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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.
Blockscout provides swagger documentation for various API services here: https://blockscout.github.io/swaggers/

API access in new instance

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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.

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Blockscout Internal Documentation

To view Modules and API Reference documentation:
  1. Generate documentation. mix docs
  2. View the generated docs. open doc/index.html