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Starting a Signum-Node
Node HTTP API
4 min
the signum node http api is the primary interface for blockchain interaction the api provides public endpoints, which can be used according to the provider's policies a node provider can also restrict access a request is possible using get to query the blockchain or post to execute transactions the api endpoint is available via \<hosturl>/api?requesttype=\<method>&\<args> example https //europe signum network/api?requesttype=getblockchainstatus api documentation the entire api is documented with https //www openapis org/ and its interactive user interface is available under \<hosturl>/api doc example https //europe signum network/api?requesttype=getblockchainstatus the pool of public nodes (mainnet) the signum network team provides node pools with public api endpoints accessible to anyone mainnet (url by country location of the node) https //australia signum network https //brazil signum network/api doc https //europe signum network/api doc https //europe1 signum network/api doc https //europe2 signum network/api doc https //latam signum network/api doc https //singapore signum network/api doc https //uk signum network/api doc https //us east signum network/api doc the current status of the nodes can be checked under "featured nodes" on the https //explorer signum network/peers/ you can use public nodes to read blockchain data for heavy use of the api, start your node note that the number of simultaneous connections and request rate per ip address is limited for public nodes, and responses are cached for a few seconds so they may be outdated api of your node by default, the api is enabled in the node settings, and its interactive documentation is available locally at http //localhost 8125/api doc the pool of public nodes (testnet) th signum network team provides node pools with public api endpoints accessible to anyone for the testnet https //europe3 testnet signum network/api doc by default, the api is enabled in the node settings and available locally for testnet at http //localhost 6876/api doc