# Uploading an IPFS Collection

### How Can I Find My Metadata CID?

Find your smart contract address on Etherscan or another block explorer.

Click the Contract button, followed by Read Contract.

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There should be a method called baseURI, which produces something like this:

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Copy and paste the section beginning from `Qm`, all the way until the end (excluding the `/`).

In this instance, it would be `QmarGRwVKPaCe2s5QSSTMEdbYDwKxFz6bAn58YZPPcWc7k`.

#### What If I Don't Have a baseURI Method?

Instead look for the tokenURI method, enter a number (e.g. 1), and query it. It should produce something similar to the image below:

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You can copy the same steps as above, i.e. copy the section starting from `Qm` up to the `/`.

{% hint style="info" %}
Important: Fortify only works with collections stored in this manner.
{% endhint %}

After you have been contacted to take payment, allow a few days for your collection to be processed.
