📘
gRPC Overview
Please refer to the gRPC Overview for details regarding running the examples shown below, encoding/decoding the request/response data, and clients available for several languages.

Endpoint Details

broadcastTransaction

Returns: The transaction id (TXID) if successful
Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
`transaction`	Bytes	Yes	A raw transaction
`allow_high_fees`	Boolean	No	Enables bypassing the high fee check
`bypass_limits`	Boolean	No

Example Request and Response

const DAPIClient = require('@dashevo/dapi-client');
const { Transaction } = require('@dashevo/dashcore-lib');

const client = new DAPIClient({
  seeds: [{
    host: 'seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org',
    port: 3000,
  }],
});

const tx = Transaction('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');

client.core.broadcastTransaction(tx.toBuffer())
  .then((response) => console.log(response));

const {
  v0: {
    CorePromiseClient,
  },
} = require('@dashevo/dapi-grpc');
const { Transaction } = require('@dashevo/dashcore-lib');

const corePromiseClient = new CorePromiseClient('http://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010');

const tx = Transaction('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');

corePromiseClient.client.broadcastTransaction({ transaction: tx.toBuffer() })
  .then((response) => console.log(response));

{
  transactionId: '552eaf24a60014edcbbb253dbc4dd68766532cab3854b44face051cedcfd578f'
}

getStatus

📘
Breaking change in Dash Platform 0.19.0
The structure of the response was reformatted in Dash Platform 0.19.0 (PR 107). See the previous version of documentation for details of the older format.

Returns: Status information from the Core chain
Parameters: None

Example Request and Response

const DAPIClient = require('@dashevo/dapi-client');

const client = new DAPIClient({
  seeds: [{
    host: 'seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org',
    port: 3000,
  }],
});

client.core.getStatus()
  .then((response) => console.log(response));

const {
  v0: {
    GetStatusRequest,
    CorePromiseClient,
  },
} = require('@dashevo/dapi-grpc');

const corePromiseClient = new CorePromiseClient('http://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010');

corePromiseClient.client.getStatus(new GetStatusRequest())
  .then((response) => console.log(response));

grpcurl -plaintext -proto protos/core/v0/core.proto \
  seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010 \
  org.dash.platform.dapi.v0.Core/getStatus

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Note: The gRPCurl response bestBlockHash, chainWork, and proTxHash data is Base64 encoded

{
  "version":{
    "protocol":70219,
    "software":170003,
    "agent":"/Dash Core:0.17.0.3/"
  },
  "time":{
    "now":1627313884,
    "offset":0,
    "median":1627313175
  },
  "status":"READY",
  "syncProgress":0.9999992137956843,
  "chain":{
    "name":"test",
    "headersCount":544700,
    "blocksCount":544700,
    "bestBlockHash":<Buffer 00 00 01 9f 39 5a 78 7a fa a9 d3 5b 1d 30 1d 1c 37 2a 03 97 24 31 ee 8c 47 e2 b9 25 ca 5a a5 a0>,
    "difficulty":0.001875704086679367,
    "chainWork":<Buffer 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 2f 15 da 49 09 6b 68>,
    "isSynced":true,
    "syncProgress":0.9999992137956843
  },
  "masternode":{
    "status":"READY",
    "proTxHash":<Buffer a1 27 b0 f6 c4 db d2 66 a1 8f a2 fb 3b 6b b7 8f 5c 38 18 6c 48 10 f1 55 1e 49 eb 3c 68 09 d5 23>,
    "posePenalty":0,
    "isSynced":true,
    "syncProgress":1
  },
  "network":{
    "peersCount":145,
    "fee":{
      "relay":0.00001,
      "incremental":0.00001
    }
  }
}

{
  "version": {
    "protocol": 70219,
    "software": 170003,
    "agent": "/Dash Core:0.17.0.3/"
  },
  "time": {
    "now": 1626972817,
    "median": 1626972367
  },
  "status": "READY",
  "syncProgress": 0.9999999881972154,
  "chain": {
    "name": "test",
    "headersCount": 542260,
    "blocksCount": 542260,
    "bestBlockHash": "AAABpMcUDETRYHpIpp7oIuSuCI2Ky0N+0XMlGZqoQXY=",
    "difficulty": 0.001271379585851713,
    "chainWork": "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAi8V1fYcn9E=",
    "isSynced": true,
    "syncProgress": 0.9999999881972154
  },
  "masternode": {
    "status": "READY",
    "proTxHash": "W+WigTimWKgCoehx17tKXooWfv/p5mW0ouyqVZ0Bc04=",
    "isSynced": true,
    "syncProgress": 1
  },
  "network": {
    "peersCount": 177,
    "fee": {
      "relay": 1e-05,
      "incremental": 1e-05
    }
  }
}

getBlock

Returns: A raw block
Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
One of the following:
`hash`	Bytes	No	Return the block matching the block hash provided
`height`	Integer	No	Return the block matching the block height provided

