JSON-RPC Endpoints#

Overview#

The endpoints described on this page provide access to information from the Core chain (layer 1).

Required Parameters#

All valid JSON-RPC requests require the inclusion the parameters listed in the following table.

Name

Type

Description

method

String

Name of the endpoint

id

Integer

Request id (returned in the response to differentiate results from the same endpoint)

jsonrpc

String

JSON-RPC version (“2.0”)

params

Object, array, or string

Endpoint arguments. Optional for endpoints that take none.

The shape params accepts varies by endpoint: getBlockHash takes an object, while sendRawTransaction takes an array or a bare hex string. See each endpoint’s parameters below.

Additional information may be found in the JSON-RPC 2.0 specification.

Endpoint Details#

getBestBlockHash#

Returns: the block hash of the chaintip
Parameters: none

Example Request and Response#

curl -k --request POST \
  --url https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443/ \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
      "method":"getBestBlockHash",
      "id":1,
      "jsonrpc":"2.0",
      "params":{}
    }'

var request = require("request");

var options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443',
  headers: {'content-type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"method":"getBestBlockHash","id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});

var XMLHttpRequest = require('xhr2');
var data = '{"method":"getBestBlockHash","id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}';

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function () {
  if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
    console.log(this.responseText);
  }
});

xhr.open("POST", "https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443");
xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "application/json");

xhr.send(data);

import requests
import json

url = "https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443/"
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}

payload_json = {
    "method": "getBestBlockHash",
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "params": {}
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=json.dumps(payload_json), headers=headers)

print(response.text)

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'

request.body = '{
    "method":"getBestBlockHash",
    "id":1,
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "params":{ }
}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0000009fd106a7aa7142925fcd311442790145a3351fa2508d9da2b3462086fd"
}

getBlockHash#

Returns: the block hash for the given height
Parameters:

Name

Type

Required

Description

height

Integer

Yes

Block height

Example Request and Response#

curl -k --request POST \
  --url https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443/ \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
      "method":"getBlockHash",
      "id":1,
      "jsonrpc":"2.0",
      "params": {
        "height": 1
       }
    }'

import requests
import json

url = "https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443/"
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}

payload_json = {
    "method": "getBlockHash",
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "params": {
        "height": 100
    }
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=json.dumps(payload_json), headers=headers)

print(response.text)

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'

request.body = '{
    "method":"getBlockHash",
    "id":1,
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "params":{
        "height":100
    }
}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0000047d24635e347be3aaaeb66c26be94901a2f962feccd4f95090191f208c1"
}

getStatus#

Returns: Platform status information. This is the JSON-RPC equivalent of the Platform getStatus gRPC endpoint, and returns the same response object.

Parameters: none

Example Request and Response#

curl -k --request POST \
  --url https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443/ \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
      "method":"getStatus",
      "id":1,
      "jsonrpc":"2.0",
      "params":{}
    }'

sendRawTransaction#

Changed in version 5.0.0: DAPI decodes Dash Core v24 transactions, so version 3 provider transactions (ProRegTx and ProUpServTx), previously refused, are now accepted.

Returns: the transaction id (TXID) of the submitted transaction

Parameters:

This method takes positional parameters. params must be either an array of the values below or a bare hex string carrying the raw transaction. An object such as {"transaction": "..."} is rejected with -32602.

Positional parameters have no names on the wire; the names below are for reference only.

Position

Name

Type

Required

Description

0

transaction

String

Yes

The raw transaction, hex-encoded

1

allowHighFees

Boolean

No

Set to true to bypass the high-fee rejection check (default: false). Parsed but not forwarded to Core.

2

bypassLimits

Boolean

No

Set to true to bypass mempool rate limits (default: false). Parsed but not forwarded to Core.

The transaction is validated before broadcast: it must be non-empty, must not exceed the standard transaction weight limit as a raw byte count on the wire, and must not exceed that same weight limit once parsed. All three are reported as -32602 over JSON-RPC; the gRPC equivalent returns RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED for the wire-size check and INVALID_ARGUMENT for the other two.

Example Request and Response#

curl -k --request POST \
  --url https://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:1443/ \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
      "method":"sendRawTransaction",
      "id":1,
      "jsonrpc":"2.0",
      "params": ["03000000019a2b1b2b...", false, false]
    }'

Deprecated Endpoints#

There are no recently deprecated endpoints. For older endpoints, see the previous version of this documentation.

Code Reference#

Implementation details related to the information on this page can be found in: