# Filecoin HTTP REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/filecoin/filecoin-http-rest-api/  
**Provider:** Filecoin — https://apis.io/providers/filecoin/  
**Base URL:** https://filecoin-project.github.io/filecoin-http-api/  
**Documentation:** https://filecoin-project.github.io/filecoin-http-api/

Filecoin HTTP REST API is one of 6 APIs that [Filecoin](https://apis.io/providers/filecoin/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include REST, OpenAPI, Chain, Storage Deals, and Payment Channels. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

OpenAPI-specified HTTP REST interface for Filecoin nodes, covering chain resources (tipsets, blocks, executed messages), actor management, payment channels, storage market asks, and storage deal initiation. Requires a bearer token issued by the Lotus daemon and TLS in production deployments.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://filecoin-project.github.io/filecoin-http-api/
- **OpenAPI** — https://github.com/filecoin-project/filecoin-http-api
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/filecoin/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/api.yml

## Other Filecoin APIs (5)

- [Filecoin Glif Lotus JSON-RPC API](https://apis.io/apis/filecoin/filecoin-glif-lotus-json-rpc-api/)
- [Filecoin Calibration Testnet Glif API](https://apis.io/apis/filecoin/filecoin-calibration-testnet-glif-api/)
- [Filecoin Protocol Actor API](https://apis.io/apis/filecoin/filecoin-protocol-actor-api/)
- [Filecoin Onchain Cloud Synapse API](https://apis.io/apis/filecoin/filecoin-onchain-cloud-synapse-api/)
- [Filrep.io Storage Provider API](https://apis.io/apis/filecoin/filrepio-storage-provider-api/)

## Tags

REST, OpenAPI, Chain, Storage Deals, Payment Channels

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