How to Connect to Karura
Learn how to connect to the Karura blockchain via RPC or WebSocket with Blockdaemon.
If you haven't already configured any Karura infrastructure, visit the Karura marketplace page to learn more about Blockdaemon's Karura options. Once you have purchased your Blockdaemon Karura infrastructure, your Blockdaemon Technical Account Manager (TAM) will send you the necessary access credentials.
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In this guide, we will cover the following connection methods to the Karura infrastructure:
- Karura HTTP RPC Connection via cURL
- Karura Connection via WebSocket
- Karura Connection via Sidecar API
Karura HTTP RPC Connection via cURL
Here's how you add your access credentials to a cURL request:
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN" \
-d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "YOUR_RPC_METHOD"}' \
https://YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL/para-http-rpc
- Replace
YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN
with the Auth Token sent by your Blockdaemon TAM. - Replace
YOUR_RPC_METHOD
with your chosen RPC method. - Replace
YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL
with the Endpoint URL sent by your Blockdaemon TAM.
Karura Connection via WebSocket
wscat -H "X-Auth-Token: YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN" -c wss://YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL:8443/websocket
- Replace
YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL
with the Endpoint URL sent by your Blockdaemon TAM. - Replace
YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN
with the Auth Token sent by your Blockdaemon TAM.
Info:
wscat is a tool that can connect over WebSocket(s) and may need to be installed. You can use your preferred tool of choice.
Karura Connection via Sidecar API
Here's how you connect to Karura via Sidecar API
curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
'https://YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL/parachain/YOUR_SIDECAR_ENDPOINT?auth=YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN
- Replace
YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL
with the Endpoint URL sent by your Blockdaemon TAM. - Replace
YOUR_SIDECAR_ENDPOINT
with your chosen REST endpoint. - Replace
YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN
with the Auth Token sent by your Blockdaemon TAM.
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Updated 3 days ago