strange error when uploading with Pinata.

Here is my code which i copy pasted fom Patrick's code:

I litteraly tried everything...

[cromewar]

Hello @Cesarioo, make sure to not add the pinata API keys on your .env file using "", they should look like this:

Remember sometimes brownie does no recognize recently added env variables, so make sure you have dotenv: env on brownie-config.yaml, then restart vscode, delete the build folder and compile again.

Best regards, Cromewar

[Cesarioo]

This does not work.

here are my .env pinata apis
and I tried to print the secret PINATA and here is the outcome

So everything is normal on the .env side

[cromewar]

I'll insist the problem is on the .env variables, I managed to reproduce the problem:

Importing the env variables:

Everything works fine ;)

Give it a try.

[Cesarioo]

Thank you for your answers.
Finally it was the .env
Since I was using windows env variables I decided to create new ones on VSCode and now it works perfectly. I think Windows does not store env variables as strings.

I have a question however: why use pinata and not IPFS directly ?

[cromewar]

Hello @Cesarioo I'm glad you solved your problem.

I have a question however: why use pinata and not IPFS directly ?

I think it's a matter of making things easier, if you upload your image to ipfs the only way to keep accessing it is for you to have a node permanently running on your pc, suing pinata or moralis allows you to use external servers for free.

[Cesarioo]

That's what everyone has been saying
However when I shut down daemon the link is still accessible