IOTA Read API
Core read operations: objects, checkpoints, transactions, events, protocol config
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
description: REST API for the Wasp node
title: Wasp auth Read API
version: '0'
servers:
- url: /
tags:
- name: Read
description: 'Core read operations: objects, checkpoints, transactions, events, protocol config'
paths:
/iota_getChainIdentifier:
post:
operationId: iota_getChainIdentifier
summary: iota_getChainIdentifier
description: Return the first four bytes of the chain's genesis checkpoint digest.
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_getChainIdentifier
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_getChainIdentifier
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
type: string
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_getCheckpoint:
post:
operationId: iota_getCheckpoint
summary: iota_getCheckpoint
description: Return a checkpoint
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_getCheckpoint
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_getCheckpoint
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Checkpoint'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_getCheckpoints:
post:
operationId: iota_getCheckpoints
summary: iota_getCheckpoints
description: Return paginated list of checkpoints
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_getCheckpoints
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_getCheckpoints
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Page_for_Checkpoint_and_String'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_getEvents:
post:
operationId: iota_getEvents
summary: iota_getEvents
description: Return transaction events.
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_getEvents
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_getEvents
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_getLatestCheckpointSequenceNumber:
post:
operationId: iota_getLatestCheckpointSequenceNumber
summary: iota_getLatestCheckpointSequenceNumber
description: Return the sequence number of the latest checkpoint that has been executed
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_getLatestCheckpointSequenceNumber
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_getLatestCheckpointSequenceNumber
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
type: string
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_getObject:
post:
operationId: iota_getObject
summary: iota_getObject
description: Return the object information for a specified object
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_getObject
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_getObject
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/IotaObjectResponse'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_getProtocolConfig:
post:
operationId: iota_getProtocolConfig
summary: iota_getProtocolConfig
description: Return the protocol config table for the given version number. If the version number is not specified, If none is specified, the node uses the version of the latest epoch it has processed.
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_getProtocolConfig
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_getProtocolConfig
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProtocolConfig'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_multiGetObjects:
post:
operationId: iota_multiGetObjects
summary: iota_multiGetObjects
description: Return the object data for a list of objects
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_multiGetObjects
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_multiGetObjects
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/IotaObjectResponse'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_tryGetPastObject:
post:
operationId: iota_tryGetPastObject
summary: iota_tryGetPastObject
description: Note there is no software-level guarantee/SLA that objects with past versions can be retrieved by this API, even if the object and version exists/existed. The result may vary across nodes depending on their pruning policies. Return the object information for a specified version
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_tryGetPastObject
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_tryGetPastObject
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectRead'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_tryMultiGetPastObjects:
post:
operationId: iota_tryMultiGetPastObjects
summary: iota_tryMultiGetPastObjects
description: Note there is no software-level guarantee/SLA that objects with past versions can be retrieved by this API, even if the object and version exists/existed. The result may vary across nodes depending on their pruning policies. Return the object information for a specified version
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_tryMultiGetPastObjects
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_tryMultiGetPastObjects
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectRead'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
/iota_view:
post:
operationId: iota_view
summary: iota_view
description: Calls a move view function.
tags:
- Read
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- jsonrpc
- id
- method
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
enum:
- '2.0'
description: JSON-RPC protocol version
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
description: Request identifier
method:
type: string
enum:
- iota_view
description: The JSON-RPC method name
params:
type: array
description: Method parameters
items: {}
example:
jsonrpc: '2.0'
id: 1
method: iota_view
params: []
responses:
'200':
description: Successful JSON-RPC response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
result:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/IotaMoveViewCallResults'
default:
description: JSON-RPC error response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
jsonrpc:
type: string
id:
oneOf:
- type: integer
- type: string
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
message:
type: string
data: {}
components:
securitySchemes:
Authorization:
description: JWT Token
in: header
name: Authorization
type: apiKey
externalDocs:
description: Find out more about Wasp
url: https://wiki.iota.org/smart-contracts/overview
x-original-swagger-version: '2.0'