Monero JSON-RPC API

JSON-RPC 2.0 dispatch endpoint

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POST /json_rpc JSON-RPC endpoint #

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OpenAPI Specification

monero-json-rpc-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Monero Daemon RPC Blockchain JSON RPC API
  description: JSON-RPC and HTTP API exposed by the monerod daemon for querying blockchain data, managing peer connections, retrieving block and transaction information, estimating fees, submitting mined blocks, and controlling node-level operations on the Monero network.
  version: '0.18'
  contact:
    name: Monero Community
    url: https://www.getmonero.org/community/hangouts/
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost:18081
  description: Local monerod mainnet node
- url: http://localhost:28081
  description: Local monerod testnet node
tags:
- name: JSON-RPC
  description: JSON-RPC 2.0 dispatch endpoint
paths:
  /json_rpc:
    post:
      summary: JSON-RPC endpoint
      description: All JSON-RPC methods are dispatched through this single endpoint using the JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol. Set the method field to the desired RPC method name.
      operationId: jsonRpc
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonRpcRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: JSON-RPC response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonRpcResponse'
      tags:
      - JSON-RPC
components:
  schemas:
    JsonRpcResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        jsonrpc:
          type: string
        result:
          type: object
          description: Method-specific result
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
            message:
              type: string
    JsonRpcRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - jsonrpc
      - id
      - method
      properties:
        jsonrpc:
          type: string
          enum:
          - '2.0'
        id:
          type: string
          example: '0'
        method:
          type: string
          description: The JSON-RPC method to invoke
          enum:
          - add_aux_pow
          - banned
          - calc_pow
          - flush_cache
          - flush_txpool
          - generateblocks
          - get_alternate_chains
          - get_bans
          - get_block
          - get_block_count
          - get_block_header_by_hash
          - get_block_header_by_height
          - get_block_headers_range
          - get_block_template
          - get_coinbase_tx_sum
          - get_connections
          - get_fee_estimate
          - get_info
          - get_last_block_header
          - get_miner_data
          - get_output_distribution
          - get_output_histogram
          - get_txpool_backlog
          - get_version
          - hard_fork_info
          - on_get_block_hash
          - prune_blockchain
          - relay_tx
          - set_bans
          - submit_block
          - sync_info
        params:
          type: object
          description: Method-specific parameters
externalDocs:
  description: Monero Daemon RPC Documentation
  url: https://docs.getmonero.org/rpc-library/monerod-rpc/