Blockfrost Cardano » Utilities API
The Cardano » Utilities API from Blockfrost — 3 operation(s) for cardano » utilities.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
version: 0.1.87
title: Blockfrost.io ~ API Documentation Cardano » Utilities API
x-logo:
url: https://staging.blockfrost.io/images/logo.svg
altText: Blockfrost
contact:
name: Blockfrost Team
url: https://blockfrost.io
email: contact@blockfrost.io
license:
name: MIT
url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
termsOfService: https://blockfrost.io/terms
description: Blockfrost is an API as a service that allows users to interact with the Cardano blockchain, Midnight blockchain, and parts of their ecosystems.
servers:
- url: https://cardano-mainnet.blockfrost.io/api/v0
description: Cardano Mainnet network
- url: https://cardano-preprod.blockfrost.io/api/v0
description: Cardano Preprod network
- url: https://cardano-preview.blockfrost.io/api/v0
description: Cardano Preview network
- url: https://localhost:3000
description: local
security:
- project_id: []
tags:
- name: Cardano » Utilities
paths:
/utils/addresses/xpub/{xpub}/{role}/{index}:
get:
tags:
- Cardano » Utilities
summary: Blockfrost Derive an Address
description: Derive Shelley address from an xpub
parameters:
- in: path
name: xpub
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Hex xpub
example: d507c8f866691bd96e131334c355188b1a1d0b2fa0ab11545075aab332d77d9eb19657ad13ee581b56b0f8d744d66ca356b93d42fe176b3de007d53e9c4c4e7a
- in: path
name: role
required: true
schema:
type: integer
description: Account role
example: 0
- in: path
name: index
required: true
schema:
type: integer
description: Address index
example: 2
responses:
'200':
description: Return derivated Shelley address
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/utils_addresses_xpub'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/400'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/403'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/404'
'418':
$ref: '#/components/responses/418'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/429'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/500'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
operationId: getUtilsAddressesXpubByXpubByRoleByIndex
x-operation-id-source: derived
/utils/txs/evaluate:
post:
tags:
- Cardano » Utilities
summary: Blockfrost Submit a Transaction for Execution Units Evaluation
description: 'Submit an already serialized transaction to evaluate how much execution units it requires.
Hosted Endpoint only available for hosted variant.'
parameters:
- in: header
name: Content-Type
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- application/cbor
- in: query
name: version
required: false
schema:
type: number
default: 5
description: 'Optional parameter to specify the version of the Ogmios service to use. Default is `5`. Set to `6` to use Ogmios version 6.
'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
label: cURL
source: "# Assuming `tx.data` is a CBOR serialized transaction on the file-system.\n# (encoded using base16 or base64)\ncurl \"https://cardano-mainnet.blockfrost.io/api/v0/utils/txs/evaluate\" \\\n -X POST \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/cbor\" \\\n -H \"project_id: $PROJECT_ID\" \\\n --data @./tx.data\n"
requestBody:
description: 'The transaction to submit, serialized in CBOR.
'
required: true
content:
application/cbor:
schema:
type: string
description: 'The transaction to submit, serialized in CBOR.
'
example: '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
'
responses:
'200':
description: "<p>\n <div class=\"custom-paragraph\">\n Returns result of EvaluateTx function from Ogmios see <a class=\"custom-link\" href=\"https://ogmios.dev/mini-protocols/local-tx-submission/#evaluatetx\">EvaluateTx</a>\n and<a href=\"https://ogmios.dev/http-api/\"> API reference (EvaluateTxResponse)</a> for related errors.\n </div>\n</p>\n"
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/400'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/403'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/404'
'418':
$ref: '#/components/responses/418'
'425':
$ref: '#/components/responses/425'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/429'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/500'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
operationId: postUtilsTxsEvaluate
x-operation-id-source: derived
/utils/txs/evaluate/utxos:
post:
tags:
- Cardano » Utilities
summary: Blockfrost Submit a Transaction for Execution Units Evaluation (additional UTXO…
description: 'Submit a JSON payload with transaction CBOR and additional UTXO set to evaluate how much execution units it requires.
Hosted Endpoint only available for hosted variant.'
parameters:
- in: header
name: Content-Type
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- application/json
- in: query
name: version
required: false
schema:
type: number
default: 5
description: 'Optional parameter to specify the version of the Ogmios service to use. Default is `5`. Set to `6` to use Ogmios version 6.
