Kusama runtime API
The runtime API from Kusama — 5 operation(s) for runtime.
The runtime API from Kusama — 5 operation(s) for runtime.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Substrate API Sidecar accounts Runtime API
description: '> ⚠️ **Deprecation Notice** — `substrate-api-sidecar` is deprecated in favor of
> [`polkadot-rest-api`](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-rest-api), a ground-up Rust rewrite
> built on [`subxt`](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt) with 1:1 API compatibility (endpoints
> served under `/v1/`, e.g. `/v1/blocks/head`), stable memory under sustained load, significantly
> lower latency and higher throughput, and native SCALE decoding via `parity-scale-codec`.
>
> **Migrate today:** Docker `paritytech/polkadot-rest-api:v0.1.0` ·
> [crate](https://crates.io/crates/polkadot-rest-api) ·
> [migration guide](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-rest-api/blob/main/docs/guides/MIGRATION.md) ·
> [docs](https://paritytech.github.io/polkadot-rest-api/) ·
> [issues](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-rest-api/issues)
Substrate API Sidecar is a REST service that makes it easy to interact with blockchain nodes
built using Substrate''s FRAME framework.
'
contact:
url: https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar
license:
name: GPL-3.0-or-later
url: https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar/blob/master/LICENSE
version: 20.14.1
servers:
- url: https://polkadot-public-sidecar.parity-chains.parity.io/
description: Polkadot Parity public sidecar
- url: https://kusama-public-sidecar.parity-chains.parity.io/
description: Kusama Parity public sidecar
- url: https://polkadot-asset-hub-public-sidecar.parity-chains.parity.io/
description: Polkadot Asset Hub Parity public sidecar
- url: https://kusama-asset-hub-public-sidecar.parity-chains.parity.io/
description: Kusama Asset Hub Parity public sidecar
- url: http://localhost:8080
description: Localhost
tags:
- name: runtime
paths:
/runtime/metadata:
get:
tags:
- runtime
summary: Get the runtime metadata in decoded, JSON form.
description: 'Returns the runtime metadata as a JSON object. Substrate Reference: - FRAME Support: https://crates.parity.io/frame_support/metadata/index.html - Knowledge Base: https://substrate.dev/docs/en/knowledgebase/runtime/metadata'
parameters:
- name: at
in: query
description: Block at which to retrieve the metadata at.
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: Block identifier, as the block height or block hash.
format: unsignedInteger or $hex
responses:
'200':
description: successful operation
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RuntimeMetadata'
/runtime/metadata/{metadataVersion}:
get:
tags:
- runtime
summary: Get the requested version of runtime metadata in decoded, JSON form.
description: 'Returns the requested version of runtime metadata as a JSON object. Substrate Reference: - FRAME Support: https://crates.parity.io/frame_support/metadata/index.html - Knowledge Base: https://substrate.dev/docs/en/knowledgebase/runtime/metadata'
parameters:
- name: metadataVersion
in: path
description: The version of metadata. The input is expected in a `vX` format, where `X` represents the version number (e.g. `v14`, `v15`).
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: at
in: query
description: Block at which to retrieve the metadata at.
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: Block identifier, as the block height or block hash.
format: unsignedInteger or $hex
responses:
'200':
description: successful operation
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RuntimeMetadata'
/runtime/metadata/versions:
get:
tags:
- runtime
summary: Get the available versions of runtime metadata.
description: 'Returns the available versions of runtime metadata. Substrate Reference: - FRAME Support: https://crates.parity.io/frame_support/metadata/index.html - Knowledge Base: https://substrate.dev/docs/en/knowledgebase/runtime/metadata'
parameters:
- name: at
in: query
description: Block at which to retrieve the metadata versions at.
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: Block identifier, as the block height or block hash.
format: unsignedInteger or $hex
responses:
'200':
description: successful operation
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: An array with the available metadata versions.
/runtime/code:
get:
tags:
- runtime
summary: Get the runtime wasm blob.
description: Returns the runtime Wasm blob in hex format.
parameters:
- name: at
in: query
description: Block at which to retrieve the runtime wasm blob at.
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: Block identifier, as the block height or block hash.
format: unsignedInteger or $hex
responses:
'200':
description: successful operation
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RuntimeCode'
/runtime/spec:
get:
tags:
- runtime
summary: Get version information of the Substrate runtime.
description: Returns version information related to the runtime.
parameters:
- name: at
in: query
description: Block at which to retrieve runtime version information at.
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: Block identifier, as the block height or block hash.
format: unsignedInteger or $hex
responses:
'200':
description: successful operation
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RuntimeSpec'
components:
schemas:
RuntimeMetadata:
type: object
description: 'Substrate runtime metadata containing pallet information, types registry, and API specifications.
The structure varies significantly between different runtime versions (V9-V16) and different chains.
This is a generic container that preserves the actual metadata structure as returned by the runtime.
'
properties:
magicNumber:
type: string
description: The magic number identifying this as Substrate metadata (typically "1635018093")
example: '1635018093'
metadata:
type: object
description: 'Version-specific metadata content. The structure depends entirely on the runtime metadata version
and can include various combinations of pallets, lookup registries, extrinsics, APIs, and other
runtime-specific information.
'
required:
- magicNumber
- metadata
RuntimeSpec:
type: object
properties:
at:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/BlockIdentifiers'
authoringVersion:
type: string
description: The version of the authorship interface. An authoring node will not attempt to author blocks unless this is equal to its native runtime.
chainType:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ChainType'
implVersion:
type: string
description: Version of the implementation specification. Non-consensus-breaking optimizations are about the only changes that could be made which would result in only the `impl_version` changing. The `impl_version` is set to 0 when `spec_version` is incremented.
specName:
type: string
description: Identifies the different Substrate runtimes.
specVersion:
type: string
description: Version of the runtime specification.
transactionVersion:
type: string
description: All existing dispatches are fully compatible when this number doesn't change. This number must change when an existing dispatchable (module ID, dispatch ID) is changed, either through an alteration in its user-level semantics, a parameter added/removed/changed, a dispatchable being removed, a module being removed, or a dispatchable/module changing its index.
properties:
type: object
description: Arbitrary properties defined in the chain spec.
description: Version information related to the runtime.
BlockIdentifiers:
type: object
properties:
hash:
type: string
description: The block's hash.
format: hex
height:
type: string
description: The block's height.
format: unsignedInteger
RuntimeCode:
type: object
properties:
at:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/BlockIdentifiers'
code:
type: string
format: hex
ChainType:
type: object
description: Type of the chain. It will return one of the following enum variants as a key. Live, Development, Local, or Custom. Each variant will have a value as null except when the ChainType is Custom, it will return a string.
properties:
live:
type:
- string
- 'null'
default: null
development:
type:
- string
- 'null'
default: null
local:
type:
- string
- 'null'
default: null
custom:
type: string
example: '{"live": null}'