Polkadot

Polkadot Common API

The Common API from Polkadot — 1 operation(s) for common.

GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

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Documentation
https://support.subscan.io/
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/polkadot/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/subscan.yml
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Documentation
https://docs.polkadot.com/chain-interactions/query-data/query-rest/
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Documentation
https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-rest-api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/polkadot/refs/heads/main/openapi/polkadot-common-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-api-sidecar
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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-rest-api

Other Resources

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PostmanCollection
https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/1618960/TVCe1oRU
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Plans
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/polkadot/refs/heads/main/plans/subscan.yml
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FinOps
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/polkadot/refs/heads/main/finops/subscan.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

polkadot-common-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Polkadot REST Account Common API
  description: High-performance Rust REST API for Substrate/Polkadot blockchain data. Drop-in replacement for substrate-api-sidecar.
  contact:
    url: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-rest-api
  license:
    name: GPL-3.0-or-later
  version: 0.1.3
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8080/v1
  description: Localhost
tags:
- name: Common
paths:
  /api/now:
    get:
      consumes:
      - application/json
      description: Returns the current server timestamp in Unix seconds.
      produces:
      - application/json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/definitions/internal_server_http.J'
            - properties:
                data:
                  type: integer
              type: object
      summary: Get current timestamp
      tags:
      - Common
      x-synonyms:
      - now
      - timestamp
definitions:
  internal_server_http.J:
    properties:
      code:
        example: 0
        type: integer
      data: {}
      generated_at:
        example: 1699600641
        type: integer
      message:
        example: Success
        type: string
    type: object