Example Request and Response

const DAPIClient = require('@dashevo/dapi-client');

const client = new DAPIClient({
  seeds: [{
    host: 'seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org',
    port: 3000,
  }],
});

client.core.getBlockByHeight(1)
  .then((response) => console.log(response.toString('hex')));

const {
  v0: {
    CorePromiseClient,
  },
} = require('@dashevo/dapi-grpc');

const corePromiseClient = new CorePromiseClient('http://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010');

corePromiseClient.client.getBlock({ height: 1 })
  .then((response) => console.log(response.block.toString('hex')));

const {
  v0: {
    CorePromiseClient,
  },
} = require('@dashevo/dapi-grpc');

const corePromiseClient = new CorePromiseClient('http://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010');

corePromiseClient.client.getBlock({
  hash: '0000047d24635e347be3aaaeb66c26be94901a2f962feccd4f95090191f208c1',
}).then((response) => {
  console.log(response.block.toString('hex'));
});

grpcurl -plaintext -proto protos/core/v0/core.proto \
  -d '{
    "height":1
    }' \
  seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010 \
  org.dash.platform.dapi.v0.Core/getBlock

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Block Encoding
Note: The gRPCurl response block data is Base64 encoded

020000002cbcf83b62913d56f605c0e581a48872839428c92e5eb76cd7ad94bcaf0b00007f11dcce14075520e8f74cc4ddf092b4e26ebd23b8d8665a1ae5bfc41b58fdb4c3a95e53ffff0f1ef37a00000101000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff0a510101062f503253482fffffffff0100743ba40b0000002321020131f38ae3eb0714531dbfc3f45491b4131d1211e3777177636388bb5a74c3e4ac00000000

{
  "block": "AgAAACy8+DtikT1W9gXA5YGkiHKDlCjJLl63bNetlLyvCwAAfxHczhQHVSDo90zE3fCStOJuvSO42GZaGuW/xBtY/bTDqV5T//8PHvN6AAABAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP////8KUQEBBi9QMlNIL/////8BAHQ7pAsAAAAjIQIBMfOK4+sHFFMdv8P0VJG0Ex0SEeN3cXdjY4i7WnTD5KwAAAAA"
}

getTransaction

📘
Updated in Dash Platform 0.20.0
Dash Platform 0.20.0 added block hash, height, confirmation count, InstantSend lock status, and ChainLock status to the getTransaction response.

Returns: A raw transaction
Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
`id`	String	Yes	A transaction id (TXID)

Example Request and Response

const DAPIClient = require('@dashevo/dapi-client');

const client = new DAPIClient({
  seeds: [{
    host: 'seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org',
    port: 3000,
  }],
});

const txid = '4004d3f9f1b688f2babb1f98ea48e1472be51e29712f942fc379c6e996cdd308';
client.core.getTransaction(txid)
  .then((response) => console.dir(response, { length: 0 }));

const {
  v0: {
    CorePromiseClient,
  },
} = require('@dashevo/dapi-grpc');

const corePromiseClient = new CorePromiseClient('http://seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010');

const txid = '4004d3f9f1b688f2babb1f98ea48e1472be51e29712f942fc379c6e996cdd308';

corePromiseClient.client.getTransaction({ id: txid })
  .then((response) => console.dir(response, { length: 0 }));

grpcurl -plaintext -proto protos/core/v0/core.proto \
  -d '{
    "id":"4004d3f9f1b688f2babb1f98ea48e1472be51e29712f942fc379c6e996cdd308"
    }' \
  seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010 \
  org.dash.platform.dapi.v0.Core/getTransaction

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Transaction Encoding
Note: The gRPCurl response transaction and blockHash data are Base64 encoded

GetTransactionResponse {
  transaction: Buffer(196) [Uint8Array] [
      3,   0,   5,   0,   1,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,  0,
      0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,  0,
      0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,  0,
      0, 255, 255, 255, 255,   6,   3, 194,  90,   6,   1,  9,
    255, 255, 255, 255,   2, 238, 252, 207,  49,   0,   0,  0,
      0,  25, 118, 169,  20, 126, 178,  93, 197, 175,  71, 45,
    107, 241, 154, 135, 122, 150, 240, 167,   7, 194, 198, 27,
    118, 136, 172, 101, 251, 183,  74,   0,   0,   0,   0, 25,
    118, 169,  20,  30,
    ... 96 more items
  ],
  blockHash: Buffer(32) [Uint8Array] [
      0,   0,   2,   9, 133, 199, 245,  83,
    191, 120, 191, 203, 109, 166,   9, 115,
    193, 152, 249,  11,   7, 245, 126,  31,
     55,  65,  10, 150, 205, 150, 131, 213
  ],
  height: 416450,
  confirmations: 128257,
  instantLocked: false,
  chainLocked: true
}

