3 Steps to access your free storage space

1. Step 1

   Create your Crust account  and get your address and mnemonic seeds

2. Step 2

   Apply for free storage:

GitHub
Apply via GitHub account of 6+ months.
Apply 
Promotion Code
Apply via promotion code. The promotion codes are usually released in some events.
Apply 
3. Step 3

   Store your files by using one of following methods:

   Crust Apps

   
   

   Go to crust apps and store your files:

   
   

   1. Go to the `IPFS` in the top navbar;

   2. Select the `Storage Orders` tab;

   3. Click the `place an order` button to store your file in Crust.

   
   
   
   View the full process in Crust Wiki.

   Command line

   
   You should have [SEEDS] created in step1. Make sure the IPFS is installed and running locally.
   

   // 0. Install crust-cli
   > npm i -g @crustio/crust-cli
   
   // 1. Login
   > crust-cli login [YOUR_SEEDS]
   # Login success!
   
   // 2. Add file
   > crust-cli pin ./test.txt
   Pin success: [YOUR_FILE_CID]
   
   // 3. Order file
   > crust-cli publish [YOUR_FILE_CID]
   ⛓  Send tx to chain...
     ↪ 💸  Transaction status: Ready, nonce: 121
     ↪ 💸  Transaction status: Broadcast, nonce: 121
     ↪ 💸  Transaction status: InBlock, nonce: 121
     ↪ ✅  Send transaction(4) success.
   Publish [YOUR_FILE_CID] success
   
   // 4. Query status
   > crust-cli status [YOUR_FILE_CID]
   ✅  [YOUR_FILE_CID] picked, replicas: 36

   SDK

   
   Here is a code sample for key storage steps:
   

   // 1. Import dependencies
   import { ApiPromise, WsProvider } from '@polkadot/api';
   import { typesBundleForPolkadot } from '@crustio/type-definitions';
   
   // 2. Connect Crust chain
   const wsProvider = new WsProvider('wss://api.decloudf.com/');
   const api = await ApiPromise.create({ provider: wsProvider,  typesBundle: typesBundleForPolkadot });
   
   await api.isReadyOrError;
   
   // 3. Load private key encryptor - Keyring
   const seeds = [YOUR_SEEDS];
   const kr = new Keyring({ type: 'sr25519' });
   const krp = kr.addFromUri(seeds);
   
   // 4. Send a storage order to chain
   const tx = api.tx.market.placeStorageOrder(cid, file_size, tips);
   tx.signAndSend(krp, ({ events = [], status }) => {
       console.log( `  ↪ 💸  Transaction status: ${status.type}, nonce: ${txnonce}` );
   });

   
   View the full code sample here.