#NEWLINE# def cat( self , multihash , **kwargs ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# "\n        Returns the contents of a file identified by hash, as a string\n\n        >> c.cat('QmTkzDwWqPbnAh5YiV5VwcTLnGdwSNsNTn2aDxdXBFca7D')\n        Traceback (most recent call last):\n          ...\n        ipfsApiError: this dag node is a directory\n        >> c.cat('QmeKozNssnkJ4NcyRidYgDY2jfRZqVEoRGfipkgath71bX')[:60]\n        u'<!DOCTYPE html>\\n<html>\\n\\n<head>\\n<title>ipfs example viewer</t'\n        " #NEWLINE# return self . _cat . request ( self . _client , self , ** kwargs )