# Zcash JSON-RPC API (zcashd)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/zcash/zcash-json-rpc-api-zcashd/  
**Provider:** Zcash — https://apis.io/providers/zcash/  
**Base URL:** http://127.0.0.1:8232/  
**Documentation:** https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/zig.html

Zcash JSON-RPC API (zcashd) is one of 4 APIs that [Zcash](https://apis.io/providers/zcash/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include JSON-RPC, Blockchain, Wallets, and Transaction. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

The primary JSON-RPC interface exposed by zcashd, the original Zcash full node. Backwards compatible with Bitcoin Core 0.11.2 with Zcash-specific extensions for shielded address management and private transactions. Accessible at localhost port 8232 with RPC authentication.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/zig.html
- **ReferenceDocumentation** — https://zcash.github.io/rpc/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zcash/zcash/master/doc/man/zcash-cli.1
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zcash/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Zcash APIs (3)

- [Zcash Payment API (z_ methods)](https://apis.io/apis/zcash/zcash-payment-api-z-methods/)
- [Lightwalletd gRPC API](https://apis.io/apis/zcash/lightwalletd-grpc-api/)
- [Zebra JSON-RPC API](https://apis.io/apis/zcash/zebra-json-rpc-api/)

## Tags

JSON-RPC, Blockchain, Wallets, Transaction

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