Bug: Send objects example doesn't work

[ChrisChinchilla]

This of course could just be me, and it's hard to debug, but in usage.md

> hash=`echo "I <3 IPFS -$(whoami)" | ipfs add -q`
> curl "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/$hash"
I <3 IPFS -<your username>

Didn't result in the expected output. The hash worked, but curl and browser access doesn't return anything, i.e. eventually times out.

[ChrisChinchilla]

I see the comment below this about potential speed issues, but I've had it running for some time now. Maybe there's a better example so people don't lose interest? You can also just close this if it's too fiddly :)

[Mr0grog]

Well, it’s certainly a problem if this never worked, even after quite a while with your node being online. It might indicate a problem with some router in-between you and ipfs.io not having port 4001 open (which is a different thing we should describe somewhere).

Did the second part about using your local gateway (curl "http://127.0.0.1:8080/ipfs/$hash") work?

Side note: maybe we should flip the order of those (suggest trying your local gateway before trying a remote one) so that it’ll be more clear where the problem is (in your own local setup or something about your networking) if someone runs into this situation.

[Mr0grog]

That said, you should probably hit up https://discuss.ipfs.io to troubleshoot that. Then we’d love any changes to the docs that make sense based on what you learn while troubleshooting.

[jessicaschilling]

@ChrisChinchilla -- just checking in on this one before I close it, since it's been dormant for a while. Thank you!

[ChrisChinchilla]

@jessicaschilling Checking on what? I did this as part of a hackathon and I'm not sure why it's sat here so long. Might just be worth checking over and seeing if it's still the case.

[Stebalien]

This is ipfs/kubo#6383. Basically, the gateway has trouble finding content.

Closing as this is a bug, not a documentation issue.