Kusama runtime API

The runtime API from Kusama — 5 operation(s) for runtime.

Operations 5

GET /runtime/metadata Get the runtime metadata in decoded, JSON form.
GET /runtime/metadata/{metadataVersion} Get the requested version of runtime metadata in decoded, JSON form.
GET /runtime/metadata/versions Get the available versions of runtime metadata.
GET /runtime/code Get the runtime wasm blob.
GET /runtime/spec Get version information of the Substrate runtime.

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OpenAPI Specification

kusama-runtime-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
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}'