{
  "transaction": "AwAFAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP////8GA8JaBgEJ/////wLu/M8xAAAAABl2qRR+sl3Fr0cta/Gah3qW8KcHwsYbdoisZfu3SgAAAAAZdqkUHsXGbpeJxlWuBo01CItAczRf4LCIrAAAAABGAgDCWgYA3zSmucmdu7+CaY+6n4aGHySJHhbAxeiB3gNMGSIgYA1c6q3De0wxbi7HpAf4g4BgSUqhmkAxVflcQyddo+2zGA==",
  "blockHash": "AAACCYXH9VO/eL/LbaYJc8GY+QsH9X4fN0EKls2Wg9U=",
  "height": 416450,
  "confirmations": 125820,
  "isChainLocked": true
}

subscribeToTransactionsWithProofs

Returns: streams the requested transaction information
Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
`bloom_filter.v_data`	Bytes	Yes	The filter itself is simply a bit field of arbitrary byte-aligned size. The maximum size is 36,000 bytes
`bloom_filter.n_hash_funcs`	Integer	Yes	The number of hash functions to use in this filter. The maximum value allowed in this field is 50
`bloom_filter.n_tweak`	Integer	Yes	A random value to add to the seed value in the hash function used by the bloom filter
`bloom_filter.n_flags`	Integer	Yes	A set of flags that control how matched items are added to the filter
----------
One of the following:
`from_block_hash`	Bytes	No	Return records beginning with the block hash provided
`from_block_height`	Integer	No	Return records beginning with the block height provided
----------
`count`	Integer	No	Number of blocks to sync. If set to 0 syncing is continuously sends new data as well (default: 0)
`send_transaction_hashes` *	Boolean	No

Example Request and Response

grpcurl -proto protos/core/v0/core.proto -plaintext \
  -d '{
  "from_block_height": 1,
  "count": 1,
  "bloom_filter": {
    "n_hash_funcs": 11,
    "v_data": "",
    "n_tweak": 0,
    "n_flags": 0
  }
}' \
  seed-1.testnet.networks.dash.org:3010 \
  org.dash.platform.dapi.v0.Core/subscribeToTransactionsWithProofs

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Note: The gRPCurl response transactions and rawMerkleBlock data is Base64 encoded

{
  "rawTransactions": {
    "transactions": [
      "AQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP////8KUQEBBi9QMlNIL/////8BAHQ7pAsAAAAjIQIBMfOK4+sHFFMdv8P0VJG0Ex0SEeN3cXdjY4i7WnTD5KwAAAAA"
    ]
  }
}
{
  "rawMerkleBlock": "AgAAACy8+DtikT1W9gXA5YGkiHKDlCjJLl63bNetlLyvCwAAfxHczhQHVSDo90zE3fCStOJuvSO42GZaGuW/xBtY/bTDqV5T//8PHvN6AAABAAAAAX8R3M4UB1Ug6PdMxN3wkrTibr0juNhmWhrlv8QbWP20AQE="
}

Deprecated Endpoints

There are no recently deprecated endpoints, but the previous version of documentation can be viewed here.

Code Reference

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

The Platform repository packages/dapi/lib/grpcServer/handlers/core folder
The Platform repository packages/dapi-grpc/protos folder

Core gRPC Endpoints

📘
gRPC Overview

Endpoint Details

broadcastTransaction

Example Request and Response

getStatus

📘
Breaking change in Dash Platform 0.19.0

Example Request and Response

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getBlock

Example Request and Response

📘
Block Encoding

getTransaction

📘
Updated in Dash Platform 0.20.0

Example Request and Response

📘
Transaction Encoding

subscribeToTransactionsWithProofs

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Deprecated Endpoints

Code Reference

📘gRPC Overview

Endpoint Details

broadcastTransaction

Example Request and Response

getStatus

📘Breaking change in Dash Platform 0.19.0

Example Request and Response

📘

getBlock

Example Request and Response

📘Block Encoding

getTransaction

📘Updated in Dash Platform 0.20.0

Example Request and Response

📘Transaction Encoding

subscribeToTransactionsWithProofs

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Deprecated Endpoints

Code Reference

📘
gRPC Overview

📘
Breaking change in Dash Platform 0.19.0

📘
Block Encoding

📘
Updated in Dash Platform 0.20.0

📘
Transaction Encoding