Polkadot

Polkadot Governance API

The Governance API from Polkadot — 40 operation(s) for governance.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 40

POST /api/scan/account/referendum List governance items for an account #
POST /api/scan/bounties/child List child bounties #
POST /api/scan/bounties/proposal Get bounty details #
POST /api/scan/bounties/proposals List bounties #
POST /api/scan/council/proposal Get council proposal details #
POST /api/scan/council/proposals List council proposals #
POST /api/scan/democracy/proposal Get democracy proposal details #
POST /api/scan/democracy/proposals List democracy proposals #
POST /api/scan/democracy/referendum Get democracy referendum details (legacy) #
POST /api/scan/democracy/referendums List democracy referendums #
POST /api/scan/democracy/seconded List democracy seconders #
POST /api/scan/democracy/votes List democracy referendum votes (legacy) #
POST /api/scan/fellowship/referendum Get fellowship referendum details #
POST /api/scan/fellowship/referendums List fellowship referenda #
POST /api/scan/fellowship/statistics Get fellowship referendum statistics #
POST /api/scan/fellowship/tracks List fellowship referendum tracks #
POST /api/scan/fellowship/votes List fellowship referendum votes #
POST /api/scan/governance/desc Get external discussion for a governance item #
POST /api/scan/preimage/details Get governance preimage details #
POST /api/scan/preimage/list List governance preimages #
POST /api/scan/referenda/delegate Get referendum delegator details #
POST /api/scan/referenda/delegate/votes List referendum delegator votes #
POST /api/scan/referenda/delegates List referendum delegation relationships #
POST /api/scan/referenda/referendum Get OpenGov referendum details #
POST /api/scan/referenda/referendums List OpenGov referenda #
POST /api/scan/referenda/statistics Get referendum statistics #
POST /api/scan/referenda/tracks List referendum tracks #
POST /api/scan/referenda/votes List OpenGov referendum votes #
POST /api/scan/techcomm/proposal Get technical-committee proposal details #
POST /api/scan/techcomm/proposals List technical-committee proposals #
POST /api/scan/treasury/proposal Get treasury proposal details #
POST /api/scan/treasury/proposals List treasury proposals #
POST /api/scan/treasury/tip Get treasury tip details #
POST /api/scan/treasury/tippers List treasury tippers #
POST /api/scan/treasury/tips List treasury tips #
POST /api/scan/treasury_council_collective/proposal Get treasury council collective proposal details #
POST /api/scan/treasury_council_collective/proposals List treasury council collective proposals #
POST /api/scan/treasury_council_collective/votes List treasury council collective votes #
POST /api/scan/treasury_spend/proposal Get treasury spend proposal details #
POST /api/scan/treasury_spend/proposals List treasury spend proposals #

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-governance-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-governance-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: bruce.sun@itering.io
    name: API Support
    url: http://www.swagger.io/support
  description: This is a subscan API server.
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  termsOfService: http://swagger.io/terms/
  title: Subscan Governance API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://https://www.subscan.io/
tags:


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