Kadena block API
These endpoints return whole blocks, headers and payloads, from the chaindatabase.Generally, blocks are returned in ascending order and include orphanedblocks.For only querying blocks that are included in the winning branch of thechain the `branch` endpoints can be used, which return blocks in descendingorder starting from the leafs of branches of the block chain.Blocks are returned in only one format, with block headers and payloads inJSON encoding.
Kadena block API is one of 16 APIs that Kadena publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include block. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and an API reference.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 0.0.
Requests are made against 5 base URLs: https://api.chainweb.com/chainweb/{apiVersion}/mainnet01, https://api.testnet.chainweb.com/chainweb/{apiVersion}/testnet04, {schema}://{domain}:{port}/chainweb/{apiVersion}/{chainwebVersion}, https://{location}.chainweb.com/chainweb/{apiVersion}/mainnet01, https://{location}.testnet.chainweb.com/chainweb/{apiVersion}/testnet04.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
These endpoints return whole blocks, headers and payloads, from the chain database. Generally, blocks are returned in ascending order and include orphaned blocks. For only queryin…
Schemas 16
The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are blockHeader (13 properties), payloadWithOutputs (6 properties), page (3 properties), block (2 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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