Polkadot

Polkadot Metadata API

The Metadata API from Polkadot — 1 operation(s) for metadata.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

POST /api/scan/metadata Current network metadata

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-metadata-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-metadata-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 Metadata API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://https://www.subscan.io/
tags:
- name: Metadata
paths:
  /api/scan/metadata:
    post:
      description: Current network metadata, including current networkNode name, ss58 addressType and other information
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/internal_server_http.J'
                - properties:
                    data:
                      additionalProperties:
                        type: string
                      type: object
                  type: object
      summary: Current network metadata
      tags:
      - Metadata
      x-synonyms:
      - current
      - network
      - metadata
      - scan
      - meta
      - chain info
components:
  schemas:
    internal_server_http.J:
      properties:
        code:
          example: 0
          type: integer
        data: {}
        generated_at:
          example: 1699600641
          type: integer
        message:
          example: Success
          type: string
      type: object