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Daemon HTTP-RPC API

The daemon HTTP RPC is a HTTP server which provides additional information regarding network and daemon connections.

Interacting with the API​

Configuration and Instantiation​

To start the Daemon JSON RPC API server at http://localhost:21698

Zentd --rpc-bind-port=21698

To make the server accessible from another computer, use the --rpc-bind-ip 0.0.0.0 switch.

Zentd --rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port=21698

To enable block explorer API access (like for getfee, getpeers, etc.), use the --enable-blockexplorer switch.

Zentd --enable-blockexplorer

The above given switches can be combined to achieve remote access with block explorer methods as shown below.

Zentd --enable-blockexplorer --rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port=21698

All available methods are detailed in this guide.