Arweave

Arweave Network API

Endpoints for querying network state and peer information

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /info Get network information #
GET /peers Get peer list #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/openapi/arweave-network-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/transaction.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/network-info.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chunk.json

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-network-info.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/submit-transaction.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-wallet-balance.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-transaction-price.json

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OpenAPI Specification

arweave-network-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Arweave HTTP Node Network API
  description: 'The core Arweave node REST API for submitting and retrieving transactions, uploading data chunks, querying wallet balances, fetching blocks, and inspecting network state. Requests target any Arweave node on port 1984 (default gateway arweave.net). Amounts are denominated in winstons (1 AR = 10^12 winstons).

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Arweave Team
    url: https://www.arweave.org/
    email: team@arweave.org
  termsOfService: https://www.arweave.org/legal/terms-of-use
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
servers:
- url: https://arweave.net
  description: Arweave public gateway
- url: http://localhost:1984
  description: Local Arweave node (default port 1984)
tags:
- name: Network
  description: Endpoints for querying network state and peer information
paths:
  /info:
    get:
      operationId: getNetworkInfo
      summary: Get network information
      description: 'Returns the current network state and node information including block height, current block hash, peer count, and queue status.

        '
      tags:
      - Network
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Network info returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkInfo'
              example:
                network: arweave.N.1
                version: 5
                release: 53
                height: 551511
                current: XIDpYbc3b5iuiqclQ9Y3Hw7Qkp0wfUxHHhJzPmSPRNIxQrMcQ-DqlHkM7Krd7g
                blocks: 551512
                peers: 64
                queue_length: 0
                node_state_latency: 18
  /peers:
    get:
      operationId: getPeers
      summary: Get peer list
      description: Returns a list of known peer node addresses.
      tags:
      - Network
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Peer list returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
                  description: Peer address in host:port format
              example:
              - 127.0.0.1:1984
              - 0.0.0.0:1984
components:
  schemas:
    NetworkInfo:
      type: object
      description: Current network state and node information
      properties:
        network:
          type: string
          description: Network identifier string
          example: arweave.N.1
        version:
          type: integer
          description: Node protocol version
          example: 5
        release:
          type: integer
          description: Node release number
          example: 53
        height:
          type: integer
          description: Current block height
          example: 551511
        current:
          type: string
          description: Current block hash (indep_hash)
        blocks:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of blocks in the weave
        peers:
          type: integer
          description: Number of known peers
        queue_length:
          type: integer
          description: Number of items in the mining queue
        node_state_latency:
          type: integer
          description: Node state latency in milliseconds
externalDocs:
  description: Arweave HTTP API Documentation
  url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api