diff --git a/api/file.ts b/api/file.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index db6e5789d..000000000
--- a/api/file.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-import { NowRequest, NowResponse } from '@now/node'
-import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios'
-import { IncomingHttpHeaders } from 'http'
-
-interface ResponseResult {
-  contentLength?: string
-  contentType?: string
-}
-
-export interface FileResponse {
-  status: string
-  message?: string
-  result?: ResponseResult
-}
-
-function successResult(headers: IncomingHttpHeaders): FileResponse {
-  const contentType =
-    headers['content-type'] && headers['content-type'].split(';')[0]
-  let contentLength = headers['content-length'] && headers['content-length']
-
-  // sometimes servers send content-range header,
-  // try to use it if content-length is not present
-  if (headers['content-range'] && !headers['content-length']) {
-    const size = headers['content-range'].split('/')[1]
-    contentLength = size
-  }
-
-  const result: ResponseResult = {
-    contentLength,
-    contentType
-  }
-
-  return { status: 'success', result }
-}
-
-async function checkUrl(url: string): Promise<FileResponse> {
-  if (!url) {
-    return { status: 'error', message: 'missing url' }
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const response: AxiosResponse = await axios({
-      method: 'HEAD',
-      url,
-      headers: { Range: 'bytes=0-' }
-    })
-
-    const { headers, status } = response
-    const successResponses =
-      status.toString().startsWith('2') || status.toString().startsWith('416')
-
-    if (!response && !successResponses) {
-      return { status: 'error', message: 'Unknown Error' }
-    }
-
-    const result = successResult(headers)
-    return result
-  } catch (error) {
-    return { status: 'error', message: error.message }
-  }
-}
-
-export default async (req: NowRequest, res: NowResponse) => {
-  switch (req.method) {
-    case 'POST':
-      res.status(200).json(await checkUrl(req.body.url))
-      break
-    default:
-      res.setHeader('Allow', ['POST'])
-      res.status(405).end(`Method ${req.method} Not Allowed`)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index 5080fd72c..c61e7d2e4 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function toStringNoMS(date: Date): string {
 export async function getFileInfo(url: string): Promise<FileMetadata> {
   const response: AxiosResponse = await axios({
     method: 'POST',
-    url: '/api/file',
+    url: 'https://fileinfo.oceanprotocol.com',
     data: { url }
   })
 
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ export async function getFileInfo(url: string): Promise<FileMetadata> {
 
   return {
     contentLength,
-    contentType: contentType || '', // need to do that cause squid.js File interface requires contentType
+    contentType: contentType || '', // need to do that cause lib-js File interface requires contentType
     url
   }
 }
 
-export async function fetchData(url: string): Promise<Axios> {
+export async function fetchData(url: string): Promise<any> {
   try {
     const response = await axios(url)