API Reference

Install SAFE Launcher

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SAFE Network Alpha 1 is now complete, Alpha 2 coming soon...

Alpha 1 testing is now complete and we’re currently transitioning to Alpha 2.
New APIs, browser, tutorials and demo apps coming soon.

Keep an eye on the weekly developer updates for the latest news.

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Network storage during alpha phase

Data on this alpha network may get lost and MaidSafe will decide or require to wipe the data and restart the network with each alpha release. We will communicate these events via the SAFE Network Forum and on MaidSafe's blog.

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Limitations

This alpha release has some technical limitations (see the Limitations section below).

Download SAFE Launcher

Windows

Follow this link and download safe_launcher-v0.8.0-win.exe.

View: https://github.com/maidsafe/safe_launcher/releases/tag/0.8.0

OS X

Follow this link and download safe_launcher-v0.8.0-osx.pkg.

View: https://github.com/maidsafe/safe_launcher/releases/tag/0.8.0

Linux

Debian

wget -O - http://apt.maidsafe.net/repos/maidsafe.apt.gpg.key|sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/maidsafe.list http://apt.maidsafe.net/repos/maidsafe.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install safe-launcher

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How do I run the binary?

On Debian, the binary is called safe_launcher. If you type safe-launcher, it currently doesn't do anything. We will try to fix this in the next release. See this forum post for more details.

RPM

curl -O http://yum.maidsafe.net/repos/maidsafe.yum.gpg.key
sudo rpm --import maidsafe.yum.gpg.key
sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/maidsafe.repo http://yum.maidsafe.net/repos/maidsafe.repo
sudo yum update
sudo yum install safe_launcher

Other

64-bit

Follow this link and download safe_launcher-v0.8.0-linux-x64.tar.gz.

View: https://github.com/maidsafe/safe_launcher/releases/tag/0.8.0

32-bit

Follow this link and download safe_launcher-v0.8.0-linux-x86.tar.gz.

View: https://github.com/maidsafe/safe_launcher/releases/tag/0.8.0

Limitations

Here are the technical limitations of this alpha release:

  • When uploading files using SAFE Demo App, the maximum file size is 25 MB per file.

  • Each client account is limited to 500 PUTs. A PUT is a request to store a single chunk on the network (a file may contain many chunks). The maximum chunk size is 1 MB.

  • Users can’t run their own vault. To allow developers and users to use the SAFE Launcher API without losing data or seeing performance issues, MaidSafe manage all the network nodes. This network is client-only and uses a unique private network name.

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When will I be able to run my own vault?

We will release a separate test network for users who want to try out running their own vault. It will be called TEST 8 and will be enabled on August 23.

See this topic on the SAFE Network Forum for more info.

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You are now ready to use the SAFE Network!

Let's get started with SAFE Launcher