Blockscout API Usage
API information can be accessed from the Blockscout main menu, footer or header depending on the instance. Blockscout supports several methods:- REST API: API that serves the UI for Blockscout.
- RPC API: provided for developers transitioning applications from Etherscan to Blockscout. Supports GET and POST requests, simply replace Etherscan url with Blockscout url to use the RPC.
- Eth RPC API: Supports the most popular JSON RPC methods.
- Graphiql: An IDE for exploring GraphQL.
Blockscout provides swagger documentation for various API services here: https://blockscout.github.io/swaggers/
API access in new instance
API Keys
API Keys are not needed by default. Blockscout instances have a standard global request setting of 10/requests per second. However, My Account users can add up to 3 API keys to ensure 10 request/second limits per account.- More info on My Account and adding API Keys
- More info on API Requests and Limits
Blockscout Internal Documentation
To view Modules and API Reference documentation:-
Generate documentation.
mix docs -
View the generated docs.
open doc/index.html