Avalanche Primary Network Blocks API
Find information about blocks on Avalanche's Primary Network Chains - the P-Chain, the X-Chain, and the C-Chain.
Avalanche Primary Network Blocks API is one of 25 APIs that Avalanche publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Primary Network Blocks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://data-api.avax.network.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Avalanche Primary Network Blocks API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as x-glacier-api-key (apiKey).
By default, every request must be authenticated, though some operations may also be called without credentials.
apiKey— Api keys provide higher access to rate limits. To obtain an api key, sign up for an account at https://build.avax.network/console/utilities/data-api-keys.
Paths & Operations 3
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Find information about blocks on Avalanche's Primary Network Chains - the P-Chain, the X-Chain, and the C-Chain.
Schemas 16
The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PrimaryNetworkBlock (12 properties), GetPrimaryNetworkBlockResponse (12 properties), ProposerDetails (5 properties), Forbidden (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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