Using the RPC API

The RPC API allows you to communicate directly with the Calimwero network. The approach is the same as with NEAR RPC, but the RPC endpoint is different.

NEAR RPC - Quick Links

API	Description
Access Keys	Retrieve information about an account's access keys.
Accounts/Contracts	View details about accounts and contracts as well as perform contract calls.
Block/Chunk	Query the network and get details about specific blocks or chunks.
Gas	Get gas price for a specific block or hash.
Protocol	Retrieve current genesis and protocol configuration.
Network	Return status information for nodes and validators.
Transactions	Send transactions and query their status.
Maintenance Windows	Query the maintenance windows in current epoch for a validator.

Example of using Calimero RPC API

POST https://api.calimero.network/api/v1/shards/cali-calimero-testnet/neard-rpc/ Header: "Authorization: {auth_token} Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "dontcare",
  "method": "query",
  "params": {
    "request_type": "view_account",
    "finality": "final",
    "account_id": "cali.calimero.testnet"
  }
}

Response

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "amount": "9996499369999999999999999999900000",
        "block_hash": "GzBVoCkvAPAGaHGmTJcmRK6FrPJ716rsr3Zm1WSLMSTK",
        "block_height": 507347,
        "code_hash": "11111111111111111111111111111111",
        "locked": "0",
        "storage_paid_at": 0,
        "storage_usage": 182
    },
    "id": "dontcare"
}

Instruction on how to get RPC endpoint and Authorization token can be found here:

• RPC endpoint
• Authorization token

info

You can access the JSON RPC endpoints using Postman