Blockscout APIs

Blockscout API Usage

API information can be accessed from the Blockscout main menu, footer or header depending on the instance.

Blockscout supports several methods:

1. REST API: API that serves the UI for Blockscout.

2. 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.

3. Eth RPC API: Supports the most popular JSON RPC methods.

4. Graphiql: An IDE for exploring GraphQL.

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:

1. Generate documentation.

   mix docs

2. View the generated docs.

   open doc/index.html