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Kadena blockhash API

These endpoints return block hashes from the chain database.Generally, block hashes are returned in ascending order and include hashesfrom orphaned blocks.For only querying blocks that are included in the winning branch of thechain the `branch` endpoint can be used, which returns blocks in descendingorder starting from the leafs of branches of the block chain.

Kadena blockhash API is one of 16 APIs that Kadena publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include blockhash. 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 5 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.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
0.0
Base URL
https://api.chainweb.com/chainweb/0.0/mainnet01
Resource Areas
1

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.

blockhash 2

These endpoints return block hashes from the chain database. Generally, block hashes are returned in ascending order and include hashes from orphaned blocks. For only querying blo…

GET
/chain/{chain}/hash
Get Block Hashes
5 params → 200404
POST
/chain/{chain}/hash/branch
Get Block Hash Branches
5 params body → 200404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is page (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

page
object
Page of a collection of items
3 properties 3 required
hostAddress
string
Host address containing IPv4 and port
blockHash
Base64Url (without padding) encoded block hash
sha256Hash
string
Base64Url (without padding) encoded SHA256 hash
posixTimestamp
integer
Seconds since POSIX epoch

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kadena-blockhash-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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