Dev Portal

The Blockscout Dev Portal at dev.blockscout.com is where you manage your Blockscout API access. Sign in to create API keys, see exactly where your credits go, invite teammates, and move to a higher plan when you need more capacity. The dashboard has four main areas:

Usage reporting

Daily credits, top endpoints, and chain distribution.

API keys

Create, regenerate, and delete keys.

Team

Invite members and assign roles.

Plans

Check your plan and upgrade.

Dashboard Overview — The Dev Portal dashboard

Credits spent reporting

Every Blockscout API request uses credits. The dashboard shows your consumption at three levels so you can see what you are spending and why.

Plan usage

The plan card at the top of the dashboard shows your current plan, the credits you have used against your allowance, and a countdown to the next renewal. On the Free plan the allowance is 100,000 credits per day, so the meter resets daily.

Daily API credits spent

The Daily API credits spent chart plots credit consumption per day. By default it covers the last 30 days. Use the date range picker to look at any other period. Below the chart, Total credits spent gives the sum for the selected range. The current day is marked as incomplete until it ends, so the last data point can still grow.

A sudden spike on the chart usually points to a script or integration making more calls than expected. Check Top API endpoints for the same date range to find the cause.

Top API endpoints

The Top API endpoints tab ranks endpoints by how often you call them. Each row shows the endpoint path, the number of calls, and the credits those calls cost. For example, api/eth-rpc with 61 calls at 20 credits each shows as 1,220 credits. Use it to find the endpoints that account for most of your spend.

Chain distribution

The Chain distribution tab breaks your calls down by blockchain network, with the chain name, logo, and call count. Use it to confirm traffic is going to the chains you expect. Both tabs share a date range picker, so you can compare the same period across endpoints and chains.

API call costs

Not every endpoint costs the same. Select API call costs on the dashboard to open the full price table. Each row lists an endpoint and its cost in credits per call.

Most endpoints use the default cost of 20 credits.
Heavier queries cost more. For example, api/v2/search/quick costs 25 credits, and api/v2/advanced-filters and api/v2/addresses/:address_hash/coin-balance-history cost 50 credits each.
Some services have their own pricing. Name resolution calls under bens/ cost between 150 and 1,000 credits depending on the endpoint.

Check this table before building features that call expensive endpoints in a loop.

API keys

The API keys section lists every key on your account, up to 50. A URL template above the list shows how a key is used in a request:

https://api.blockscout.com/{{chain ID}}/api/v2/addresses/{{address}}/transactions?apikey={{api-key}}

Each row shows the key name, the masked key (all PRO keys start with proapi_), its status, the creation date, and the expiration date. Keys without an expiration show Valid until ∞.

Create a key

Open the form

Select Add new key in the API keys section.

Name the key

Enter an application name, for example Web3 project. The name is required and helps you tell keys apart later, but is for your reference only.

Set an expiration date (optional)

Pick a date if you want the key to stop working automatically. Leave it empty for a key that does not expire.

Generate the key

Select Generate API key. The key is created automatically.

Copy the key

Use the copy button next to the key, then select Got it!. The dialog also gives you a ready-made test link that calls the API with your new key, so you can confirm it works right away.

The full key is shown only once. If you close the dialog without copying it, you lose it. The keys list shows masked values only. To get a new value, regenerate the key.

Create one key per application or environment. If one leaks or needs to rotate, you only touch that integration.

Regenerate a key

Regenerate a key when it has leaked, when someone leaves the team, or as part of a regular rotation. The key keeps its name and settings and gets a new value.

Open the key menu

Select the … menu on the key’s row, then Regenerate.

Confirm

The dialog warns that a new key will be created and the old one will be invalidated. Select Generate API key to continue.

Copy the new key

A confirmation message appears and the new key is shown once. Copy it before you close the dialog.

The old value is invalidated. Update every application that uses it, or its requests will fail.

Delete a key

Delete keys you no longer use. Select the … menu on the key’s row, then Delete. A confirmation dialog asks whether you are sure and notes that the action cannot be undone. Select Delete to remove the key permanently.

Deleted keys cannot be restored. Requests that use the key stop working.

Team and permissions

You can share access to a Dev Portal account with your team and control what each person can do. Open the account menu in the top right corner. It shows the teams you belong to with your role in each, a link to the billing page, and the Team entry with an Invite button.

Invite a team member

Open the invite form

Select Invite next to Team in the account menu.

Enter an email address

Add the email of the person you want to invite.

Choose a role

Pick the role that matches what the person needs to do (see below).

Send the invitation

Select Send invitation.

Roles

Role	What it can do
Developer	Create and manage API keys. Cannot manage the team or billing.
Billing	Manage billing and plans. Cannot manage the team or API keys.
Admin	Full access. Manage team members, billing, and API keys.

The account creator is the Owner of the team.

Plan upgrades

Your current plan and usage are always visible in the plan card at the top of the dashboard. When you need higher limits, upgrade from either of two places:

Billing & plans link on the plan card.
Billing page in the account menu.

The Billing & plans page compares every plan side by side: included API credits, rate limit, and the price of extra credits. Switch between monthly, quarterly, and yearly billing. Quarterly billing saves 15% and yearly billing saves 20%. To upgrade, select Upgrade on the plan you want. For custom limits, an improved SLA, or personal support, select Contact Us on the Enterprise plan. The page also shows your current plan, the date of your next billing period, and your billing history.

See the Dev Portal for current prices and limits. They are shown on the Billing & plans page.

Blockscout APIs

Blockscout API Endpoints

RPC & ETH RPC Endpoints

Additional Service APIs

Usage reporting

API keys

Team

Plans