'
requestBody:
description: JSON payload
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
cbor:
type: string
description: Transaction CBOR (encoded using base64 or base16).
additionalUtxoSet:
type: array
description: Additional UTXO as an array of tuples [TxIn, TxOut]. See https://ogmios.dev/mini-protocols/local-tx-submission/#additional-utxo-set.
items:
type: array
minItems: 2
maxItems: 2
items:
anyOf:
- type: object
description: TxIn
properties:
txId:
type: string
description: Transaction hash for the input
index:
type: number
description: Index of the output within the transaction
- type: object
description: TxOut
properties:
address:
type: string
description: Output address
value:
type: object
properties:
coins:
type: number
description: Lovelace amount
assets:
type: object
description: Assets amount
additionalProperties:
type: number
required:
- coins
datum_hash:
type: string
datum:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
script:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
required:
- address
- value
required:
- cbor
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
label: cURL
source: "# Assuming TxCbor is a CBOR serialized transaction encoded using base16 or base64\n# For a structure of additional UTXO set see https://ogmios.dev/mini-protocols/local-tx-submission/#additional-utxo-set\ncurl \"https://cardano-mainnet.blockfrost.io/api/v0/utils/txs/evaluate/utxos\" \\\n -X POST \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -H \"project_id: $PROJECT_ID\" \\\n -d '{\"cbor\":\"<TxCbor>\",\"additionalUtxoSet\":[[<TxIn>, <TxOut>]]}'\n"
responses:
'200':
description: "<p>\n <div class=\"custom-paragraph\">\n Returns result of EvaluateTx function from Ogmios see <a class=\"custom-link\" href=\"https://ogmios.dev/mini-protocols/local-tx-submission/#evaluatetx\">EvaluateTx</a>\n and<a href=\"https://ogmios.dev/api/\"> API reference (EvaluateTxResponse)</a> for related errors.\n </div>\n</p>\n"
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/400'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/403'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/404'
'418':
$ref: '#/components/responses/418'
'425':
$ref: '#/components/responses/425'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/429'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/500'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
operationId: postUtilsTxsEvaluateUtxos
x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
responses:
'425':
description: Mempool is already full, not accepting new txs straight away
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status_code:
type: integer
example: 425
error:
type: string
example: Mempool Full
message:
type: string
example: Mempool is full, please try resubmitting again later.
required:
- error
- message
- status_code
'403':
description: Authentication secret is missing or invalid
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status_code:
type: integer
example: 403
error:
type: string
example: Forbidden
message:
type: string
example: Invalid project token.
required:
- error
- message
- status_code
'429':
description: Usage limit reached
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status_code:
type: integer
example: 429
error:
type: string
example: Project Over Limit
message:
type: string
example: Usage is over limit.
required:
- error
- message
- status_code
'400':
description: Bad request
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status_code:
type: integer
example: 400
error:
type: string
example: Bad Request
message:
type: string
example: Backend did not understand your request.
required:
- error
- message
- status_code
'404':
description: Component not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status_code:
type: integer
example: 404
error:
type: string
example: Not Found
message:
type: string
example: The requested component has not been found.
required:
- error
- message
- status_code
'500':
description: Internal Server Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status_code:
type: integer
example: 500
error:
type: string
example: Internal Server Error
message:
type: string
example: An unexpected response was received from the backend.
required:
- error
- message
- status_code
'418':
description: IP has been auto-banned for extensive sending of requests after usage limit has been reached
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status_code:
type: integer
example: 418
error:
type: string
example: Requested Banned
message:
type: string
example: IP has been auto-banned for flooding.
required:
- error
- message
- status_code
schemas:
utils_addresses_xpub:
type: object
properties:
xpub:
type: string
description: Script hash
role:
type: integer
description: Account role
index:
type: integer
description: Address index
address:
type: string
description: Derived address
required:
- xpub
- role
- index
- address
example:
- xpub: d507c8f866691bd96e131334c355188b1a1d0b2fa0ab11545075aab332d77d9eb19657ad13ee581b56b0f8d744d66ca356b93d42fe176b3de007d53e9c4c4e7a
role: 0
index: 0
address: addr1q90sqnljxky88s0jsnps48jd872p7znzwym0jpzqnax6qs5nfrlkaatu28n0qzmqh7f2cpksxhpc9jefx3wrl0a2wu8q5amen7
securitySchemes:
project_id:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: project_id
description: 'There are multiple token types available based on network you choose
when creating a Blockfrost a project, for a list of token types
see available networks.
'